Lancastrian resistance in Wales

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Lancastrian resistance in Wales was a prolonged regional campaign during the Wars of the Roses in which supporters of the House of Lancaster, often operating from strongholds like Harlech Castle, continued armed opposition to Yorkist rule.

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed resistance movement ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
aimedAt restoration of Lancastrian monarchy ⓘ
characterizedBy guerrilla warfare ⓘ
raids on Yorkist-held territories ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ
documentedIn chronicles of the Wars of the Roses ⓘ
followedBy continued Lancastrian plotting in exile ⓘ
hasBelligerent Lancastrians ⓘ
linked to: Lancastrian forces

Yorkists ⓘ
linked to: Yorkist forces
hasCommanderOpposing William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
Yorkist royal forces in Wales ⓘ
hasEndPoint fall of Harlech Castle in 1468 ⓘ
hasEthnicComponent Welsh support for Lancastrian cause ⓘ
hasLanguageContext English ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
hasLeader Dafydd ap Ieuan ap Einion ⓘ
Jasper Tudor ⓘ
Rhys ap Thomas (later associated Lancastrian in Wales) ⓘ
hasLocation Wales ⓘ
hasMilitaryTactic defensive use of rugged terrain ⓘ
use of castles as bases for raiding ⓘ
hasOutcome consolidation of Yorkist control in Wales ⓘ
defeat of organized Lancastrian resistance in Wales ⓘ
hasParticipant supporters of the House of Lancaster ⓘ
hasPoliticalContext dynastic conflict between Lancaster and York ⓘ
hasReligionContext Latin Christian England and Wales ⓘ
hasStartPoint after Yorkist victory at the Battle of Towton ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance access to Irish Sea ⓘ
control of western approaches to England ⓘ
mountain strongholds difficult to besiege ⓘ
hasStronghold Denbighshire strongholds ⓘ
Harlech Castle ⓘ
linked to: Harlech

Pembroke Castle ⓘ
Snowdonia region strongholds ⓘ
hasTimePeriod 1460s ⓘ
15th century ⓘ
influenced later Welsh support for Henry Tudor ⓘ
involvesEvent French-supported operations from Harlech Castle ⓘ
Siege of Harlech Castle (1461–1468) ⓘ
Yorkist campaigns in North Wales ⓘ
opposedTo House of York ⓘ
partOf Wars of the Roses ⓘ
precededBy early Lancastrian setbacks in England ⓘ
relatedTo House of Tudor ⓘ
linked to: Tudor dynasty

Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
supportedBy Welsh gentry sympathetic to Lancaster ⓘ
local Welsh retainers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Harlech (1461–1468) → partOf → Lancastrian resistance in Wales ⓘ
Dafydd ap Ieuan ap Einion → partOf → Welsh Lancastrian leadership ⓘ
linked to: Lancastrian resistance in Wales