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Battle of Tuthill 1461

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Key facts

Date (year)1461Wikidata P585 point in time
Century15th centuryderived
PeriodWars of the Roses & late medievalderived
CountryWalesderived
War / conflictWars of the RosesWikidata
ParticipantsHouse of Lancaster, House of YorkWikidata

About the battle

Wars of the Roses battle outside Caernarfon on 16 October 1461 in which William Herbert’s Yorkists defeated the Lancastrians of Jasper Tudor. (Wikidata description, reviewed and corrected; sources: Welsh Wikipedia: Brwydr Twthil (1461) (rev 8873300); French Wikipedia: Bataille de Tuthill (1461) (rev 234461080))

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Location

  • Recorded location (Wikidata; may be approximate): 53.1400, -4.2700

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