Battle of Towton
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The Battle of Towton was a decisive and exceptionally bloody engagement in 1461 during the Wars of the Roses that secured the English throne for the Yorkist Edward IV.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Towton canonical | 38 |
| Towton | 3 |
| Towton Field | 1 |
| Yorkist victory at the Battle of Towton | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T999618 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Towton Context triple: [English Army, notableBattle, Battle of Towton]
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Battle of Evesham
The Battle of Evesham was a decisive 1265 clash in the Second Barons' War in which royal forces under Prince Edward crushed Simon de Montfort's rebel army, restoring King Henry III's authority in England.
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Battle of Marston Moor
The Battle of Marston Moor was a major 1644 engagement in the First English Civil War in which Parliamentarian and Scottish Covenanter forces decisively defeated Royalist troops, effectively ending Royalist control in northern England.
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Battle of Bosworth Field
The Battle of Bosworth Field was the decisive 1485 clash in the Wars of the Roses in which Henry Tudor defeated and killed King Richard III, leading to the end of the Plantagenet dynasty and the beginning of Tudor rule in England.
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Battle of Edgehill
The Battle of Edgehill was the first pitched battle of the English Civil War, fought in 1642 between Royalist and Parliamentarian forces and resulting in an indecisive outcome.
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Battle of Naseby
The Battle of Naseby was a decisive 1645 engagement of the English Civil War in which Parliament’s New Model Army crushed King Charles I’s main field force, effectively turning the tide of the conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Towton Target entity description: The Battle of Towton was a decisive and exceptionally bloody engagement in 1461 during the Wars of the Roses that secured the English throne for the Yorkist Edward IV.
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A.
Battle of Evesham
The Battle of Evesham was a decisive 1265 clash in the Second Barons' War in which royal forces under Prince Edward crushed Simon de Montfort's rebel army, restoring King Henry III's authority in England.
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B.
Battle of Marston Moor
The Battle of Marston Moor was a major 1644 engagement in the First English Civil War in which Parliamentarian and Scottish Covenanter forces decisively defeated Royalist troops, effectively ending Royalist control in northern England.
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C.
Battle of Bosworth Field
The Battle of Bosworth Field was the decisive 1485 clash in the Wars of the Roses in which Henry Tudor defeated and killed King Richard III, leading to the end of the Plantagenet dynasty and the beginning of Tudor rule in England.
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D.
Battle of Edgehill
The Battle of Edgehill was the first pitched battle of the English Civil War, fought in 1642 between Royalist and Parliamentarian forces and resulting in an indecisive outcome.
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E.
Battle of Naseby
The Battle of Naseby was a decisive 1645 engagement of the English Civil War in which Parliament’s New Model Army crushed King Charles I’s main field force, effectively turning the tide of the conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
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Subject: Battle of Towton Description of subject: The Battle of Towton was a decisive and exceptionally bloody engagement in 1461 during the Wars of the Roses that secured the English throne for the Yorkist Edward IV.
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