Battle of Edgecote Moor
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The Battle of Edgecote Moor was a 1469 engagement in the Wars of the Roses in which rebellious forces defeated a royal army loyal to Edward IV, leading to the capture and execution of key Yorkist nobles and temporarily weakening the king’s authority.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Edgecote Moor canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22296687 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Edgecote Moor Context triple: [William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, battle, Battle of Edgecote Moor]
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Battle of Hedgeley Moor
The Battle of Hedgeley Moor was a 1464 engagement in the Wars of the Roses in Northumberland, where Yorkist forces under John Neville defeated a Lancastrian army, helping to secure Edward IV’s hold on the English throne.
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Battle of Losecoat Field
The Battle of Losecoat Field was a 1470 engagement in the Wars of the Roses in which King Edward IV crushed a Lincolnshire rebellion, helping to temporarily secure his Yorkist rule.
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C.
Battle of Chalgrove Field
The Battle of Chalgrove Field was a minor but historically significant skirmish of the English Civil War in 1643, noted especially for the mortal wounding of Parliamentarian leader John Hampden.
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D.
Battle of Hatfield Chase
The Battle of Hatfield Chase was a 7th-century clash in which the Northumbrian king Edwin was defeated and killed by a coalition of Mercian and Welsh forces, marking a major turning point in early Anglo-Saxon England.
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E.
Battle of Burton Bridge
The Battle of Burton Bridge was an early engagement in the Despenser War of 1321–1322 in which forces loyal to King Edward II clashed with rebellious barons in Staffordshire, England.
- 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 Edgecote Moor Target entity description: The Battle of Edgecote Moor was a 1469 engagement in the Wars of the Roses in which rebellious forces defeated a royal army loyal to Edward IV, leading to the capture and execution of key Yorkist nobles and temporarily weakening the king’s authority.
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A.
Battle of Hedgeley Moor
The Battle of Hedgeley Moor was a 1464 engagement in the Wars of the Roses in Northumberland, where Yorkist forces under John Neville defeated a Lancastrian army, helping to secure Edward IV’s hold on the English throne.
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B.
Battle of Losecoat Field
The Battle of Losecoat Field was a 1470 engagement in the Wars of the Roses in which King Edward IV crushed a Lincolnshire rebellion, helping to temporarily secure his Yorkist rule.
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C.
Battle of Chalgrove Field
The Battle of Chalgrove Field was a minor but historically significant skirmish of the English Civil War in 1643, noted especially for the mortal wounding of Parliamentarian leader John Hampden.
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D.
Battle of Hatfield Chase
The Battle of Hatfield Chase was a 7th-century clash in which the Northumbrian king Edwin was defeated and killed by a coalition of Mercian and Welsh forces, marking a major turning point in early Anglo-Saxon England.
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E.
Battle of Burton Bridge
The Battle of Burton Bridge was an early engagement in the Despenser War of 1321–1322 in which forces loyal to King Edward II clashed with rebellious barons in Staffordshire, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
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