Battle of Ludford Bridge
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The Battle of Ludford Bridge was a key early engagement in the Wars of the Roses in 1459, notable for the Yorkist army’s collapse and flight, which temporarily strengthened Lancastrian control of England.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Ludford Bridge canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22686456 — 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 Ludford Bridge Context triple: [Battle of Blore Heath, followedBy, Battle of Ludford Bridge]
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Battle of Mortimer's Cross
The Battle of Mortimer's Cross was a 1461 engagement in the Wars of the Roses in which the future Edward IV secured a crucial Yorkist victory over Lancastrian forces in Herefordshire.
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Battle of Barnet
The Battle of Barnet was a decisive 1471 engagement of the Wars of the Roses in which the Yorkist forces under Edward IV defeated and killed the powerful kingmaker Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, helping to secure Yorkist control of the English throne.
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C.
Battle of Wakefield
The Battle of Wakefield was a major engagement of the Wars of the Roses in 1460, in which the Lancastrian forces decisively defeated and killed Richard, Duke of York, shifting the balance of power in favor of the Lancastrian cause.
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D.
Battle of Stoke Field
The Battle of Stoke Field was a decisive 1487 engagement in England that effectively ended the Wars of the Roses by crushing the last major Yorkist uprising against Henry VII.
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E.
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.
- 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 Ludford Bridge Target entity description: The Battle of Ludford Bridge was a key early engagement in the Wars of the Roses in 1459, notable for the Yorkist army’s collapse and flight, which temporarily strengthened Lancastrian control of England.
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A.
Battle of Mortimer's Cross
The Battle of Mortimer's Cross was a 1461 engagement in the Wars of the Roses in which the future Edward IV secured a crucial Yorkist victory over Lancastrian forces in Herefordshire.
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B.
Battle of Barnet
The Battle of Barnet was a decisive 1471 engagement of the Wars of the Roses in which the Yorkist forces under Edward IV defeated and killed the powerful kingmaker Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, helping to secure Yorkist control of the English throne.
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C.
Battle of Wakefield
The Battle of Wakefield was a major engagement of the Wars of the Roses in 1460, in which the Lancastrian forces decisively defeated and killed Richard, Duke of York, shifting the balance of power in favor of the Lancastrian cause.
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D.
Battle of Stoke Field
The Battle of Stoke Field was a decisive 1487 engagement in England that effectively ended the Wars of the Roses by crushing the last major Yorkist uprising against Henry VII.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
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