Battle of Blore Heath

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The Battle of Blore Heath was a major early engagement of the Wars of the Roses in 1459, where Yorkist forces won a significant victory over the Lancastrians in Staffordshire, England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
belligerent House of Lancaster
House of York
casualties heavy Lancastrian casualties
light Yorkist casualties
category 15th-century battles
Battles involving England
Battles of the Wars of the Roses
linked to: Wars of the Roses
cause dynastic struggle between York and Lancaster
combatant Lancastrians
linked to: Lancastrian forces

Yorkists
linked to: Yorkist forces
commander James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley
Lord Dudley
Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury
commemoratedBy Blore Heath monument
conflict Wars of the Roses
country Kingdom of England
date 23 September 1459
era Late Middle Ages
followedBy Battle of Ludford Bridge
historicalPeriod Wars of the Roses era
linked to: Wars of the Roses
involvedNobility Neville family
Tuchet family
linked to: Touchet family
isPartOf English civil wars
LancastrianCommander James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley
location Blore Heath
England
Staffordshire
near Market Drayton
notableDeath James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley
objective Yorkist attempt to join forces with the Duke of York
opposingForces Lancastrian army of Audley
Yorkist army of Salisbury
partOf Wars of the Roses
precededBy Battle of St Albans
region West Midlands
result Yorkist victory
significance early major Yorkist victory
first major pitched battle of the Wars of the Roses
tactics feigned retreat by Yorkist forces
terrain open heathland
theatre English mainland
typeOfWarfare medieval pitched battle
weaponUsed lance
longbow
sword
year 1459
YorkistCommander Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury

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Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby notableEvent Battle of Blore Heath
First Battle of St Albans successorEvent Battle of Blore Heath
House of Stanley associatedWithEvent Battle of Blore Heath
Thomas, Lord Stanley battle Battle of Blore Heath
John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu battle Battle of Blore Heath
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby associatedWithEvent Battle of Blore Heath
subject linked to: Thomas
Battle of Northampton (1460) precededBy Battle of Blore Heath