Battle of Northampton (1460)
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The Battle of Northampton was fought on 10 July 1460[2] near the River Nene, Northamptonshire. It was a major battle of the Wars of the Roses. The opposing forces were an army led by nobles loyal to King Henry VI of the House of Lancaster, his Queen Margaret of Anjou and their six-year-old son Edward, Prince of Wales, on one side, and the army of Edward, Earl of March, and Warwick the Kingmaker on the other. The battle was the first in which artillery was used in England.[3]
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House of York | House of Lancaster | ||||||
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unknown | 5,000 | ||||||
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unknown | 300 killed |
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