Battle of Mortimer's Cross - 1461 Claimed

Battle of Mortimer's Cross - 1461

House of York

Edward, Earl of March

House of Lancaster

Owen Tudor; Jasper Tudor

Result:                       Yorkshire victory

Location:                    Wigmore, Herefordshire

The Battle of Mortimer's Cross was fought on 2 February 1461 near Wigmore, between Leominster and Leintwardine, by the River Lugg, not far from the Welsh border. It was a major battle of the Wars of the Roses. The opposing forces were an army led by nobles loyal to the King Henry VI of the House of Lancaster, his Queen Margaret of Anjou and their seven year-old son Edward, Prince of Wales on one side, and the army of Edward, Earl of March.