Edward IV- 1st reign

Cards (19)

  • Richard, duke of gloucester married Anne Neville in 1472
  • Anne was the daughter of Richard, Earl of Warwick (the Kingmaker)
  • The Battle of Barnet was April 1471.
  • The events of Battle of Barnet were starting with bad weather (foggy). There was a Yorkist victory, where Warwick and Montagu killed.
  • The Battle of Tewkesbury was in May 1471.
  • The events of the Battle of Barnet started with a Lancastrian army led by Margaret of Anjou. There was a Yorkist victory, where the Lancastrian Prince Edward was killed and Queen Margaret captured.
  • Edward IV was restored to the throne on 21st may 1471.
  • After Henry VI's death, Margaret of Anjou was captured after battle of Tewkesbury was kept in tower for a few years. She was exiled to france until her death in 1482, she died in poverty.
  • Henry VI died 21st May 1471. He was imprisoned in the tower of London and was put to death on Edward's orders. The Duke of Gloucester implicated in execution.
  • New creations was Edward's patronage policy where new distributions of titles. Titles often came without reward.
  • Henry VI was restored to the throne in in October 1470 and was later deposed on May 1471.
  • Edward IV was deposed in 1470.
  • French-Yorkist-Lancastrian-Neville alliance included Earl of Warwick, Margaret of Anjou, Duke of Clarence and Louis XI.
  • The Thomas Cooke Affair was in 1468 where Edward was allowing lawlessness. Woodville family acting lawlessly, dominated the marriage-patronage enraging Clarence.
  • Edward IV 1st reign ran from 1461-1470.
  • Edward IV married Elizabeth Woodville in 1464.
  • The battle of Hexham was in May 1464.
  • The Battle of Hedgeley Moor in April 1464.
  • The Battle of "Lose Coat field" was in 1470.