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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 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 and Warwick the Kingmaker on the other.
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Battle of Northampton | |||||||
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Part of the Wars of the Roses | |||||||
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House of York | House of Lancaster | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick |
Henry VI of England Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham † John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury † Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont † | ||||||
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unknown | unknown | ||||||
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unknown | 300 killed |
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