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Owen Tudor was an early casualty of the Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. He joined his son Jasper's army as Lancastrian relations and partisans in Wales in January 1461, a force that was defeated at the Battle of Mortimer's Cross by Edward of York. On 2 February, Owen Tudor was captured and ...
Apr 3, 2020 · Owen's fortunes improved when he raised an army to support Henry VI but after the battle at Mortimer's Cross in February 1461 CE, Owen was captured by Yorkist forces. He was then beheaded in Hereford marketplace as the Wars of the Roses, the dynastic dispute between the House of Lancaster and the House of York raged on.
- Mark Cartwright
It was a major battle of the Wars of the Roses. The opposing forces were an army led by nobles loyal to the captive King Henry VI of the House of Lancaster and his Queen Margaret of Anjou on one side, and the army of Richard, Duke of York, the rival claimant to the throne, on the other.
- 30 December 1460
- Lancastrian victory
- Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Apr 15, 2023 · Owen Tudor fought on the side of the Lancastrians, supporting the cause of Henry VI and his queen, Margaret of Anjou. He participated the Battle of Mortimer’s Cross in which he and his son Jasper led a force comprising largely of soldiers from their power bases of Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire and some Breton mercenaries and Irish forces.
The opposing forces were an army led by Jasper Tudor and his father, Owen Tudor, and other nobles loyal to King Henry VI of the House of Lancaster, his wife, Margaret of Anjou, and their seven-year-old son, Edward, Prince of Wales, on one side, and the army of Edward, Earl of March.
- 2 February 1461
- Yorkist victory [1]
In the next few years, Owen Tudor became embroiled in the War of the Roses, the fight for power between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. Owen sided with his son, Jasper, in Wales in 1461, and his army was defeated at the Battle of Mortimer’s Cross by Edward of York.
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they intended to join up their armies, but what did Edward encounter on his way? he confronted another Lancastrian army from Wales led by Jasper Tudor and his father, Owen Tudor. On 2 February, Edward defeated Tudor's army at the Battle of Mortimer's Cross.
