Battle of Tewkesbury 1471

The [no-glossary]Battle of Tewkesbury[/no-glossary] was fought on the 4th of May 1471, between King Edward IV and a Lancastrian army under the command of the Duke of Somerset. The result was a decisive win for Edward IV and defeat of the Duke of Somerset. It resulted in the death of Henry VI son Edward, and the imprisonment of the Queen Consort Marguerite of Anjou, and led to 14 years of peace between the two sides.