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Edward IV Landing at Ravenspur 1471

1471
Yorkshire, England
Also known as: Edward returns from Burgundy 1471 · Ravenspur landing 1471
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Yorkshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Lancastrian resistance
Forces
Yorkshire resisted then submitted
VS
Victor
Edward IV
Forces
Edward IV with c.2000 Burgundian and English troops
Outcome
Edward IV landed at Ravenspur with Burgundian support; initially claimed only his duchy of York; Clarence defected back to Edward; march south gathered momentum
The Battle

History & Significance

Ravenspur landing mirrored Henry Bolingbroke's 1399 landing at the same point; Edward's legal fiction of claiming only his duchy wrong-footed Lancastrian defenders

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