BattlefieldsLambert Simnel — Irish support and Dublin coronation 1487
Tudor

Lambert Simnel — Irish support and Dublin coronation 1487

1487
County Dublin, Ireland
Also known as: Dublin coronation 1487 · Simnel crowned Dublin
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
County Dublin, Ireland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Crown (Henry VII — temporarily)
Forces
c. nominal Crown opposition; Dublin coronation.
VS
Victor
Yorkist faction (temporarily)
Forces
c. 1,000–2,000 Yorkist (Irish & German)
Outcome
Lambert Simnel crowned King Edward VI of England in Dublin with Irish and Burgundian backing; invasion army assembled for Stoke Field
The Battle

History & Significance

The coronation of Lambert Simnel in Dublin in 1487 — with the Earl of Kildare, the most powerful man in Ireland, in attendance — demonstrated the independence of Ireland from effective English royal control and the vulnerability of the early Tudor dynasty. The coronation was treated as legitimate by the Irish parliament and church. Henry VII's eventual victory at Stoke Field did not immediately solve the problem of Irish Yorkist sympathies, which persisted for decades.

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