Harlech Castle held out for Lancaster for seven years after all of England had submitted to Edward IV — the longest siege of the Wars of the Roses. The tiny garrison of perhaps fifty men under Constable Dafydd ap Ieuan defied multiple English attempts to starve them out. It was one of the last Lancastrian strongholds anywhere. The garrison's defiance inspired the famous Welsh anthem Men of Harlech. When it finally fell, Jasper Tudor escaped to France. Margaret of Anjou's son was in the castle.
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