Alnwick Castle was besieged and relieved multiple times between 1461 and 1464 as Lancastrian resistance centred on Northumberland. The extraordinary winter siege of 1462-1463 saw Edward IV's army suffering terribly in the cold while the garrison held out. A Scottish relief force under the Earl of Angus approached; Edward could not fight both the garrison and the Scots simultaneously and withdrew, allowing the Lancastrian garrison to march out with full honours. It was a significant Lancastrian diplomatic and military success.
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