Battle of Mortimer's Cross

Battle of Mortimer's Cross
Part of the Wars of the Roses
Date 2 February 1461 Location Kingsland in Herefordshire, England 52°15′32″N 2°50′17″W / 52.259°N 2.838°W / 52.259; -2.838 Result Yorkist victory[1]
Belligerents
House of York	House of Lancaster
Commanders and leaders
Duke of York William Herbert Lord Ferrers of Chartley	Owen Tudor  Earl of Pembroke Earl of Wiltshire
Strength
5,000	unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown	4,000

Wakefield

St. Albans

Mortimer's Cross

London

Calais

Gloucester

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Locations:

– Battle of Mortimer's Cross; – other battles; – other places

The Battle of Mortimer's Cross was fought on 2 February 1461 near Kingsland, Herefordshire (between Leominster and Leintwardine, by the River Lugg), not far from the Welsh border.^[2] It was a major battle of the Wars of the Roses. The opposing forces were an army led by Jasper Tudor and his father, Owen Tudor, and other nobles loyal to King Henry VI of the House of Lancaster, his wife, Margaret of Anjou, and their seven-year-old son, Edward, Prince of Wales, on one side, and the army of Edward, Earl of March. Some sources say it was fought on 3 February, and the exact location has been the subject of some speculation.^[3]