July 26, 1469 · England Theater
July 26, 1469
As the Earl of Warwick openly rebelled against Edward IV, a northern rising led by his agents defeated a royal force under the Earl of Pembroke at Edgecote Moor. Pembroke's Welsh infantry, without their supporting archers who had quarrelled and departed, were overwhelmed. Pembroke and his brother were captured and executed. King Edward IV was subsequently seized by Warwick and briefly imprisoned — the only time a reigning English king was held captive by one of his own subjects.
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