Edward IV Flees to Burgundy
1470
Warwick the Kingmaker, now allied with the Lancastrians, chased the Yorkist king into exile in Flanders. For six months the mad old Henry VI was pulled from his Tower cell and placed back on the throne like a relic in a reliquary. It was the last gasp of the Lancastrian cause.
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Before and after in Europe
- Before: 1469: Piero de Medici Dies
- After: April 14, 1471: Battle of Barnet
Before and after in Politics
Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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