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The war of the roses was a war between the house of york and the house of lancaster.
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The opening battle to the war of roses
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A largely bloodyless battle
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The biggest battle of the war of the roses
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The Battle of Wakefield took place in Sandal Magna near Wakefield, in West Yorkshire in Northern England, on 30 December 1460. It was a major battle of the Wars of the Roses. The opposing forces were an army led by nobles loyal to the captive King Henry VI of the House of Lancaster, his Queen Margaret of Anjou and their seven year-old son Edward, Prince of Wales on one side, and the army of Richard, Duke of York, the rival claimant to the throne, on the other.
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seeking to preventlancastrian forces from wales
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