Battle of Edgecote Moor: The Kingmaker Rebels Against Edward IV
William Herbert led 8,000 Welsh troops toward Banbury, convinced reinforcements would arrive. They didn't. On July 26, 1469, Warwick's forces—disguised as a peasant uprising—slaughtered Herbert's army at Edgecote Moor. Herbert was executed the next morning. His brother too. But here's what mattered: King Edward IV, Herbert's commander, wasn't even there. Warwick had just demonstrated he could destroy a king's army while the king watched from a distance, powerless. Within weeks, Edward was Warwick's prisoner. The man who made kings had just unmade one.
July 26, 1469
557 years ago
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