Henry VI -- Parts I, II, And III

 

 

Part III: five battles, 1459 - 1461

1) York wins at St Albans, #1 -- now on throne, King of England

• Clifford, Lancastrian, orphaned when father killed here; killed by Yorkist

2) Wakefield: surprise; York's forces lose; 1460

• Margaret meets York in battle (remember Henry VI in the Tower
• York's youngest son, Rutland, killed
• York, himself, also killed
• Sir Thomas Neville also killed
• Clifford killed York and Rutland (revenge for them killing his father)
• Clifford and Northumberland killed York and Rutland
• Sons Edward and Richard learn of their father's death and their youngest brother's murder.
• Sons Edward and Richard unite with Warwick, a Neville, "kingmaker"
• Warwick declares son Edward the new Duke of York, can't be king because his father York was killed and Henry VI still alive
• A deal with Margret to release King Henry VI but disinherit Margaret's / Henry VI's sons from becoming king

3) Mortimer's Cross -- the three sons

 

4) St Albans, #2

 

5) Towton:

• Duke of York (Edward) and Richard (to be III) and Warwick defeat Lancastrians
• Margaret flees.
• Clifford killed -- complletes that "cycle"
• Henry VI re-captured.

6) BUT, BUT, BUT -- a broken promise