Key events in Edward IV's first reign and the readeption of Henry VI

Question 1

March 1461?

Answer 1

Battle of Towton - Edward IV crowned king

Question 2

May 1464?

Answer 2

Edward IV secretly marries Elizabeth Woodville

Question 3

September 1464?

Answer 3

Marriages announced to advisors, including Warwick

Question 4

11th July 1469?

Answer 4

Isabel Neville marries Clarence

Question 5

26th July 1469

Answer 5

Battle of Edgecoat - victory for Warwick’s supporters

Question 6

late July 1469?

Answer 6

Edward IV captured and imprisoned by Warwick?

Question 7

Late August/ September 1469?

Answer 7

Growing disorder in North - Edward IV released

Question 8

April 1470?

Answer 8

Warwick flees to France

Question 9

22nd July 1470?

Answer 9

Warwick formally reconciled to House of Lancaster and Margaret of Anjou

Question 10

July 1470?

Answer 10

Warwick’s daughter, Anne Neville, betrothed to Lancastrian prince Edward

Question 11

September 1470?

Answer 11

Warwick’s invasion

Question 12

October 1470?

Answer 12

Edward IV flees to the Netherlands

Henry VI reinstated by Warwick

Question 13

March 1471?

Answer 13

Edward IV invades England

Question 14

April 1471?

Answer 14

Clarence betrays Warwick by supporting his brother Edward IV

Question 15

May 1471?

Answer 15

Battle of Tewksbury. Yorkist victory. Edward, Prince of Wales killed

Question 16

April 1471?

Answer 16

Battle of Barnett. Yorkist victory

Question 17

May 1471?

Answer 17

Henry VI dies in the tower