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Battle of Danes Moor

Battle of Danes Moor was a battle fought on 24 July 1469 at Edgcote, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of Q1379246. The recorded result: Rebel victory.

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Fought24 July 1469
WhereEdgcote, United Kingdom52.114N, 1.247W
OutcomeRebel victory
BelligerentsHouse of York (royal)againstHouse of York (rebel)
Battlefield todayBattle of Edgcote battlefieldHistoric England entry 1413782, 372 ha
Part ofQ1379246

Where it sits in Q1379246

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25 placed engagements of Q1379246 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date24 July 1469
PlaceEdgcote, United Kingdom
52.114N, 1.247W
KindBattle, medieval
Commanders
  • William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1469)
  • Humphrey Stafford, 1st Earl of Devon
Battle of Danes MoorBattle of Danes MoorBattle of EdgcoteBattle of Cropredy Bridge5 km52.114N, 1.247W
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. The dashed outline is the registered battlefield area (Historic England). Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1469 and 1644.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1469

Historic England registers this as the Battle of Edgcote battlefield (entry 1413782), 372 hectares, under the Open Government Licence.

Battle of Danes Moor is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4870840, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Danes Moor, revision 1370439729, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Battlefield boundary and area from Historic England (Open Government Licence). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.