Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Richard III of England

Battles of Richard III of England

king of England from 1483 to 1485, 1452 to 1485

Richard III of England is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1471 and 1485: 3 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 915 km apart end to end, 305 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Wars of the Roses (3), Anglo-Scottish Wars (1).

Battle of BarnetBattle of TewkesburyCapture of BerwickBattle of Bosworth FieldBattle of BarnetBattle of TewkesburyCapture of BerwickBattle of Bosworth FieldDublinGlasgowBirminghamManchesterBelfastLeedsNewcastleCardiffLiverpoolEdinburgh200 km53.716N, 1.180W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1471: 2 engagements2 in 14711482: 1 engagements1485: 1 engagements14711485
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Barnet, 1471Battle of Tewkesbury, 1471Capture of Berwick, 1482Battle of Bosworth Field, 148514711485
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
14 April 1471Battle of BarnetBarnet, United KingdomYorkist victory
4 May 1471Battle of TewkesburyTewkesbury, United Kingdom139 km WYorkist victory
July 1482Capture of BerwickBerwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom420 km NEnglish capture Berwick but otherwise inconclusive
22 August 1485Battle of Bosworth FieldAmbion Hill, United Kingdom355 km SVictory for the House of Tudor and their allies; Final...

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Barthel ii, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.