Siege of Harlech (1461–1468)

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event in the Wars of the Roses military conflict siege

The Siege of Harlech (1461–1468) was a prolonged Yorkist blockade during the Wars of the Roses in which Lancastrian forces held out in Harlech Castle for seven years, making it one of the longest sieges in British history.

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Label Occurrences
Siege of Harlech 1
Siege of Harlech (1461–1468) canonical 1
siege of Harlech Castle 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Wars of the Roses ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
siege ⓘ
associatedMonarchLancastrian King Henry VI of England ⓘ
surface form: Henry VI of England
associatedMonarchYorkist Edward IV of England ⓘ
belligerent House of Lancaster ⓘ
House of York ⓘ
Lancastrian forces ⓘ
Yorkist forces ⓘ
blockadeType land and sea blockade ⓘ
cause continuation of Lancastrian resistance after Yorkist victories ⓘ
commanderLancastrian Dafydd ap Ieuan ap Einion ⓘ
Jasper Tudor ⓘ
commanderYorkist Walter Devereux ⓘ
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
conflict Wars of the Roses ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
defensiveStructure concentric castle fortifications ⓘ
duration approximately seven years ⓘ
endDate 1468 ⓘ
followedBy consolidation of Yorkist control in Wales ⓘ
garrison Lancastrian defenders ⓘ
historicalRegion Gwynedd ⓘ
location Harlech ⓘ
Harlech ⓘ
surface form: Harlech Castle

Merionethshire ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
militaryObjective capture of Harlech Castle from Lancastrian control ⓘ
notableFor being one of the longest sieges in British history ⓘ
prolonged Yorkist blockade of a Lancastrian garrison ⓘ
partOf Lancastrian resistance in Wales ⓘ
precededBy early Yorkist successes in the Wars of the Roses ⓘ
relatedWork Welsh song "Men of Harlech" ⓘ
result Yorkist victory ⓘ
significance last major Lancastrian stronghold in Wales ⓘ
symbol of Lancastrian resistance during the Wars of the Roses ⓘ
startDate 1461 ⓘ
stronghold Harlech ⓘ
surface form: Harlech Castle
surrenderedTo Yorkist forces in 1468 ⓘ
tookPlaceIn 15th century ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harlech → siege → Siege of Harlech (1461–1468) ⓘ
subject surface form: Harlech Castle
Men of Harlech → associatedWith → Siege of Harlech (1461–1468) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Harlech
Glyndŵr Rising → significantEvent → Siege of Harlech (1461–1468) ⓘ
this entity surface form: siege of Harlech Castle