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Name: First Phase of the Wars of the Roses
Type: Event
Start: 1455 AD
End: 1455 AD
Parent: Wars of the Roses
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First Phase of the Wars of the Roses
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The First Battle of St Albans, fought on 22 May 1455 at St Albans, 22 miles (35 km) north of London, traditionally marks the beginning of the Wars of the Roses in England. Richard, Duke of York, and his allies, the Neville earls of Salisbury and Warwick, defeated a royal army commanded by Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, who was killed. With King Henry VI captured, a subsequent parliament appointed Richard of York Lord Protector.
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