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Battle of Lewes

Offham Hill · near Lewes · Sussex

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

On 14 May 1264, the baronial army of Simon de Montfort defeated King Henry III on the downs above Lewes in Sussex, a key battle of the Second Barons' War. The royalist defeat forced the Mise of Lewes, making de Montfort the effective ruler of England.

Belligerents2

  • Baronial rebels (Simon de Montfort)
  • Royalists (Henry III)

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Battle of Lewes
  2. Historic England Battlefield Report: Lewes 1264
  3. Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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50.88°N · 0.01°W · 1264WARS-ATLAS / CONFLICT / BATTLE-OF-LEWES

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