The
Battle of Towton was fought during the English
Wars of the Roses on 29 March 1461, near the village of
Towton in
Yorkshire. It brought about a change of monarchs in England, with the victor, the
Yorkist Edward, Duke of Yorkwho became King Edward IV (1461–1483) having displaced the
Lancastrian King
Henry VI (1422–1461) as king, and thus drove the head of the Lancastrians and his key supporters out of the country.