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Source: King Edward IV (1461 - 1483) - Britroyals

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Titre	King Edward IV (1461 - 1483) - Britroyals

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Edward IV King of England and of France and Lord of Ireland

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Year Event 1461 Edward, son of Richard of York, is declared king by the Earl of Warwick following the Yorkist victory at the Battle of Towton. 1464 Warwick defeats Lancastrians at Battle of Hexham; Henry VI is captured and brought to the Tower of London. 1464 Edward marries Elizabeth Woodville, the widow of a commoner, offending Warwick. 1469 Warwick falls out with Edward IV, and defeats him at Edgecote. They are later reconciled but Warwick is banished. He makes peace with Margaret, returns to England with an army, and Edward flees to Flanders. Henry VI is restored to the throne. 1471 Edward returns to England from Flanders and defeats and kills Warwick at the Battle of Barnet. 1471 Margaret is defeated at the Battle of Tewkesbury and the Lancastrian heir, Prince Edward, is killed. Soon after, Henry VI is murdered in the Tower of London. 1474 Edward grants privileges to the Hanseatic League of North German trading cities to conduct trade in England. 1476 William Caxton sets up a printing press in Westminster, London 1478 Edward falls out with his brother George, Duke of Clarence, who is then murdered in the Tower, supposedly in a butt of malmsey wine. 1483 Death of Edward.

Year Event
1461 Edward, son of Richard of York, is declared king by the Earl of Warwick following the Yorkist victory at the Battle of Towton.
1464 Warwick defeats Lancastrians at Battle of Hexham; Henry VI is captured and brought to the Tower of London.
1464 Edward marries Elizabeth Woodville, the widow of a commoner, offending Warwick.
1469 Warwick falls out with Edward IV, and defeats him at Edgecote. They are later reconciled but Warwick is banished. He makes peace with Margaret, returns to England with an army, and Edward flees to Flanders. Henry VI is restored to the throne.
1471 Edward returns to England from Flanders and defeats and kills Warwick at the Battle of Barnet.
1471 Margaret is defeated at the Battle of Tewkesbury and the Lancastrian heir, Prince Edward, is killed. Soon after, Henry VI is murdered in the Tower of London.
1474 Edward grants privileges to the Hanseatic League of North German trading cities to conduct trade in England.
1476 William Caxton sets up a printing press in Westminster, London
1478 Edward falls out with his brother George, Duke of Clarence, who is then murdered in the Tower, supposedly in a butt of malmsey wine.
1483 Death of Edward.