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Events on Sunday 30 December 1460 3
1411 – 1460Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (1411-1460)Died 30 December 1460, aged 49The claimant whose rivalry with Henry VI's court triggered the Wars of the Roses was killed at the Battle of Wakefield after being cut off from the bulk of his army. His son Edward would depose Henry VI within three months and take the throne as Edward IV.
1443 – 1460Edmund, Earl of Rutland (1443-1460)Died 30 December 1460, aged 17The second son of Richard, Duke of York, was killed in the rout following the Battle of Wakefield, reportedly by Lord Clifford in revenge for his father's death at the first Battle of St Albans. His death alongside his father was a propaganda blow for the Yorkist cause.
1460Battle of WakefieldLancastrians crush Richard, Duke of YorkA Lancastrian army led by the Duke of Somerset and the Earl of Northumberland destroyed the Yorkist forces outside Wakefield. Richard, Duke of York, was killed in the fighting, and his head was afterward displayed on the gates of York wearing a paper crown.