Siege of Kenilworth | |||||||
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Part of Second Barons' War | |||||||
Kenilworth Castle | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Royal forces | Baronial forces | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Henry III Prince Edward Prince Edmund John de Warenne |
Henry de Hastings Simon de Montfort the Younger | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | c. 1,200 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown, all survivors captured |
The siege of Kenilworth (21 June – December 1266), also known as the great siege of 1266, was a six-month siege of Kenilworth Castle and a battle of the Second Barons' War. The siege was a part of an English civil war fought from 1264 to 1267 by the forces of Simon de Montfort against the Royalist forces led by Prince Edward (later Edward I of England). The siege was one of few castle attacks to take place during the war.[1]