The
Battle of Evesham took place on
August 4,
1265, and was the decisive battle in the
Baron's War[?], where
Simon de Montfort led a number of rebellious barons against the
Royalist forces led by Prince Edward (later King
Edward I of England). de Montfort was encumbered by a number of unreliable allies, particularly the
Welsh, who deserted before the battle commenced. Confronted by a force four times the size of his own, on unfavourable ground, the outcome rapidly turned into a massacre.