The flight of Queen Eleanor from London, 1263,, Scene at London Bridge, River Thames during the revolt of 1263
Illustration from a special edition history of England published in 1903. Info from wiki: Second Barons' War. De Montfort returned to England in April 1263 and convened a council of rebel barons in Oxford to pursue a renewed anti-Poitevin agenda.[287] Revolt broke out shortly afterwards in the Welsh Marches and, by October, England faced a likely civil war between Henry, backed by Edward, Bigod and the conservative barons, and de Montfort, de Clare and the radicals.[288] De Montfort marched east with an army and London rose up in revolt.[289] Henry and Eleanor were trapped in the Tower of London by the rebels; the Queen attempted to escape up the River Thames to join Edward's army at Windsor, but was forced to retreat by the London crowds.[290] De Montfort took the pair prisoner, and although he maintained a fiction of ruling in Henry's name, the rebels completely replaced the royal government and household with their own, trusted men.
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