Martin Schwartz (died June 16, 1487) was a German mercenary who died at the Battle of Stoke Field while fighting for Lambert Simnel, a Yorkist pretender to the English throne. June 16 is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Richard Fox becomes Bishop of Exeter. ... A mercenary, is a person who takes part in an armed conflict and is motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the desire for private gain and, in fact, is promised, by or on behalf of a Party to the conflict, material compensation substantially in excess of that... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Lambert Simnel (circa 1477 – circa 1534) was a child pretender to the throne of England. ... The House of York was a dynasty of English kings. ... This article is about pretender as applied to a monarchy. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130...

Schwartz was born in Augsburg, the son of a shoemaker. Able but arrogant^[1], he rose to become a major military entrepreneur. In 1486, he was recruited by Maximilian, later Holy Roman Emperor, to help rid the Burgundian Netherlands of the French and to suppress Flemish rebellion. When John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln fled the English court having decided to promote the cause of the pretender Simnel, his aunt, Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy, contracted Martin Schwartz to provide troops for an invasion. Both Lincoln and Schwartz died at the Battle of Stoke Field, when this invasion force was routed by the army of Henry Tudor. Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. ... Portrait by Albrecht Dürer, 1519 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). ... The extent of the Holy Roman Empire in c. ... In the history of the Low Countries, the Burgundian Netherlands refers to the period when the dukes of Burgundy ruled the area, as well as Luxembourg and northern France from 1384 to 1477. ... Flanders (Dutch: ) is a large historical region overlapping Belgium, France and the Netherlands. ... John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln (1462/1464 - 1487) was the eldest son of John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and Elizabeth of York. ... Margaret of York (May 3, 1446 - November 23, 1503) was the sister of Edward IV of England and wife of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. ... Henry VII (January 28, 1457 – April 21, 1509), King of England, Lord of Ireland (August 22, 1485 – April 21, 1509), was the founder and first patriarch of the Tudor dynasty. ...

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Bennett, Michael (1987). Lambert Simnel and the Battle of Stoke. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-01213-6.