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After several conspiracies and rebellions, Warwick and Edward\'s brother, the Duke of Clarence, fled to France where Louis XI brokered an agreement between them and the Lancastrian exiles, led by Queen Margaret. Backed by Louis, Warwick returned, took London and ruled in Henry VI\'s name with his uneasy Lancastrian allies. Edward IV fled to Holland and prepared his counterstroke. Henry VI\'s second reign is known as the \'Readeption\'. When Edward IV returned in 1471 he was able to rally the Yorkist party and defeat first Warwick at Barnet, and then the Lancastrians at Tewkesbury. All the Lancastrian leaders of any significance were now dead, most notably Henry VI\'s son, Edward, Prince of Wales.
Henry himself was soon murdered in the Tower.
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