But the situation quickly changed. Queen Margaret of Anjou raised his troops and killed the Duke of York and the Earl of Salisbury in December 1460. Defeated Warwick in the battle and regained control of the king. Warwick and Edward, the son of the Duke of York, entered London to hold fast. Edward became king on March 4th and called Edward IV. The two defeated Lancaster's army at the Battle of Taunton and won a decisive victory.
In the first three years of Edward's reign, Warwick held real power, but the king gradually acted independently, and the relationship between the two sides gradually became tense. Edward selected the queen's relatives to serve as important positions. Warwick and the king's brother, the Duke of Clarence, jointly launched a mutiny, defeating the king's army and forcing the king to seek peace in his army. He executed the queen's father and brother, but did not depose the king.
In March 1470, taking the opportunity of Warwick to go to the north to counter the rebellion, Edward IV summoned his cronies to launch a counterattack, forcing him to flee to France in April. Under the mediation of French King Louis XI, he and Henry VI's queen Anjou Margaret reconciled. In September, he re-offended England, drove out Edward IV, re-dominated England and supported Henry VI as king. After Edward IV returned from the daring Charles, the two sides fought in Barnet. During the assault, Warwick was mistakenly hit by the army and was killed.
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