Editing Lambert Simnel (section)

==="Coronation"===
[[File:NEWENHAM(1830) p115 DUBLIN - CHRIST'S CHURCH.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|[[Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin]], from ''Picturesque views of the antiquities of Ireland. Drawn on stone by James D. Harding, from the sketches of Robert O'Callaghan Newenham'' (1830)]]
On 24 May 1487 Simnel was crowned in [[Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin|Christ Church Cathedral]] in [[Dublin]] as "King Edward VI".<ref name="odnb" /><ref>Kilfeather, Siobhán, ''Dublin: A Cultural History'', New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 37.</ref> He was about 10 years old. Lord Kildare collected an army of Irish soldiers under the command of his younger brother, [[Thomas FitzGerald of Laccagh]].

[[John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln]], formerly the designated successor of his uncle the late [[Richard III of England|King Richard III]], joined the conspiracy against Henry VII. He fled to [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundy]], where Warwick's aunt [[Margaret of York]], the [[Duke of Burgundy|Dowager Duchess of Burgundy]], kept her court. Lincoln claimed that he had taken part in young Warwick's supposed escape. He also met [[Francis Lovell, 1st Viscount Lovell|Viscount Lovell]], who had supported a [[Stafford and Lovell Rebellion|failed Yorkist uprising in 1486]]. Margaret collected 2,000 Flemish mercenaries and shipped them to Ireland under the command of [[Martin Schwartz (mercenary)|Martin Schwartz]], a noted military leader of the time. They arrived in Ireland on 5 May. King Henry was informed of this and began to gather troops.