See also
| Husband: | Edmund Tudor (c. 1430-1456) | |
| Wife: | Margaret Beaufort (1443-1509) | |
| Children: | Henry Tudor - King Henry VII ( -1509) | |
| Marriage | 14551 | |
| Name: | Edmund Tudor | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | c. 1430 | Hadham, Hertfordshire2 |
| Title (1) | frm 15 Dec 1449 (age 18-19) | Knight1 |
| Knighted by his half-brother, Henry VI | ||
| Title (2) | frm 23 Nov 1452 (age 21-22) | Earl of Richmond1 |
| Death | 3 Nov 1456 (age 25-26) | Probably in Carmarthen Castle1 |
| Burial | Greyfriars, Carmarthen1 | |
| His body was removed in 1536 to St David's Cathedral | ||
| Name: | Margaret Beaufort | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | John Beaufort - Duke of Somerset ( - ) | |
| Mother: | Margaret Beauchamp ( - ) | |
| Birth | 31 May 1443 | Bletsoe3 |
| Death | 29 Jun 1509 (age 66)3 | |
| Burial | Westminster Abbey3 | |
| Portrait | ||
| Link to Marilee Cody's "Tudor England" website | ||
Henry Tudor - King Henry VII
Spouse: Elizabeth Plantagenet of York
| Name: | Henry Tudor - King Henry VII | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth Plantagenet of York (1465-1503) | |
| Children: | Arthur Tudor (1486-1502) | |
| Margaret Tudor (1489-1541) | ||
| Henry Tudor - King Henry VIII (1491-1547) | ||
| Mary Tudor ( -1533) | ||
| Edmund Tudor ( -1500) | ||
| Note: | Henry VII (Welsh: Harri Tudur; 28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England, Prince of Wales [1] (until 29th November, 1489) and Lord of Ireland from his seizing the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, as the first monarch of the House of Tudor. Henry won the throne when his forces defeated the forces of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field, the culmination of the Wars of the Roses. Henry was the last king of England to win his throne on the field of battle. He cemented his claim by marrying Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV and niece of Richard III. Henry was successful in restoring the power and stability of the English monarchy after the political upheavals of the civil wars known as the Wars of the Roses. He founded the Tudor dynasty and, after a reign of nearly 24 years, was peacefully succeeded by his son, Henry VIII. Although Henry can be credited with the restoration of political stability in England, and a number of commendable administrative, economic and diplomatic initiatives, the latter part of his reign was characterised by a financial greed which stretched the bounds of legality. The capriciousness and lack of due process which indebted many in England were soon ended upon Henry VII's death after a commission revealed widespread abuses.[2] According to the contemporary historian Polydore Vergil, simple "greed" in large part underscored the means by which royal control was over-asserted in Henry's final years. |
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| Birth | "28 Jan 1456/1457" | Pembroke Castle4 |
| Title | frm 22 Aug 1485 | King Henry VII5 |
| after defeating Richard III at the battle of Bosworth | ||
| Death | 21 Apr 1509 | Richmond Palace6 |
| Death mask | ||
| Link to Marilee Cody's "Tudor England" website | ||
| 1 | Vicary Gibbs (ed.) and others, "The Complete Peerage" (13 volumes (in 14 parts). London: The St Catherine Press Ltd. 1910-1959 Volume 14 (addenda and corrigenda). Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd. 1998. Microprint edition of volumes 1-13. Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd. First published 1982; reprinted 2000.). Volume 10, page 826. |
| 2 | Ibid. Volume 10, page 825. |
| 3 | Ibid. Volume 4, page 207; volume 10, page 827. |
| 4 | Ibid. Volume 10, page 827. |
| 5 | Ibid. Volume 10, page 828. |
| 6 | J. D. Mackie, "The Earlier Tudors 1485-1558" (Oxford: Oxford University Press. First published 1952; paperback edition 1994). 228. |