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Sir Owen Tudor ( Welsh: Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur, [a] c. 1400 – 2 February 1461) was a Welsh courtier and the second husband of Queen Catherine of Valois (1401–1437), widow of King Henry V of England. He was the grandfather of Henry VII, founder of the Tudor dynasty .
The grandfather of Henry VII, Owen Tudor, or Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur, was born in 1400. He was the son of Maredudd ap Tudur ap Goronwy and Margaret, daughter of Dafydd Fychan. He is believed to be descended from a prominent Welsh family, and it is thought that Owen’s family took part in the Glyndwr Rising, one of the last major attempts for Welsh independence. Little is known about the ...
Sir Owen Tudor (Welsh: Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur, c. 1400 – 2 February 1461) was a Welsh courtier and the second husband of Queen Catherine of Valois (1401–1437), widow of King Henry V of England. He was the grandfather of Henry VII, founder of the Tudor dynasty .
May 14, 2024 · Owen Tudor. Owen Tudor was elected as Deputy General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in December 2018 and re-elected at its Fifth World Congress in Melbourne, Australia, November 2022. He is the Secretary of the Commonwealth Trade Union Group which brings together 70 million workers in 46 Commonwealth countries ...
May 21, 2018 · Tudor, Owen ( c. 1400–61). A humble Welsh servant of Catherine of Valois, widow of Henry V, he secretly married her about 1428. Their first-born Edmund was the father of Henry VII. There is probably no truth in the rumour that the real father of Edmund Tudor was Edmund Beaufort, whose close friendship with Catherine was brought to a hasty end ...
Owen Tudor was a gentleman of Catherine's household when he attracted her attention and made a secret marriage. After Catherine's death in 1437 he was shown some favour by Henry VI, and fought for the Lancastrians at Mortimer's Cross; captured in the battle, he was executed in Hereford market-place. His sons Edmund and Jasper were given greater ...
Owen Tudor. Sir Owen Tudor was a Welsh courtier and the second husband of Catherine of Valois, the widow of the English King Henry V. He originated from a prominent family which traced its lineage back to Ednyfed Fychan, an important figure in the Kingdom of Gwynedd. Historians consider the family of Owen Tudor and other descendants of Fychan ...
