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1 day ago · King Henry VII, the founder of the royal house of Tudor. Upon becoming king in 1485, Henry VII moved rapidly to secure his hold on the throne. On 18 January 1486 at Westminster Abbey, he honoured a pledge made three years earlier and married Elizabeth of York, [11] daughter of King Edward IV.
2 days ago · She was born into a powerful ruling class of Normans, who traditionally owned extensive estates in both England and Normandy, and her first husband had been Holy Roman Emperor Henry V.
3 days ago · Plantagenet. Henry II (1154–1189) is considered by some to be the first Plantagenet king of England, and the first Angevin. In the 15th century, near the end of the dynastic line, Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, adopted Plantagenet as his family name.
3 days ago · A new book on Henry VII is a major event. The last full-length study of the king and his reign, by S. B. Chrimes, was written in 1972, in a very different historiographical world. At that time, the explosion of interest in later-medieval history was still in its infancy, and the decades after 1485 were seen mainly through the lens of the 'Tudor ...
5 days ago · Age 28-52. Great-great-great-grandson of Edward III. Married Elizabeth (daughter of Edward IV ). Seven children. Buried in Westminster Abbey. Henry Tudor became King Henry Vll of England and Wales after defeating Richard lll at the Battle of Bosworth in August 1485.
5 days ago · Citation: Mr Simon Lambe, review of Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales: Life, Death and Commemoration, (review no. 1006) https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/1006. Date accessed: 1 June, 2024. Tudor scholars and enthusiasts alike marked a significant anniversary on 21 April 2009: the quincentenary of Henry VIII’s accession to the English throne.
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5 days ago · At the start of their genealogy, early 12th century you’ll find a few men with different first names, but already soon all men are called Heinrich, the German equivalent of Henry. The story goes that the family tradition started in honour of the Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich VI (1165-1197).
