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5 days ago · For the Lancastrians, the defeat at Mortimer‘s Cross was a bitter blow. The capture of Owen Tudor, in particular, was a significant loss. As the second husband of Catherine of Valois, the widow of King Henry V, Owen had been an important figurehead for the Lancastrian cause.
22 hours ago · The House of Tudor ( / ˈtjuːdər /) [1] was an English and Welsh dynasty that held the throne of England from 1485 to 1603. [2] They descended from the Tudors of Penmynydd, a Welsh noble family, and Catherine of Valois. The Tudor monarchs ruled the Kingdom of England and the Lordship of Ireland (later the Kingdom of Ireland) for 118 years ...
2 days ago · On 2 February 1461, he decisively defeated the Lancastrian armies at Mortimer's Cross, and the captured Owen Tudor, husband to Henry V's widow Catherine of Valois, was executed by his troops. As dawn broke across the field, a meteorological phenomenon known as parhelion occurred, giving the appearance of a trio of suns rising.
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4 days ago · The marriage was certainly unwise and unusual, although not unheard of; Henry VI's mother, Catherine of Valois, married her chamberlain, Owen Tudor. By all accounts, Elizabeth possessed considerable charm of person and intellect, while Edward was used to getting what he wanted.
5 days ago · For generations, residents of Collyweston — a village in central England snuggled up against the River Welland — passed down stories of a grand Tudor palace, of royal processions through the...
5 days ago · Henry VIII, one of England‘s most famous and controversial kings, was born on June 28, 1491 at Greenwich Palace. He was the second son of Henry VII, the first Tudor king, and his wife Elizabeth of York. At the time of his birth, young Henry was not expected to become king. That role was destined for his older brother Arthur, Prince of Wales ...
5 days ago · In the following essay, Sandra Logan examines the representation of Katherine de Valois, the ancestress of the Tudor line in two works written at the end of Elizabeth’s reign, Shakespeare’s Henry V and Drayton’s Heroicall Epistles. Logan argues that Katherine’s key role as ‘daughter, sister, wife, widow and mother of kings’ (p. 158 ...
