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2 days 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 ...
- 1485; 538 years ago
- Henry VII (first Tudor king)
Apr 30, 2024 · The origins of the Tudors can be traced to the 13th century, but the family’s dynastic fortunes were established by Owen Tudor (c. 1400–61), a Welsh adventurer who took service with Kings Henry V and Henry VI and fought on the Lancastrian side in the Wars of the Roses; he was beheaded after the Yorkist victory at Mortimer’s Cross (1461).
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3 days ago · Henry, son of Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond, and Margaret Beaufort, was born nearly three months after his father’s death. His father was the son of Owen Tudor, a Welsh squire, and Catherine of France, the widow of King Henry V.
- What is Henry VII known for?Henry VII is known for successfully ending the War of the Roses between the houses of Lancaster and York and for founding the Tudor dynasty.
- How did Henry VII become king?Henry VII declared himself king by just title of inheritance and by the judgment of God in battle, after slaying Richard III at the Battle of Boswo...
- Who was Henry VII’s successor?Henry VII was succeeded by his second son, Henry VIII. Henry VIII had become heir to the throne when his elder brother, Arthur, died in 1502.
May 3, 2024 · Welsh courtier Owen Tudor, who was born before 1400, married Catherine of Valois twice after her first husband, King Henry V of England, passed away in 1422. Edmund Tudor was one of Owen and Catherine’s three boys, born around 1430. The bubonic plague tragically claimed Edmund’s life on November 3, 1546, not long after he wed Margaret Beaufort.
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1 day 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.
Apr 30, 2024 · 1401-1437. The Queen consort of England from 1420 until 1422. She was the daughter of King Charles VI of France, wife of Henry V of Monmouth, King of England, mother of Henry VI, King of England and King of France, and through her secret marriage with Owen Tudor, the grandmother of King Henry VII of England.
2 days ago · Logan argues that Katherine’s key role as ‘daughter, sister, wife, widow and mother of kings’ (p. 158) is greatly minimized by Elizabethan authors, reducing her to the recalcitrant object of Henry V’s affections and a ‘Desiring Dowager Queen’ in her clandestine relationship with Owen Tudor.
