House of Tudor

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The House of Tudor was a new dynastic ruling house (1485-1603) in England, although initially of Welsh origin.

The family appears to commence with Sir Tudor ap Grono, Knt., and his spouse Margaret, daughter of Thomas ap Llewellyn, last Lord of South Wales.[1] Their son & heir was:

  • Sir Owen Tudor, Knt., (c1400-1461) who married Catherine de Valois (1401-1438), Princess of France, daughter of Charles VI, King of France, and the widow of England's Plantagenet King Henry V (d.1422). Their eldest son & heir was:
  • Sir Edmund Tudor, Knt., Duke of Richmond (born in Hadham, Hertfordshire, England, and died 3 Nov 1456 in Carmarthen Castle, Wales). In 1455 he married the widow of Sir John de la Pole, K.G., 2nd Duke of Suffolk (d.1492), Margaret (1443-1509), daughter of John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, K.G., and a niece of King James 1st of Scotland.[2] Their son & heir was:
  • Henry VII, King of England (born posthumously on 28 January 1457; died 21 April 1509 in Richmond Palace, Surrey, England). He married 18 January 1486 at Westminster Abbey, London, Elizabeth Plantagenet, Princess of England (1466-1503) a daughter of Edward IV Plantagenet (1441-1483), King of England. During Henry's early years, his uncle Henry VI was fighting against Edward IV, a member of the Yorkist Plantagenet branch. After Edward retook the throne in 1471, Henry Tudor spent 14 years in exile in Brittany. He attained the throne when his forces, supported by France and Scotland, defeated Edward IV's brother 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 his marriage.



Sources

  1. ↑ Burke, Messrs., John & John Bernard, The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects, vol.2, London, 1851, 'Pedigree of the Royal Dynasties of North and South Wales, and Powys' opposite page lxi.
  2. ↑ Burkes, 1851, p.lxi.
  • Ruvigny & Raineval, The Marquis of, The Blood Royal of Britain, Tudor Roll, London, 1903, table 1.
  • Paget, Gerald, The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Charles, Prince of Wales, vol.ii, London, 1977, p.477.
  • Louda, Jiri, & Maclagan, Michael, Lines of Succession, London, 1981, table 5.
  • Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry, Baltimore, Md., 2004, pps: 690 and 726.
  • Murphy, N. W., Richardson, Douglas, & Tompkins, Matthew, "Gleanings from the Common Pleas, etc.," in Foundations, vol.8, June 2016, p.99. ISSN 1479-5078.
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