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• Also Known As : Henry VII
• Occupation: King of England - Reigned 1485 to 1509
• Stories and Notes: Henry was the son of Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond, who died before Henry was born, and Margaret Beaufort, a descendant of Edward III through John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. Although the Beaufort line, which was originally illegitimate, had been specifically excluded (1407) from all claim to the throne, the death of the imprisoned Henry VI (1471) made Henry Tudor head of the house of Lancaster. At this point, however, the Yorkist Edward IV had established himself securely on the throne, and Henry, who had been brought up in Wales, fled to Brittany for safety. The death of Edward IV (1483) and accession of Richard III, left Henry the natural leader of the party opposing Richard, whose rule was very unpopular. Henry made an unsuccessful attempt to land in England during the abortive revolt (1483) of Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham. Thereafter he bided his time in France until 1485 when, aided by other English refugees, he landed in Wales. At the battle of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, he defeated the royal forces of Richard, who was killed. Henry advanced to London, was crowned, and in 1486 fulfilled a promise made earlier to Yorkist dissidents to marry Edward IV's daughter, Elizabeth of York. He thus united the houses of York and Lancaster, founding the Tudor royal dynasty. Although Henry's accession marked the end of the Wars of the Roses, the early years of his reign were disturbed by Yorkist attempts to regain the throne. The first serious attempt, an uprising in favour of the imposter Lambert Simnel, was easily crushed (1487). In 1494, Henry sent Sir Edward Poynings to Ireland to consolidate English rule there. Poynings drove out of Ireland the Yorkist pretender Perkin Warbeck, who then sought support from the Scottish king, James IV. James attempted (1496) to invade England, but the next year, under pressure from Spain, he expelled Warbeck. The latter was defeated shortly thereafter in an attempted invasion of Cornwall. A truce (1497) between England and Scotland was followed by the marriage (1503) of Henry's daughter Margaret Tudor to James a marriage that led ultimately to the union of the monarchies of England and Scotland. Henry succeeded in crushing the independence of the nobility by means of a policy of forced loans and fines. His chancellor, Cardinal Morton, was made responsible for the collection of these fines, and they were enforced by the privy councillors Empson and Dudley. Henry married his son Arthur to Catharine of Aragón, daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragón and Isabella of Castile, his daughter Margaret to James IV of Scotland, and his youngest daughter Mary to Louis XII of France. After Arthur died in 1502, an agreement was reached by which Catharine married Arthur's brother Henry (later Henry VIII).
• To Lady Kathleen: 3 x cousin 15 times removed

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Plantagenet. Elizabeth (daughter of King of England Edward Plantagenet, IV) was born on 11 Feb 1466 in Westminster Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom; died on 11 Feb 1503 in Tower of London, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Margaret Tudor was born on 28 Nov 1489 in Westminster Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom; died on 18 Oct 1541 in Methven Castle, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom.
2. King of England Henry Tudor, VIII was born on 28 Jun 1491 in Greenwich Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom; died on 28 Jan 1547 in Whitehall Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom.
3. Queen Consort of France Mary Tudor was born on 18 Mar 1496 in Richmond Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom; died on 25 Jun 1533 in Westhorpe Hall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

Edmund married Countess of Richmond Margaret Beaufort on 1 Nov 1455. Margaret (daughter of Duke of Somerset John Beaufort and Duchess of Somerset Margaret Beauchamp) was born on 31 May 1443 in Bletsoe Castle, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom; died on 29 Jun 1509 in Cheyneygates, Abbots House, Westminster Abbey, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Founder of Christ's and St. John's Colleges, Cambridge

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• Occupation: Duke of Somerset, Earl of Kendall

John married Duchess of Somerset Margaret Beauchamp in 1440. Margaret died on 8 Aug 1482 in Wimborne, Dorset, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: 1st Earl of Somerset, Marquess of Dorset, Lord High Admiral of England

John married Margaret Holland on 28 Sep 1397. Margaret was born in 1383; died on 30 Dec 1439 in St. Saviours Abbey, Bermondsey, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]