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King of England Henry Tudor, VII

King of England Henry Tudor, VII[1]

Male 1457 - 1509  (52 years)

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  • Name Henry Tudor 
    Title King of England 
    Suffix VII 
    Relationshipwith Kathleen Alice Jones-Rouse
    Birth 28 Jan 1457  Pembroke Castle, Wales, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    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 
    Death 21 Apr 1509  Richmond Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3288  Enchanted Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2020 

    Father Earl of Richmond Edmund Tudor,   b. 1430   d. 3 Nov 1456, Carmarthen Castle, Wales, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years) 
    Mother Countess of Richmond Margaret Beaufort,   b. 31 May 1443, Bletsoe Castle, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1509, Cheyneygates, Abbots House, Westminster Abbey, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 1 Nov 1455 
    Family ID F1803  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Plantagenet,   b. 11 Feb 1466, Westminster Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1503, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Margaret Tudor,   b. 28 Nov 1489, Westminster Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1541, Methven Castle, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    +2. King of England Henry Tudor, VIII,   b. 28 Jun 1491, Greenwich Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1547, Whitehall Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    +3. Queen Consort of France Mary Tudor,   b. 18 Mar 1496, Richmond Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1533, Westhorpe Hall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)
    Family ID F1793  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Jan 1457 - Pembroke Castle, Wales, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Apr 1509 - Richmond Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
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