King Henry VII
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Tudor |
Given Names: |
Henry |
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Earl of Richmond (1452 cr - 2nd) |
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King of England (1485 - 1509) |
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| Born: |
26 Jul 1455
Pembroke Castle, Dyfed, Wales
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Died: |
21 Apr 1509
Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England
(Age 53, Natural Causes)
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English/Scottish Royal Blood: 9.2163086% [?] |
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Westminster Abbey, London, England
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| Father: |
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (father of Henry VII)
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1430 - 3 Nov 1456
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| Mother: |
Margaret Beaufort (mother of King Henry VII)
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Apr 1441 - 29 Jun 1509
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Marriage:
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Elizabeth of York (wife of King Henry VII)
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11 Feb 1466 - 11 Feb 1503
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Date: 18 Jan 1486 |
His Age: 29 |
Her Age: 20 |
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Place:
Westminster, London, England
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Offspring:
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Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales
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20 Sep 1486 - 2 Apr 1502
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+8
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Margaret Tudor (daughter of King Henry VII)
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29 Nov 1489 - 18 Oct 1541
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+11
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King Henry VIII
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28 Jun 1491 - 28 Jan 1547
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Elizabeth Tudor (daughter of King Henry VII)
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2 Jul 1492 - 14 Sep 1495
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Mary Tudor (daughter of King Henry VII)
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18 Mar 1496 - 26 Jun 1533
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Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset
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20 Feb 1499 - 19 Jun 1500
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Katherine Tudor (daughter of King Henry VII)
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2 Feb 1503 - About 20 Feb 1503
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| Events: |
Accession to English throne |
22 Aug 1485 |
Unknown place
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Coronation |
30 Oct 1485 |
Westminster Abbey, London, England
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King Henry was styled as, "Dei Gratia, Rex Angliae et Franciae et Dominus Hiberniae."
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The Wars of the Roses ended with Henry's victory at the battle of Bosworth.
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Henry was crowned by Thomas Bourchier, Cardinal Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Henry defeated the impostor Lambert Simnel at the battle of Stoke in July 1487.
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After Elizabeth of York died, Henry pursued several potential second wives, including Joanna the Mad, whom he had met in 1506 when she visited her sister, Henry's daughter-in-law Katherine of Aragon. Joanna, the queen of Castile in her own right, was theoretically one of the best catches in Europe - except that she had gone insane after the death of her husband Philip the Handsome.
Henry's courtship was determined: he showed "an uncharacteristic, almost obsessive eagerness," according to Alison Plowden in "The House of Tudor." He ignored her family's reports of her insanity, except for telling the Spanish ambassador to tell Joanna's father that in a different surrounding, with a loving husband, she might recover. Henry also got Katherine to write to her sister endorsing the idea.
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Died of tuberculosis.
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A character in Shakespeare's plays, 3 Henry VI, and Richard III. In the former, he is a young boy who Henry VI prophesies will be king some day.
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Portrayed by Stanley Baker in the 1955 film of Shakespeare's play, "Richard III."
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