King Henry VII, also known as Henry Tudor, had a challenging upbringing before he ever made it to the throne. His father was Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond, who died before he was even born. Henry Tudor's mother was Margaret Beaufort, great-great-granddaughter of King Edward III. She wa...
Henry's claim came through Margaret Beaufort, his mother, who was descended from John of Gaunt and his mistress (later wife) Katherine Swynford. The Beaufort line's claim to the throne was dubious, as Richard II had granted the line legitimacy but Henry IV had declared that they nevertheless...
The future Henry VII was born with a claim to the English crown which was extremely slight and intriguingly complicated. He was to spend his youth in the nightmare politics of the Wars of the Roses but he was a survivor. So was his mother, the thirteen-year-old Lady Margaret Beaufort, g...
His mother, Margaret Beaufort (1443-1509), the great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt, was of royal blood but only by a bastard line. But for the Beauforts' subsequent legitimisation by the Lancastrian crown, Henry Tudor would have been unable to make any claim to the throne. The other ...
Henry VII's mother was Margaret Beaufort. Margaret had married Henry's father, Edmund Tudor, when she was just thirteen years old. Edmund was captured and later killed in battle just days after Henry's birth. Edmund had been fighting with Lancaster forces against York forces during the Wars ...
Her mother Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso married three times – firstly to Oliver St John, secondly to the Duke of Somerset and finally to Lionel Lord Welles. Edith’s younger half sister from her mother’s second marriage was Lady Margaret Beaufort – making Richard Henry Tudor’s cousin. ...
Name: King Henry VIIFather: Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of RichmondMother: Lady Margaret BeaufortBorn: January 28, 1457 at Pembroke Castle, WalesAscended to the throne: August 22, 1485 aged 28 yearsCrowned: October 30, 1485 at WestminsterMarried: Elizabeth of York, on January 18 1486...
Further reading: “The Lost Tudor Princess: A Life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox” by Alison Weir, “A Biography of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (1515-1578), Niece of Henry VIII and Mother-in-Law of Mary, Queen of Scots” by Kim Shutte Share this: Facebook Twitter Pin...
The First Part of Henry the Sixth: Directed by Jane Howell. With John Benfield, Peter Benson, Brenda Blethyn, Antony Brown. Following his father's early death and the loss of possessions in France, young Henry VI comes to the throne, under the protection
with Henry VIII’s paternal grandfather, Edmund Tudor, having been Earl of Richmond, and John Beaufort, father of Henry VIII’s paternal grandmother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, had been Earl of Somerset. John Beaufort was, of course, the illegitimate son of John of Gaunt, son of King Edw...