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The family of Henry VII, depicted on an illuminated page.. Henry VII became King of England upon defeating Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. In an effort to strengthen the Tudor claim to the throne, Henry decided on naming his firstborn son "Arthur" and having him born in Winchester – where the Legend of King Arthur originated – in order to emphasise the Welsh origin of ...
Natural causes, probably dysentery: Edward IV: House of York (England) 28 April 1442 1461–1470 1471–1483 9 April 1483 Unclear, possibly apoplexy brought on by excess. Henry VII: House of Tudor (England) 28 January 1457 1485–1509 21 April 1509 Tuberculosis: James V: House of Stuart (Scotland) 10 April 1512 1513–1542 14 December 1542
The onset of symptoms was sudden, with death often occurring within hours. Sweating sickness epidemics were unique compared with other disease outbreaks of the time: whereas other epidemics were typically urban and long-lasting, cases of sweating sickness spiked and receded very quickly, and heavily affected rural populations. [2]
Prince Arthur was the heir to the English throne until his unexpected death made his brother King Henry VIII and changed the course of European history. Here's what caused his death.
Battle Between King Arthur and Sir Mordred by William Hatherell. The Battle of Camlann (Welsh: Gwaith Camlan or Brwydr Camlan) is the legendary final battle of King Arthur, in which Arthur either died or was mortally wounded while fighting either alongside or against Mordred, who also perished.
At the time, the House of Trastámara was the most prestigious in Europe, [12] due to the rule of the Catholic Monarchs, so the alliance of Catherine and Arthur validated the House of Tudor in the eyes of European royalty and strengthened the Tudor claim to the English throne via Catherine of Aragon's ancestry. It would have given a male heir ...
This gave the throne to his cousin Lady Jane Grey, the granddaughter of Henry VIII's sister Mary Tudor, who, after the death of Louis XII of France in 1515 had married Henry VIII's favourite Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. Edward VI died on 6 July 1553, at the age of 15. With his death, the direct male line of the House of Tudor ended.
Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, and as "Bloody Mary" by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558.