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Lady Margaret Beaufort (pronounced / ˈ b oʊ f ər t / BOH-fərt or / ˈ b juː f ər t / BEW-fərt; 31 May 1443 – 29 June 1509) was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses of the late fifteenth century, and mother of King Henry VII of England, the first Tudor monarch. [1]
Henry VII was born on 28 January 1457 at Pembroke Castle, in the English-speaking portion of Pembrokeshire known as Little England beyond Wales.He was the only child of Lady Margaret Beaufort, who was 13 years old at the time, and Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond who, at 26, died three months before his birth. [1]
Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, Prince of Denmark [a] (Greek: Παύλος Ντε Γκρες, romanized: Pav́los de Grèce; born 20 May 1967) is the former heir apparent to the defunct throne of Greece. He is the second child and eldest son of the last King of Greece, Constantine II, and Queen Anne-Marie. His father served as king from 1964 ...
After the overthrow in 1862 of the first king of the independent Greek state, Otto of Bavaria, a plebiscite in Greece was initiated on 19 November 1862, [note 2] with the results announced in February the following year, [note 3] in support of adopting Prince Alfred of the United Kingdom, later Duke of Edinburgh, to reign as king of the country. [8]
Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466 – 11 February 1503) was Queen of England from her marriage to King Henry VII on 18 January 1486 until her death in 1503. [1] She was the daughter of King Edward IV and his wife, Elizabeth Woodville, and her marriage to Henry VII followed his victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field, which marked the end of the civil war known as the Wars of the Roses.
King Henry VII, the founder of the royal house of Tudor. Upon becoming king in 1485, Henry VII moved rapidly to secure his hold on the throne. On 18 January 1486 at Westminster Abbey, he honoured a pledge made three years earlier and married Elizabeth of York, [12] daughter of King Edward IV. They were third cousins, as both were great-great ...
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 ...
Edmund Dudley (c. 1462 [1] or 1471/1472 [2] – 17 August 1510) was an English administrator and a financial agent of King Henry VII.He served as a leading member of the Council Learned in the Law, Speaker of the House of Commons and President of the King's Council.