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The Tudors succeeded the House of Plantagenet as rulers of the Kingdom of England, and were succeeded by the Scottish House of Stuart. The first Tudor monarch, Henry VII, descended through his mother from the House of Beaufort, a legitimised branch of the English royal House of Lancaster, a cadet house of the Plantagenets.
Elizabeth Tudor: Heiress presumptive [11] Daughter 23 March 1534 Half-sister declared illegitimate: 8 June 1536 Declared illegitimate [12] No recognised heir 1536–1537 [12] Edward Tudor, Prince of Wales: Heir apparent Son 12 October 1537 Born 28 January 1547 Became king Mary Tudor: Heiress presumptive [13] Half-sister 28 January 1547 Half ...
Elizabeth's cousin, King James VI of Scotland, succeeded to the English throne as James I in the Union of the Crowns. James was descended from the Tudors through his great-grandmother, Margaret Tudor, the eldest daughter of Henry VII and wife of James IV of Scotland. In 1604, he adopted the title King of Great Britain.
On 22 August 1485, Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field, and was succeeded by the victor of the battle, Henry Tudor, 2nd Earl of Richmond, a descendant in a legitimated line of John of Gaunt. He became Henry VII.
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]
Richard III was the last English king to be killed in battle. [149] Henry Tudor succeeded Richard as King Henry VII. He married the Yorkist heiress Elizabeth of York, Edward IV's daughter and Richard III's niece. Richard III's grave in 2013
The Tudor myth is a particular tradition in English history, historiography, and literature that presents the period of the 15th century, including the Wars of the Roses, as a dark age of anarchy and bloodshed, and sees the Tudor period of the 16th century as a golden age of peace, law, order, and prosperity.
King of the English r. 939–946: Queen Æthelflæd Queen of the English: King Eadred 923–955 King of the English r. 946–955: Eadburh of Winchester d. 960 Daughter of King Edward the Elder: Eadgyth 910–946 Queen of Germany: Otto I 912–973 Holy Roman Emperor: Eadhild d. 937 Daughter of Edward the Elder: Hugh the Great 898–956 Duke of ...