Henry (Henry VII) Tudor

1457 - 1509  (52 years)

• Name	Henry (Henry VII) Tudor
  Birth	28 Jan 1457	Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Apr 1509	Richmond Palace, Eichmond, Surrey, England
  Person ID	I23416	Whisperspast | Ancients
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Edmund Tudor,   b. 11 Jun 1430   d. 3 Nov 1456, St. David's Cathedral (Age 26 years)
  Mother	Margaret Beaufort,   b. 31 May 1443, Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire d. 29 Jun 1509 (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F7725	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth York,   b. 11 Feb 1466, Palace of Westminster, London, Middlesex, England d. 11 Feb 1503, Tower of London, London, Middlesex, England (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	18 Jan 1486	Westminster, London, England
  Children	1. Margaret Tudor,   b. 29 Nov 1489, Westminster, London, England d. 18 Oct 1541, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F7722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Father of Henry VIII, King of England (1485-1509) Timeline 1471: After Edward re-took the throne in 1471, Henry Tudor spent 14 years in exile in Brittany. 1483: By 1483, Henry's mother was actively promoting him as an alternative to Richard III, despite her being married to Lord Stanley, a Yorkist. 1485: Though outnumbered, Henry's Lancastrian forces decisively defeated Richard's Yorkist army at the Battle of Bosworth Field on 22 August 1485. 1486: Henry VII of England married Elizabeth of York on January 18, 1486; their marriage lasted 17 years till February 11, 1503. 1489: The Treaty of Redon was signed in February 1489 between Henry and representatives of Brittany. 1509: Henry VII died of tuberculosis at Richmond Palace on 21 April 1509 and was buried in the chapel he commissioned in Westminster Abbey next to his wife, Elizabeth.