Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond

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Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (c. 1430 – November 1, 1456) was the father of King Henry VII of England.

Tudor was born either at Much Hadham Palace in Hertfordshire or at Hadham in Bedfordshire, an older son of Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois (former wife of King Henry V of England). It is not known for certain whether he was born legitimately after his parents were secretly married. Whatever the case, his mother died in 1437, but his half-brother, King Henry VI recognised him, and elevated him as Earl of Richmond in November 1452. Edmund's younger brother, Jasper, was created Earl of Pembroke.

On 1 November 1455, he married Lady Margaret Beaufort, a daughter of the legitimised John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset. She was twelve years old at the time, and became pregnant in the following year. However, during the opening rounds of the Wars of the Roses, Edmund was captured by the Yorkist Herbert family. They imprisoned him at Carmarthen Castle in south Wales, where he caught the plague and died. Henry, his only child, was born only two months after his death.

Preceded by
John of Lancaster		Earl of Richmond
1435-1456		Succeeded by
Forfeit, next held by George of Clarence

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Henry VII
King of England, Lord of Ireland

Reign August 22 1485 - April 21 1509
Coronation October 30 1485
Born January 28 1457(1457--)
Pembroke Castle
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(pronounced [ˈhɑːtfʊdʃə] or [ˈhɑːʔfʊdʃə
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Bedfordshire

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Status Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Region East of England
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Owyn ap Maredudd (or Owyn ap Meredith ap Tydir or Owyn Tydir or Owen Tudor) (c. 1400 – February 2, 1461) was a Welsh soldier and courtier, directly descended from The Lord Rhys but remembered only because of his role in
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Catherine of Valois (27 October 1401 – 3 January 1437) was the Queen consort of England from 1420 until 1422. Catherine of Valois was the daughter of King Charles VI of France and Isabella of Bavaria-Ingolstadt. She was born on October 27, 1401, in Paris.
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Henry VI of England

Reign 31 August 1422 - 4 March 1461
and 31 October 1470 - 11 April 1471
Coronation 6 November 1429
Born 6 November 1421(1421--)
Windsor Castle
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The title of Earl of Richmond was created many times in the Peerage of England. The earldom of Richmond was held by various Bretons, Normans, the royal families of Plantagenet, Capet, Savoy, Tudor and Stewart.
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Jasper Tudor (Welsh: Siasbar Tudur): c. 1431 – December 21/26, 1495, Earl of Pembroke and 1st Duke of Bedford, was the uncle of King Henry VII of England and the architect of his successful conquest of England and Wales in 1485.
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Margaret Beaufort (May 31, 1443 – June 29, 1509) of the House of Lancaster was the mother of King Henry VII of England and grandmother of Henry VIII. She was a key figure in the Wars of the Roses.
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John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (baptised March 25,1404 – May 27, 1444), was an English noble and military commander.

He was the second son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, and succeeded his elder brother Henry to become the 3rd Earl of Somerset in 1418.
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Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) were a series of civil wars fought over the throne of England between adherents of the House of Lancaster and the House of York. Both houses were branches of the Plantagenet royal house, tracing descent from King Edward III.
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Motto
Cymru am byth   (Welsh)
"Wales forever"
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"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau"
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John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (20 June 1389 – 14 September 1435), also known as John Plantagenet, was the third surviving son of King Henry IV of England by Mary de Bohun, and acted as Regent of France for his nephew, King Henry VI.
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The title of Earl of Richmond was created many times in the Peerage of England. The earldom of Richmond was held by various Bretons, Normans, the royal families of Plantagenet, Capet, Savoy, Tudor and Stewart.
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George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (21 October 1449 – 18 February 1478) was the third son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the brother of kings Edward IV and Richard III of England.
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