![]() Henry also asked for support from his stepfather, Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, who, although married to Henry’s mother, Margaret Beaufort, was a Yorkist supporter. He landed on the Welsh coast on the 8th August and set about gathering further support and troops as he marched through Wales and the Welsh Marches, aiming for London. On 1st August 1485 Henry Tudor sailed from Harfleur in France to Milford Haven in Wales with a force of French mercenaries and English exiles. Henry also had the support of the Welsh, being descended through his father, Edmund Tudor, from Rhys ap Gruffydd, The Lord Rhys. On Christmas Day 1483, in Rennes Cathedral, France, Henry pledged to marry Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV and the sister of the Princes in the Tower (Edward V and his brother Richard), thus gaining more support for his claim to the English throne. In 1485, Henry Tudor and his uncle, Jasper Tudor, rebelled against Richard. Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, rose up against Richard III in 1483, planning to replace him with Henry Tudor, but the revolt was unsuccessful and Buckingham was executed as a traitor. The boys, who were lodged in the Tower of London, disappeared and it is not known what exactly happened to them. To cut another long story short, Edward IV’s marriage to Elizabeth Woodville was deemed to be invalid, thus making the claims of their sons, Edward and Richard, to the throne invalid, and Richard seized the throne becoming Richard III. His brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was appointed Lord Protector to act as regent for Edward's son, Edward V, who was just a child. Neither of Henry's parents had a strong claim to the throne, with Edmund having no English royal blood and Margaret being descended from a line which was deliberately excluded from the succession, but Henry became the senior Lancastrian claimant to the throne following the deaths of Henry VI and his son, Edward, Prince of Wales, in 1471. Margaret Beaufort was the daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, who was descended from John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and third son of King Edward III, and his mistress, and eventual wife, Katherine Swynford. His parents were the thirteen year-old Lady Margaret Beaufort and her husband Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, who, unfortunately, had died of the plague three months before Henry's birth.Įdmund Tudor was the son of Owen Tudor and Catherine Valois (Catherine of France), widow of Henry V and mother of Henry VI. Henry VII Henry VII was born at Pembroke Castle on the 28th January 1457.
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