House of Tudor

Tudors is a redirect to this article. For the TV series, see The Tudors .

English nobility
house of Tudor

Henry VII children    Arthur, Prince of Wales    Margaret    Henry VIII    Elisabeth    Mary    Edmund, Duke of Somerset    Katherina Henry VIII children    Henry, Duke of Cornwall    Maria I.    Elizabeth I.    Edward VI. Edward VI. Maria I. Elizabeth I.

House Tudor [ˈtuːdə], [ˈtʲuːdə] , Welsh Tudur or Tewdwr (English Royal House of Tudor ), is the name of a Welsh family on the English royal throne from 1485 to 1603.

The first English Tudor king, Henry VII , passed his claim to the throne through his mother Margaret Beaufort to King Edward III, who died in 1377 . Plantagenet back. Henry's father was Edmund Tudor , Earl of Richmond , son of Owen Tudor . As head of the Lancaster party , he defeated the last York king , Richard III. at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, was recognized by Parliament and married Elizabeth of York , sister of the missing King Edward V.

After the death of the last English Queen Elizabeth I of the House of Tudor in 1603 , James I of the House of Stuart succeeded the throne because he was the great-grandson of Margaret Tudor ; he became the first joint king of England and Scotland.

Ruler list

1485–1509 Henry VII. , * 1457

1509–1547 Henry VIII , * 1491

1547–1553 Edward VI. , * 1537

1553–1553 Jane Gray , b. 1537

1553–1558 Maria I , * 1516

1558–1603 Elisabeth I , * 1533

Tribe list

Until Owen Tudor

Ednyfed Fychan ⚭ Gwenllian, † 1236, daughter of Rhys, called The Lord Rhys , Regent of Deheubarth (South Wales) ( House Gwynedd )

Gronw

Tudor Hen † 1311

Gronw ap Tewdwr (Tudor) † 1331

Sir Tudor Vychan (Fychan) of Penmynydd (Anglesey) † 1367 ⚭ Margaret, daughter of Thomas ap Llywelyn ( House Gwynedd )

Maredudd ap Tewdwr (Tudor) ⚭ Margaret, daughter of David Vychan

Owen Tudor † 1461 ⚭ Katharina von Valois (* 1401 † 1437), daughter of King Charles VI. of France , widow of King Henry V of England

From Owen Tudor

Owen Tudor (specified above )

1. Edmund Tudor (1430 † 1456), Earl of Richmond 1452

   ⚭ 1455 Margarete Beaufort (* 1443 † 1509) daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (from the Plantagenet family )

   1. Henry VII (* 1457 † 1509) King of England 1485–1509

      ⚭ 1486 Elisabeth (* 1466 † 1503) daughter of King Edward IV (England)

      1. Arthur (* 1486 † 1502), Prince of Wales

         ⚭ 1501 Katharina (* 1485 † 1536) daughter of King Ferdinand II of Aragón

      2. Margarete (* 1489 † 1541)

         ⚭1) 1503 Jacob IV. King of Scotland (* 1473 † 1513)

         ⚭2) 1514–1526 Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus (* around 1489 † 1557)

         ⚭3) 1526 Heinrich Stuart, Lord Methven († around 1552)

      3. Henry VIII (* 1491 † 1547), King of England 1509–1547

         ⚭1) 1509–1533 Katharina (* 1485 † 1536; divorced), daughter of King Ferdinand II of Aragón

         ⚭2) 1533 Anne Boleyn (* 1507 † 1536; beheaded), daughter of Thomas Boleyn

         ⚭3) 1536 Jane Seymour († 1537; died), daughter of Sir John Seymour of Wolf Hall, Wiltshire

         ⚭4) 1540–1540 Anna von Kleve (* 1515 † 1557; divorced), daughter of Duke Johann III. from Kleve

         ⚭5) 1540 Catherine Howard (* 1521/1525 † 1542; beheaded), daughter of Sir Edmund Howard

         ⚭6) 1543 Catherine Parr (* 1512 † 1548; survived), daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal

         1. Henry Fitzroy (illegitimate, with Elizabeth Blount ) (June 15, 1519 - June 18, 1536), Duke of Richmond

            ⚭ 1533 Mary Howard († around 1555), daughter of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

         2. (1) daughter (* / † January 31, 1510)
         3. (1) Henry (January 1, 1511 - February 22, 1511), Duke of Cornwall
         4. (1) son (* / † November 1513)
         5. (1) Heinrich (* / † December 1514), Duke of Cornwall
         6. (1) Maria I. Bloody Mary (* 1516 † 1558), Queen of England 1553–1558

            ⚭ 1554 Philip II, King of Spain (* 1527 † 1598)

         7. (1) daughter (* / † November 10, 1518)
         8. (2) Elizabeth I (* 1533 † 1603), Queen of England 1558–1603
         9. (2) Edward (* / † January 29, 1536)
         10. (3) Edward VI. (* 1537 † 1553), King of England 1547–1553
      4. Elisabeth († 1495)
      5. Mary (* 1496 † 1533)

         ⚭1) 1514 Louis XII. King of France (* 1462 † 1515)

         ⚭2) 1515 Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (* approx. 1484 † 1545) ( Brandon House )

         1. Lady Frances Brandon (* 1517 † 1559) ⚭ Henry Gray, 1st Duke of Suffolk (* around 1515 † 1554)
            1. Lady Jane Gray (* 1537 † 1554) ⚭ Guilford Dudley (* around 1535 † 1554), Queen of England 1553 ( Queen of the Nine Days or Queen of Thirteen Days)
      6. Edmund Tudor (* 1499 † 1500) Duke of Somerset
      7. Katharina († young)
2. Jasper Tudor (* around 1431 † 1495), Duke of Bedford 1485 ⚭ 1483/5 Katherine Woodville , daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers
   1. Helen ⚭ John Gardiner
   2. Joan ⚭ William ap Yevan
3. Owen († 1501) monk in Winchester
4. Daughter, nun
5. Jacina ⚭ Reginald Gray, 7th Baron Gray de Wilton

Overview

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Members of the House of Tudor

Ruler of England

Ruler of Scotland

See also

• Tudor sheet , Tudor arch , Tudor style

literature

• Dieter Berg : The Tudors. England and the Continent in the 16th Century. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3170256705 (there also an overview of research and other literature).
• John Guy: Tudor England. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1988 (several NDe).
• John Guy: The Tudor Queens of England. Continuum, London / New York 2009.
• John Guy: The Tudors. A very short introduction. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2000.
• Robert Tittler, Norman Jones (Eds.): A Companion to Tudor Britain. Blackwell, Malden 2004.

Web links

Commons : Tudor people  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• www.tudorhistory.org: History of the Tudor family (Engl.)