Henry VII
History of Wales > Nobility

Henry VII is famous for being King of England and starting the Tudor dynasty.

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  • 1457: His father, Edmund Tudor, dies before Henry is born at Pembroke Castle.
  • 1471: Henry and his uncle Jasper fled to Brittany for 14 years after the final defeat of the Lancastrians.
  • 1485: Henry and his uncle landed at Mill Bay Milford Haven on 7 August.
  • Henry travelled through South wales to Shrewsbury, and on 22 August, Richard III was killed on Bosworth field, and Henry was crowned King in his place.
  • He used his family connections with Wales to win the support of the Welsh in his campaign to claim the Crown.
  • 1486: Henry VII marries Elizabeth of York.
  • 1486: September – His eldest son, Arthur, is born.
  • 1491: Henry VIII is born.
  • 1502: Arthur, his eldest son dies.
  • 1503: His wife, Elizabeth of York dies.

Place of Birth: Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire

Date of Birth: 28 January 1457

Date of Death: 21 April 1509

‘After this we find him on Bosworth Field in August 1485, bearing the crown of the tyrant Richard III, with a gentle breeze waving the green and white flag bearing pictures of the Red Dragon’. – Translated from R. T. Williams, ‘Cymry Enwog: Cyfnod y Tuduriaid a‘u Dylanwad ar Hanes eu Hamserau’ (Swyddfa’r Seren 1915), p. 10

External Links

Wikipedia - Henry VII

Dictionary of Welsh Biography - Henry VII