Margaret TUDOR

Female 1489 - 1541  (51 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Margaret TUDOR was born on 28 Nov 1489 (daughter of Henry VII King Of ENGLAND and Elizabeth PLANTAGENET); died on 18 Oct 1541.

    Margaret married James IV on 08 Aug 1503. James (son of James III and Margaret Of OLDENBURG) was born on 17 Mar 1473; died on 09 Sep 1513 in Killed Flodden Field. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Margaret STEWART was born in 1497.
    2. James V King Of SCOTLAND was born on 10 Apr 1512 in Linlithgow Palace, West Lothian; died on 14 Dec 1542.

    Margaret married Archibald DOUGLAS in Aug 1514, and was divorced in 1526. Archibald was born in 1489; died in 1557. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Margaret married Henry STEWART in 1526. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Henry VII King Of ENGLAND was born on 28 Jan 1457 in Pembroke Castle, Wales (son of Edmund TUDOR and Margaret BEAUFORT); died on 21 Apr 1509 in Richmond Palace; was buried in Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact 1: Ancestor of Tudor and later Kings and Queens of England
    • Fact: 22 Aug 1485, Defeated King Richard III at Bosworth

    Notes:

    Henry VII (January 28, 1457 - April 21, 1509), King of England, Lord of Ireland (August 22, 1485 - April 21, 1509), was the founder and first patriarch of the Tudor dynasty.

    Henry was born in Pembroke Castle, Wales, in 1457, the only son of Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort. His father died two months before he was born, which meant that the young Henry spent much of his early life with his uncle, Jasper Tudor. With the return of Edward IV to the throne in 1461, Henry was forced to flee to Brittany, where he was to spend most of the next fourteen years. After the failure of the revolt of his second cousin, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, in 1483, Henry Tudor became the leading Lancastrian contender for the throne of England. With money and supplies borrowed from his host, Francis II, Duke of Brittany, Henry made an unsuccessful attempt to land in England but turned back after encountering Richard III's (1483?85) forces on the Dorset coast. Richard III attempted to ensure his return through a treaty with the Breton authorities, but Henry was alerted and escaped to France. He was welcomed by the French court, who readily supplied him with troops and equipment for a second invasion.

    Rise to the throne
    Having gained the support of the in-laws of the late Yorkist King Edward IV, he landed with a largely French and Scottish force in Mill Bay, Pembrokeshire, and marched into England, accompanied by his uncle, Jasper Tudor, and the experienced John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford. Wales had traditionally been a Yorkist stronghold, and Henry owed the support he gathered to his ancestry, being directly descended, through his father, from the Lord Rhys. He amassed an army of around 5000 soldiers and travelled north.

    Though outnumbered, Henry was aware that this was his only chance to seize the throne. Using reinforcements that waited in Nottingham and Leicester his Lancastrian forces decisively defeated the Yorkists under the King at the Battle of Bosworth Field on 22 August 1485 when several of Richard's key allies, such as the Earl of Northumberland and William and Thomas Stanley, crucially switched sides or deserted the field of battle. This effectively ended the long-running Wars of the Roses between the two houses, though it wasn't the final battle. Henry's claim to the throne was tenuous: it was based upon a lineage of illegitimate succession, and overlooked the fact that he had been disqualified by an earlier act of attainder. However this proved to be no barrier to the throne. Following the battle all other claimants were either dead or too weak to challenge him. In the end Henry dealt with the act of attainder by claiming that it could not apply to a king.

    The first of Henry's concerns on attaining the throne was the question of establishing the strength and supremacy of his rule. His own claim to the throne was limited, but he was fortunate in that there were few other claimants to the throne left alive after the long civil war. His main worry was pretenders such as Perkin Warbeck, who pretended to be Richard, Duke of York, the younger of the Princes in the Tower and son of Edward IV. These pretenders were backed by disaffected nobles. Henry triumphed in securing his crown by a number of means but principally by dividing and undermining the power of the nobility, especially through bonds and recognisances, as well as forcing them to disband their private armies. He also honoured his pledge of December 1483 to marry Elizabeth of York, daughter and heir of King Edward IV. The marriage took place on January 18, 1486 at Westminster. This unified the warring houses, gave him a greater claim to the throne due to Elizabeth's line of descent and ensured that his children would be of royal blood (although there is evidence that Edward was born illegitimate).

    Henry's first action was to declare himself king retroactive to the day before the battle, thus ensuring that anyone who had fought against him would be guilty of treason. It is interesting to note, therefore, that he spared Richard's designated heir, John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln. He would have cause to regret his leniency two years later, when Lincoln rebelled and attempted to set a boy pretender, Lambert Simnel, on the throne in Henry's place. Lincoln was killed at the Battle of Stoke, but Simnel's life was spared and he became a royal servant.

    Simnel had been put forward as "Edward VI", impersonating the young Edward, Earl of Warwick, son of George, Duke of Clarence, who was still imprisoned in the Tower of London. Henry had shown uncharacteristic leniency in dealing with Edward and did not find a pretext for executing him until he had grown into adulthood, in 1499. Edward's elder sister, Margaret Pole, who had the next best claim on the throne, inherited her father's earldom of Salisbury and survived well into the next century (until she fell victim to a bill of attainder for treason too, under Henry VIII).

    Name:
    Henry VII of England, King of England, son of Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond, by Margaret, daughter and heiress of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of somerset, regarded by the remnants of the Lancastrian party as the hope of Lancaster (though from an illegitimate line) on the extinction of the Royal line of the House of Lancaster, having invaded England, defeated and killed Richard III at Bosworth on 22 Aug 1485, chosen King of England on the battlefield, crowned 30 Oct 1485.

    Henry married Elizabeth PLANTAGENET on 18 Jan 1486 in Westminster. Elizabeth (daughter of Edward IV 'Plantagenet' King Of ENGLAND and Elizabeth WOODVILLE) was born on 11 Feb 1465 in Westminster; died on 11 Feb 1503 in Tower of London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth PLANTAGENET was born on 11 Feb 1465 in Westminster (daughter of Edward IV 'Plantagenet' King Of ENGLAND and Elizabeth WOODVILLE); died on 11 Feb 1503 in Tower of London.
    Children:
    1. Arthur Prince Of WALES was born on 20 Sep 1486 in St. Swithin's Priory, Winchester; died on 02 Apr 1502 in Ludlow Castle.
    2. 1. Margaret TUDOR was born on 28 Nov 1489; died on 18 Oct 1541.
    3. Henry VIII King Of ENGLAND was born on 28 Jun 1491; died on 28 Jan 1547.
    4. Elizabeth Tudor Princess Of ENGLAND was born on 02 Jul 1492; died on 14 Sep 1495.
    5. Mary Tudor Princess Of ENGLAND was born on 18 Mar 1496; died on 25 Jun 1533.
    6. Edmund Tudor Duke Of SOMERSET was born on 21 Feb 1499; died on 19 Jun 1500.
    7. Katherine Tudor Princess Of ENGLAND was born on 02 Feb 1503; died on 02 Feb 1503.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Edmund TUDOR was born about 1430 in Hertfordshire, England (son of Owen TUDOR and Catherine Of FRANCE); died on 03 Nov 1456 in Carmarthen; was buried in Grey Friars, Carmarthen.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Earl of Richmond

    Edmund married Margaret BEAUFORT in 1455. Margaret (daughter of John BEAUFORT and Margaret BEAUCHAMP) was born between 31 May 1441 and 1443 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England; died between 29 Jun and 05 Jul 1509 in Westminster Palace; was buried in Westminster Abbey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Margaret BEAUFORT was born between 31 May 1441 and 1443 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England (daughter of John BEAUFORT and Margaret BEAUCHAMP); died between 29 Jun and 05 Jul 1509 in Westminster Palace; was buried in Westminster Abbey.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Founder of Christ's and St. John's Colleges, Cambridge University

    Notes:

    Name:
    She was a valuable and early patron to Caxton...She was one of the few worthy and high-minded members of the aristocracy, in an essentially selfish and cruel age.

    Children:
    1. 2. Henry VII King Of ENGLAND was born on 28 Jan 1457 in Pembroke Castle, Wales; died on 21 Apr 1509 in Richmond Palace; was buried in Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster Abbey.

  3. 6.  Edward IV 'Plantagenet' King Of ENGLAND was born on 28 Apr 1442 (son of Richard PLANTAGENET and Cecily DE NEVILLE); died on 09 Apr 1483 in Palace of Westminster; was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: bet. 1461-1470, King of England
    • Fact 1: Between 1471-1483, King of England

    Notes:

    Name:
    Edward IV Plantagenet, eldest surviving son and heir, born at Rouen 28 Apr 1442, known as Earl of March till he succeeded his father on 30 Dec 1460 as 4th Duke of York, proclaimed King of England by his supporters on 4 mar 1461, and crowned at Westminster on 29 June 1461, deposed by Richard Neville 'the Kingmaker', 1st Earl of Warwick and 2nd Earl of Salisbury, and fled to Flanders, returned to England 14 Mar 1471, and defeated Warwick and the Lancastrians at Barnet on 14 Apr 1471, and at Tewkesbury, 4 May 1471, died at Westminster 9 Apr 1483, buried St. George's Chapel, Windsor; married, privately, at the manor house of the bride's father at Grafton Regis, co. Northhampton, 1 May 1464, Elizabeth Wydeville (Woodville), born about 1437, crowned at Westminster 26 May 1465, died testate at Bermondsey Abbey, where for some time she had resided, or had been compelled by King Henry VII to reside, on 8 June 1492, buried with the King, her second husband.

    Edward IV came to the throne with two aims: to restore the system of justice and to improve royal finances, both of which had suffered during the reign of Henry VI. Edward proved himself an able ruler, and during his reign, which was briefly interrupted, the country enjoyed a well-deserved period of peace.

    When Edward became King at the age of 18, he was described by many as a beautiful young man, about 2 metres (6 feet) tall, with polished manners and a genial disposition.

    Edward married Elizabeth WOODVILLE on 01 May 1464 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard WOODVILLE and Jacquetta Of LUXEMBOURG) was born about 1437; died in 7 or 8 June 1492. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth WOODVILLE was born about 1437 (daughter of Richard WOODVILLE and Jacquetta Of LUXEMBOURG); died in 7 or 8 June 1492.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: Elizabeth Wydeville

    Notes:

    Elizabeth was queen consort of Edward IV, King of England.

    Excerpt from Blood Royal: Elizabeth and Edward had Edward V, uncrowned ing of England, and Richard of York, the two princes in the Tower who were believed murdered after the usurpation of the throne by their uncle, Richard III.

    Children:
    1. 3. Elizabeth PLANTAGENET was born on 11 Feb 1465 in Westminster; died on 11 Feb 1503 in Tower of London.
    2. Mary PLANTAGENET was born in Aug 1467 in Windsor; died on 23 May 1482 in Greenwich; was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
    3. Cecily PLANTAGENET was born on 20 May 1469; died on 24 Aug 1507 in Quarr Abbey, Isle of Wight.
    4. Edward V 'Plantagenet' King of ENGLAND was born on 4 Nov 1470 in In Sanctuary at Westminster.
    5. Margaret PLANTAGENET was born on 1 Apr 1472 in Windsor; died on 11 Dec 1472.
    6. Richard PLANTAGENET was born on 17 Aug 1473 in Shrewsbury; died about 1483.
    7. Anne 'of York' PLANTAGENET was born on 2 Nov 1475 in Westminster; died on 23 Nov 1511.
    8. George PLANTAGENET was born in Mar 1477 in Windsor; died in Mar 1479 in Windsor Castle; was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
    9. Katherine PLANTAGENET was born about 14 Aug 1479 in Eltham Palace, Kent, England; died on 15 Nov 1527 in Tiverton.
    10. Bridget PLANTAGENET was born on 10 Nov 1480 in Eltham; died in 1517 in Dartford.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Owen TUDOR was born in 1400; died in 1461.

    Owen married Catherine Of FRANCE after 1422. Catherine (daughter of Charles VI King Of FRANCE and Isabeau Of BAVARIA) was born on 27 Oct 1401; died on 3 Jan 1437. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Catherine Of FRANCE was born on 27 Oct 1401 (daughter of Charles VI King Of FRANCE and Isabeau Of BAVARIA); died on 3 Jan 1437.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Crowned: 24 Feb 1421
    • Death: 03 Jan 1437

    Children:
    1. 4. Edmund TUDOR was born about 1430 in Hertfordshire, England; died on 03 Nov 1456 in Carmarthen; was buried in Grey Friars, Carmarthen.

  3. 10.  John BEAUFORT was born before 25 Mar 1404 in Westminster, England (son of John BEAUFORT and Margaret DE HOLAND); died on 27 May 1444; was buried in Wimborne Minster.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: 1st Duke of Somerset; Earl of Kendal and Earl of Somerset

    Notes:

    Name:
    Created 'Duke of Somerset', 28 Aug 1443, Captain-General in Aquitaine and Normandy, returned to England disgraced after failure of French campaign, and died soon after testate on 27 May 1444, buried Wimborne Minster.

    John married Margaret BEAUCHAMP in or about 1442. Margaret (daughter of John DE BEAUCHAMP and Edith STOURTON) died before 3 Jun 1482. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Margaret BEAUCHAMP (daughter of John DE BEAUCHAMP and Edith STOURTON); died before 3 Jun 1482.
    Children:
    1. 5. Margaret BEAUFORT was born between 31 May 1441 and 1443 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England; died between 29 Jun and 05 Jul 1509 in Westminster Palace; was buried in Westminster Abbey.
    2. Thomasine BEAUFORT died after May 1469.

  5. 12.  Richard PLANTAGENET was born on 21 Sep 1411 (son of Richard 'of Conisburgh' Of YORK and Anne DE MORTIMER); died on 30 Dec 1460 in Battle of Wakefield; was buried in Pontefract.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Lord Mortimer of Wigmore
    • Fact: Earl of March
    • Fact: Earl of Ulster
    • Name: Richard of York
    • Fact: 19 May 1426, 3rd Duke of York
    • Burial: 30 Jul 1476, Fotheringhay

    Notes:

    Name:
    Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, son and heir, was born on 21 Sep 1411, and was nephew and heir of Edward 'of Norwich'. He was restored as 3rd Duke of York on 19 ay 1426, though his father's attainder was not reversed till 1461. In right of his mother, heiress of the line of Lionel, Duke of Clarence, 3rd son of Edward III, he claimed the throne in 1460 against the Lancastrian Dynasty represented by King Henry VI.

    Richard assumed the name 'Plantagenet' apparently about 1448. Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, was slain at Wakefield on 30 Dec 1460, fighting against the supporters of King Henry VI.

    Richard married Cecily DE NEVILLE between 1437 and 1438. Cecily (daughter of Ralph DE NEVILLE, K.G. and Joan BEAUFORT) was born on 03 May 1415 in Raby Castle; died on 31 May 1495 in Berkhamsted Castle; was buried in Fotheinghay. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Cecily DE NEVILLE was born on 03 May 1415 in Raby Castle (daughter of Ralph DE NEVILLE, K.G. and Joan BEAUFORT); died on 31 May 1495 in Berkhamsted Castle; was buried in Fotheinghay.
    Children:
    1. Anne PLANTAGENET was born on 10 Aug 1439 in Fotheringay Castle; died in 12 or 14 Jan 1476; was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
    2. Henry PLANTAGENET was born on 10 Feb 1441 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire; died in young.
    3. 6. Edward IV 'Plantagenet' King Of ENGLAND was born on 28 Apr 1442; died on 09 Apr 1483 in Palace of Westminster; was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
    4. Edmund PLANTAGENET was born on 17 May 1443 in Rouen; died on 30 Dec 1460 in Ex. with his father, Battle of Wakefield; was buried in Pontefract.
    5. Elizabeth PLANTAGENET was born on 22 Apr 1444 in Rouen; died between 07 Jan 1502 and May 1504; was buried in Wingfield.
    6. Margaret 'Of York' PLANTAGENET was born on 03 May 1446 in Fotheinghay; died on 28 Nov 1503 in Malines; was buried in Church of the Cordeliers, Malines.
    7. William PLANTAGENET was born on 07 Jul 1447; died in young.
    8. John PLANTAGENET was born on 07 Nov 1448 in Neyte, near Worcester; died in young.
    9. Sir George PLANTAGENET, K.G. was born on 21 Oct 1449 in Dublin Castle; died on 18 Feb 1478 in Put to death in the Tower; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey.
    10. Thomas PLANTAGENET was born about 1451 in Fotheringhay; died in young.
    11. Richard III 'Plantagenet' King Of ENGLAND was born on 02 Oct 1452 in Fotheinghay Castle; died on 22 Aug 1485 in Killed - Battle of Bosworth; was buried in Grey Friars Abbey, Leicester.
    12. Ursula PLANTAGENET was born on 20 Jul 1455; died in young.

  7. 14.  Richard WOODVILLE died on 02 Aug 1469 in Executed.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: Richard Wydeville
    • Fact: 1st Earl Rivers

    Richard married Jacquetta Of LUXEMBOURG before 23 Mar 1436/7. Jacquetta (daughter of Pierre Of LUXEMBOURG and Marguerite DE BAUX) was born in 1415; died on 30 May 1472. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Jacquetta Of LUXEMBOURG was born in 1415 (daughter of Pierre Of LUXEMBOURG and Marguerite DE BAUX); died on 30 May 1472.
    Children:
    1. Anthony WOODVILLE was born about 1440; died on 25 Jun 1483.
    2. John WOODVILLE was born about 1444; died on 12 Aug 1469 in Executed - Kenilworth.
    3. 7. Elizabeth WOODVILLE was born about 1437; died in 7 or 8 June 1492.
    4. Katherine WOODVILLE was born about 1457; died in 1497.
    5. Anne WOODVILLE died on 30 Jul 1489; was buried in Warden, Bedfordshire.
    6. Margaret WOODVILLE
    7. Joan WOODVILLE
    8. Jacquette WOODVILLE