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Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (c. 1430 – 3 November 1456, also known as Edmund of Hadham), was the father of King Henry VII of England and a member of the Tudor family of Penmynydd. Born to Sir Owen Tudor and the dowager queen Catherine of Valois, Edmund was the half-brother of Henry VI of England.
BORN: c. 1430. DIED: 1 NOVEMBER 1456. Edmund was born to Katherine of Valois (widow of Henry V) and Owen Tudor around 1430, probably at Much Hadham, Hertfordshire. His brother Jasper was born around a year later at Hatfield. He was also the half brother of the young king, Henry VI.
1 nov 2015 · Today marks the anniversary of the death of Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, on 1st November 1456. He died from the plague at Carmarthen Castle.
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- Margaret Beaufort
- Richard Duke of York
- Support For The King
- Capture and Death
Edmund was born in 1430 to Catherine of Valoisand Owen Tudor. Catherine was the widow of King Henry V and mother of King Henry VI, while Owen Tudor was the keeper of Catherine’s wardrobe. It is likely that Edmund was the couple’s second son, the first, Owen, having been born out of wedlock, was left to the church and became a monk in Westminster Ab...
On 24th March 1453 King Henry VI made youngMargaret Beaufort, heiress to the Beaufort fortune, a ward of both Edmund and his brother Jasper. On 1st November 1455 Edmund married his ward, Margaret Beaufort. She was aged twelve at the time of her marriage while Edmund was twenty-five. Edmund shocked his contemporaries by consummating the marriage. Al...
In the summer of 1453 Henry VI suffered a bout of mental instability and was unfit to rule the country. The Duke of Somerset took over control of the country but his rule was not popular and the nobility, including Edmund and Jasper Tudor, voted Richard Duke of York as Protector.
Henry VI regained his mental faculty the following year and reappointed Somerset. This led to Richard of York raising forces against the King. Edmund and Jasper decided to remain loyal to the King.
Edmund was dispatched to Wales in the Summer of 1456 to put down an uprising by Gryffydd ap Nicholas. He succeeded in his mission but was then captured by the forces of Richard Duke of York and imprisoned. While in prison he contracted bubonic plague and died on 3rd November 1456. His posthumous son, Henry Tudor was born on 28th January 1457. Publi...
EDMUND TUDOR, EARL OF RICHMOND, known as Edmund of Hadham, father of Henry VII, first son of Owen Tudor by Henry V 's widow, Catherine of Valois, was born about 1430 at Hadham, Hertfordshire. Jasper Tudor was his younger brother.
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (Welsh: Edmwnd ap Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur; 11 June 1430 — 3 November 1456) was a Welsh knight and nobleman who was the Earl of Richmond from 1452 until his death in 1456. Edmund was the father of Henry VII, who invaded England and became king of England in 1485.
On this day in 1456, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond and father of King Henry VII, died from the plague at Carmarthen Castle in Wales. Edmund was the eldest son of Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois (widow of Henry V and mother of Henry VI).
