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Henry VII 1457–1508 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 January 1457

Birth Location: Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Death Date: 21 Apr 1508

Death Location: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England

Father: Edmund Tudor

Mother: Margaret Beaufort

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Plantagenet

Children(s): Arthur Tudor, Hendrik Tudor, Mary Tudor, Roland Vielleville, Henry VIII, Margaret Scots, Princess Tudor, Elizabeth Tudor, Katherine Tudor

The story of Henry VII began in 1457 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Henry VII married Elizabeth Of York Plantagenet, and had children including Arthur Tudor, Edmund Tudor, Elizabeth Tudor, Hendrik Viii Tudor, Henry Viii, Katherine Tudor, Margaret Tudor Queen Consort Of Scots, Mary Rose Consort France Tudor, Princess Margaret Tudor, Roland De Vielleville. Henry VII passed away in 1508 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Henry VII began in 1457 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
  • Henry VII married Elizabeth Of York Plantagenet, and had children including Arthur Tudor, Edmund Tudor, Elizabeth Tudor, Hendrik Viii Tudor, Henry Viii, Katherine Tudor, Margaret Tudor Queen Consort Of Scots, Mary Rose Consort France Tudor, Princess Margaret Tudor, Roland De Vielleville.
  • Henry VII passed away in 1508 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edmund Tudor
1430–1456
Birth Location: Much Hadham Palace, Hertfordshire, Gb
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Margaret Beaufort
1443–1509
Birth Location: Bletsoe, Bedford, Bedfordshire, Gb
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Plantagenet
1466–1503
Birth Location: Palace Of Westminster, London, London, England
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Children(s)

Arthur Tudor
1486–1502
Birth Location: Winchester, England
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Hendrik Tudor
1491–1547
Birth Location: Greenwich, Londen, Gb
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Mary Tudor
1496–1533
Birth Location: Richmond Palace, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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Roland Vielleville
1474–1535
Birth Location: Bretagne, France
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Henry VIII
1491–1547
Birth Location: Greenwich, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Greater London, England
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Margaret Scots
1502–1541
Birth Location: Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, London, London, England, United Kingdom
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Princess Tudor
1489–1541
Birth Location: Westminster, London, England
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Elizabeth Tudor
1533–1603
Birth Location: Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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Katherine Tudor
1502–1503
Birth Location: London, London, London, England, United Kingdom
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Henry VII's Ancestors

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Henry VII
1457–1508
Birth Place: Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Parents
Edmund Tudor
1430–1456
Much Hadham Palace, Hertfordshire, Gb
Margaret Beaufort
1443–1509
Bletsoe, Bedford, Bedfordshire, Gb
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Henry VII's Descendants

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Henry VII (28 January 1457–21 Apr 1508) m. Elizabeth (of York) Plantagenet (11 Feb 1466–11 Feb 1503)
  1. 1. Arthur Tudor 1486–1502 m. Katharine (of) Aragon 1485–1536 m. Catharina (van) Aragon 1485–1536 m. Catherine Aragon 1485–1536
  2. 2. Hendrik (VIII) Tudor 1491–1547 m. Anne Boleyn 1501–1536
    1. 1. Henry (Algernon Fitz) Roy 1834–1927 m. Edith (Jessie Fitz) Roy 1839–1909
      1. 1. Mabel (Alice) Weierter 1878–1934
    2. 2. Elizabeth Tudor 1533–1603
  3. 3. Mary (Rose Consort France) Tudor 1496–1533 m. Charles (Brandon 1st Duke of) Suffolk 1484–1545
    1. 1. Frances Brandon 1517–1559 m. Henry Grey 1517–1554 m. Henry Grey 1517–1554 m. Lord (Henry) Clifford 1517–1569 m. Adrian (Master of Horse) Stokes 1533–1581
      1. 1. Mary Duke 1537–1578
        1. 1. Edward Hayward 1555–1638 m. Anne –1640
      2. 2. Catherine Grey 1540–1568
      3. 3. Jane Grey 1537–1554
      4. 4. Lady (Katherine Grey Countess) Hertford 1540–1568
        1. 1. Edward Seymour 1561–1612
        2. 2. Catherine Seymour 1774–1808
      5. 5. Child Grey 1534–1537
      6. 6. Elizabeth Grey 1535–1568 m. Henry Herbert 1534–1600
        1. 1. Edward Seymour 1561–1612 m. Honora Rogers 1545–1608
        2. 2. Thomas Seymour 1563–1600
      7. 7. Henry Grey 1534–1538
      8. 8. Lady (Jane) Grey 1537–1554 m. Guilford Dudley –1554
      9. 9. Mary Grey 1545–1578
  4. 4. Roland (de) Vielleville 1474–1535
  5. 5. Henry VIII 1491–1547 m. Anne Boleyn 1501–1536 m. Catherine Aragon 1485–1536 m. Jane Seymour 1508–1537
    1. 1. Edward VI 1537–1553
      1. 1. Mary (Magdalene) Stewart 1574–1619 m. James (VI King of Scot & England\ King of Great Britian James I of England and VI of Scotland. James VI King of Scotland James I) Charl 1566–1625
        1. 1. Robert (Stuart Stewart Prince of) Scotland 1602–1602
        2. 2. Henry (Frederick Stuart Prince of) Wales 1594–1612
        3. 3. Mary (Anne Mary Stuart\ Princess Mary Anne of \England\ Mary Anne of England \Stuart\ \Stuart, of Scotland and England Stuart) Princess 1605–1607
        4. 4. Margaret (Margaret Stuart\ \Stuart Stewart Princess of) Scotland 1598–1600
        5. 5. Sophia (Sophia Stuart\) \Stewart 1606–1606
        6. 6. Son (Prince Prince of England) Stewart 1603–1603
        7. 7. Charles (I Charles Ier King of England (1625\ The Martyr Károly King of England Knight of the Garter Duke of York King Charles the 1st of England) Scotl 1600–1649
        8. 8. Elizabeth (Stuart, Queen of) Bohemia 1596–1668 m. Frederick (IV Kurfurst Pflaz Von Der) Rhein 1574–1610 m. Friedrich (V von Wittelsbach Wittelsbach, Pfalz-Simmern Kürfürst von der Pfalz, König zu) Böhmen 1596–1632 m. Frederik (V van de) Palts 1596–1632 m. V Friedrich 1596– m. V Friedrich 1596– m. Frederik (V van de) Palts 1596–1632 m. Friedrich (Von Der) Pfalz 1596–1632 m. Frederick (V of the) Palatinate 1596–1632 m. Frederick V 1596–1632
      2. 2. Elizabeth Tudor 1826– m. Thomas Hughes 1825–
        1. 1. Elizabeth Jones 1845–
        2. 2. Thomas Jones 1846– m. Mary Jones 1848–
        3. 3. Edward Jones 1848–
        4. 4. Anne Jones 1850–
        5. 5. Mary (Anne) Jones 1852–
        6. 6. Jonathan Hughes 1854–
        7. 7. Sarah Hughes 1857–
        8. 8. David (Tudor) Hughes 1861–
    2. 2. Edward VI 1537–1553 m. Mary (I Queen) Stuart 1542–1587
      1. 1. Princess (Elizabeth) Tudor 1552–1629
    3. 3. Mary I 1516–1558 m. Philip (II Spain) Habsburg 1527–1598
      1. 1. Isabella (Clara Eugenia) Habsburg 1556–1633 m. Albert (VII Archduke of) Austria 1559–1621
    4. 4. Elizabeth (I Queen of England) Tudor 1533–1603 m. Thomas Butler 1508–1582
  6. 6. Margaret (Tudor Queen consort of) Scots 1502–1541 m. James (IV King of Scots IV King of Scotland,) Stewart 1502–1513
    1. 1. James, (King of Scots) V 1512–1542 m. Mary (of Lorraine Mary of) Guise 1515–1560
      1. 1. Mary (I Queen) Stuart 1542–1587 m. Henry (Darnley Stuart) Lord 1545–1567 m. Henry (Stewart van) DARNLEY 1545–1567 m. James (Duke of Orkney) Hepburn 1535–1578 m. Edward VI 1537–1553 m. Lord Darnley m. Lord Darnley 1545–
        1. 1. James (VI King of Scot & England\ King of Great Britian James I of England and VI of Scotland. James VI King of Scotland James I) Charl 1566–1625 m. Anne Stuart 1574–1619 m. Anne (Of) Denmark 1574–1619 m. Anne Stuart 1574–1619 m. Mary (Magdalene) Stewart 1574–1619 m. Anne (Princess Anne of Denmark og Norway, von Oldenburg Oldenburg Queen consort of Scotland, England and Ireland af Danmark og Norge von Oldenburg) O 1574–1619 m. Anne (Princess Anne of Denmark og Norway, von Oldenburg Oldenburg Queen consort of Scotland, England and Ireland af Danmark og Norge von Oldenburg) O 1574–1619 m. Ann (of) Denmark 1574–1619
        2. 2. James (van ENGELAND en) SCHOTLAND 1566–1625
        3. 3. James (VI) Stuart 1566–1625
        4. 4. James (Koning van Gb) I 1566–1625
        5. 5. Mary (Elizabeth) Stuart 1762–
        6. 6. Mary (Elizabeth) Stuart 1762–
      2. 2. Arthur (Robert) Stuart 1541–1541
      3. 3. James Stuart 1540–1541
      4. 4. Arthur (Robert) Stuart 1541–1541
      5. 5. James Stuart 1540–1541
    2. 2. James (Henderson Van) Fordell 1513–1513
    3. 3. Lady (Margaret Countess of Lenox Douglas) (D) 1515–1578
    4. 4. Mary (Queen of) Scotland 1542–
  7. 7. Princess (Margaret) Tudor 1489–1541 m. James 1473–1513
    1. 1. Mary (Queen of) Scotland 1542–
  8. 8. Elizabeth Tudor 1533–1603
  9. 9. Katherine Tudor 1502–1503

Henry VII's Timeline

8 Records

1457
28 January 1457
Birth of Henry VII in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
1457
28 Jan 1457
Birth of Henry VII in Pembroke Castle, Pembroke UK
Pembroke Castle, Pembroke UK
1457
28 January 1457
Birth of Henry VII in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales, United Kingdom
Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales, United Kingdom
1457
28 January 1457
Birth of Henry VII in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
1508
21 Apr 1508
Age 51
Death of Henry VII in Richmond Palace
Richmond Palace
1509
21 April 1509
Age 52
Death of Henry VII in Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England
Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England
1509
21 April 1509
Age 52
Death of Henry VII in Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England
Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England
1509
21 April 1509
Age 52
Death of Henry VII in Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 January 1457
    Event Place: Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] North America, Family Histories

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Jan 1457
    Event Place: Pembroke Castle, Pembroke UK
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] North America, Family Histories

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 January 1457
    Event Place: Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 January 1457
    Event Place: Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Middlesex, England
    Record Source: Middlesex, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Middlesex: - Register of Marriages, 1566-1837
    Record Source: Middlesex, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Richmond
    Record Source: U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 April 1509
    Event Place: Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] North America, Family Histories

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 April 1509
    Event Place: Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [4] North America, Family Histories
    [5] England, Extracted Parish and Court Records

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 April 1509
    Event Place: Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Apr 1508
    Event Place: Richmond Palace

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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