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Henry VII 1457–1509 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 January 1457

Birth Location: Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Death Date: 21 April 1509

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

Father: Edmund Tudor

Mother: Margaret Beaufort

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Plantagenet

Children(s): Mary France, Arthur Tudor, Henry Plantagenet, Margaret Scots, Elizabeth infant), Lady York

The story of Henry VII / began in 1457 in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Henry VII married Elizabeth York Plantagenet, and had children including Arthur Prince Of Wales Tudor, Edmund Tudor, Elizabeth Tudor Died Infant, Elizabeth Wydville Woodville, Henry Viii Tudor King Of England Lord Of Ireland Prince Of Wales House Of Plantagenet, Katherine Tudor, Lady Anne York, Margaret Margaret Tudor Queen Consort Tudor Queen Consort Of Scots, Mary Rose Tudor Queen Consort Of France. Henry VII / passed away in 1509 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Henry VII // began in 1457 in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
  • Henry VII // married Elizabeth York Plantagenet, and had children including Arthur Prince Of Wales Tudor, Edmund Tudor, Elizabeth Tudor Died Infant, Elizabeth Wydville Woodville, Henry Viii Tudor King Of England Lord Of Ireland Prince Of Wales House Of Plantagenet, Katherine Tudor, Lady Anne York, Margaret Margaret Tudor Queen Consort Tudor Queen Consort Of Scots, Mary Rose Tudor Queen Consort Of France.
  • Henry VII // passed away in 1509 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edmund Tudor
1430–1456
Birth Location: Royal Manor of Hadham, Hertfordshire, England
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Margaret Beaufort
1443–1509
Birth Location: Bletsoe, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England
MB

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Plantagenet
1466–1503
Birth Location: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
EP

Children(s)

Mary France
1496–1533
Birth Location: Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England
MF
Arthur Tudor
1486–1502
Birth Location: Winchester Castle, Hampshire, , England
AT
Henry Plantagenet
1491–1547
Birth Location: London, City of London, Greater London, England
HP
Margaret Scots
1489–1541
Birth Location: Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, London, England
MS
Elizabeth infant)
1492–1495
Birth Location: Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England
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Lady York
1524–1560
Birth Location: Blackmore, Essex, England
LY

Henry VII's Ancestors

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Henry VII
1457–1509
Birth Place: Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Parents
Edmund Tudor
1430–1456
Royal Manor of Hadham, Hertfordshire, England
Margaret Beaufort
1443–1509
Bletsoe, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
Owen Tudor
1400–1461
Isle of Anglesey, Wales
Catherine (of) Valois
1401–1437
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
john Beaufort
1443–1509
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Henry VII's Descendants

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Henry VII (28 January 1457–21 April 1509) m. Elizabeth (York) Plantagenet (11 February 1466–11 Feb 1503)
  1. 1. Mary (Rose Tudor Queen Consort of) France 1496–1533 m. Louis (XII of) France 1512– m. Charles (Brandon 1st Duke Of) Suffolk 1484–1545
    1. 1. Eleanor Brandon 1519–1547 m. Henry Clifford 1517–1570
      1. 1. Margaret Clifford 1540–1596 m. Henry Stanley 1515–1598
        1. 1. Sir (Edward Stanley Knight, Baronet of Bickerstaff, High Sheriff of Cheshire and) Lancashire 1576–1640 m. Isabella Warburton 1592–1685 m. Katherine Stanley –1613
        2. 2. Marie Stanley 1567–
      2. 2. Henry Clifford 1545–1617
      3. 3. Charles (Clifford (infant) death) 1539–1540
      4. 4. Henry (Clifford (young child) death) 1538–1541
      5. 5. Lady (Elizabeth) Clifford 1547–
      6. 6. Mary (Marie, Lady Clifford) (Grey) 1540–1578
      7. 7. Jane, (Lady Clifford) (Grey) 1537–1554
    2. 2. Frances (Brandon Duchess of) Suffolk 1517–1559
    3. 3. Mary (Brandon) Countess 1515–1542
    4. 4. Henry (Brandon (1st Earl of Lincoln, created by Henry VIII, at age of) 2) 1523–1534
    5. 5. Lady (Dorothy Dorothea Catherine Howard Countess Stanley of) Derby 1510–1542
    6. 6. Sir (Henry Brandon Aged) 11 1523–1534
    7. 7. Robert (Brandon (goldsmith and jeweller to Eliz.) I) 1530–1591
  2. 2. Arthur (Prince of Wales) Tudor 1486–1502
  3. 3. Henry (VIII Tudor, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Prince of Wales, House of) Plantagenet 1491–1547
  4. 4. Margaret (Margaret Tudor Queen Consort Tudor Queen consort of) Scots 1489–1541
  5. 5. Elizabeth (Tudor (died) infant) 1492–1495
  6. 6. Lady (Anne) York 1524–1560

Henry VII's Timeline

2 Records

1457
28 January 1457
Birth of Henry VII // in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
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

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 January 1457
    Event Place: Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 April 1509
    Event Place: Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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