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Sir Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond 1431–1456 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Jun 1431

Birth Location: Much Hadham Palace, Hertfordshire, England

Death Date: 3 Nov 1456

Death Location: died in prison with bubonic plague; Carmarthen Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales; buried St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, England

Father: Sir Line

Mother: Catharina Ow

Spouse(s): Lady Derby

Children(s): Henry Ireland

Sir Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond was born in 1431 in Much Hadham Palace, Hertfordshire, England, the child of Sir Knight Owen Owain Ap Maredydd Maredudd Dwnn Ap Meredith Tudor Courtier Originator Of The Tudor Line And Catharina Catherine Katherine Kate Capet De Valois Queen Consort Of England Baroness Of Ireland Countess Of Chester 1St Duchess Of Lancaster Prancuzaite Princess Of France Wales Countess Of Charolais Secretly Married Her Servant Ow. Sir Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond married Lady Margaret The Red Queen De Beaufort Plantagenet Countess De Stafford Countess Of Richmond Derby, and had children including Henry Hendrik Vii Tudor King Of England Lord Of Ireland. Sir Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond passed away in 1456 in died in prison with bubonic plague; Carmarthen Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales; buried St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, England.

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  • Sir Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond was born in 1431 in Much Hadham Palace, Hertfordshire, England, the child of Sir Knight Owen Owain Ap Maredydd Maredudd Dwnn Ap Meredith Tudor Courtier Originator Of The Tudor Line And Catharina Catherine Katherine Kate Capet De Valois Queen Consort Of England Baroness Of Ireland Countess Of Chester 1St Duchess Of Lancaster Prancuzaite Princess Of France Wales Countess Of Charolais Secretly Married Her Servant Ow.
  • Sir Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond married Lady Margaret The Red Queen De Beaufort Plantagenet Countess De Stafford Countess Of Richmond Derby, and had children including Henry Hendrik Vii Tudor King Of England Lord Of Ireland.
  • Sir Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond passed away in 1456 in died in prison with bubonic plague; Carmarthen Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales; buried St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, England.

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Sir Richmond's Ancestors

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Sir Richmond
1431–1456
Birth Place: Much Hadham Palace, Hertfordshire, England
Parents
Sir Knight Owen Owain Ap Maredydd Maredudd Dwnn Ap Meredith Tudor; courtier, originator of the Tudor Line
1400–1461
Isle of Anglesey, Wales
Catharina (Catherine Katherine ‘Kate' Capet de Valois, Queen consort of England, Baroness of Ireland, Countess of Chester, 1st Duchess of Lancaster, Prancūzaitė (Princess) of France & Wales; Countess of Charolais, (secretly married her servant,) Ow
1401–1437
Hotel De St Pol, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
Grandparents
Sir (Lord Maredudd ‘Meredith' ap Tudor Tewdwr) Tudur
1365–1406
Penmynydd, Bangor, Anglesey, Wales
Lady (Margaret Dafydd verch Einion Ithel, Lady of Anglesey, Baroness of) Penmynydd
1385–1456
Trefeilir, Trefdraeth, Caernavonshire, Wales
Great-Grandparents
Tudor Goronwy
1310–1367
Margaret Thomos
1345–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Goronwy Hen
–1331

Sir Richmond's Descendants

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Sir (Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of) Richmond (11 Jun 1431–3 Nov 1456) m. Lady (Margaret 'The Red Queen' de Beaufort Plantagenet, Countess de Stafford, Countess of Richmond &) Derby (31 May 1443–29 Jun 1509)
  1. 1. Henry (Hendrik VII Tudor, King of England, Lord of) Ireland 1455–1509 m. Elizabeth ((Queen of Hearts) (the White Princess\Queen) Plantagenet (of York) (House of Lancaster), Queen consort of England, Lady of the Garter, Lady of Ireland, Princess of) York 1466–1503 m. Lady (Marie de Durtal Breton de Velville (mistress of Henry) VII) 1455–1475
    1. 1. Margaret (Tudor Queen of) Scotland 1489–1541 m. Archibald Douglas 1489–1557 m. James IV 1473–1513
      1. 1. Margaret (Douglas Countess of) Lennox 1515–1578
        1. 1. Henry Stuart 1545–1567 m. Mary (I, Queen of) Scots 1542–1587
      2. 2. James V 1510–1542
    2. 2. Mary (Maria Rose Tudor, Princess of England, Queen consort of) France 1496–1533
    3. 3. Arthur ('Rosebush of England' Tudor, Prince of Wales, Heir Apparent, Earl of Chester, Duke of) Cornwall 1486–1502
    4. 4. Edward Tudor 1498–1499
    5. 5. Henry ((The Tyrant) Tudor VIII, King Of) England 1491–1547 m. Catherine (Parr Queen of) England 1512–1548 m. Anne (Boleyn Queen of) England 1501–1536 m. Catherine (of) Aragorn 1485–1536 m. Jane Seymour 1508–1537 m. Anne (of) Cleves 1515–1557 m. Catherine Howard 1523–1542 m. Elizabeth Blount 1500–1540
      1. 1. Henry FitzRoy 1519–1536
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Tudor, King of England, Ireland &) Scotland, 1533–1603
      3. 3. Mary (Tudor, King of England, Ireland &) Scotland, 1516–1558
      4. 4. Edward (Tudor, King of England, Ireland &) Scotland, 1537–1553
    6. 6. Edmund (Tudor 1st Duke of) Somerset 1499–1500
    7. 7. Katherine (Tudor Princess Of) England 1503–1503
    8. 8. Elizabeth (Elisabeth Margaret Tudor Princess Of) England 1492–1495
    9. 9. Sir (Knight Roland Rowland Tudor de Velville Vellevell Velevvle of Beaumaris Constable of Beaumaris Castle, (illegitimate son of Henry VII, King of) England) 1474–1535

Sir Richmond's Timeline

2 Records

1431
11 Jun 1431
Birth of Sir Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond in Much Hadham Palace, Hertfordshire, England
Much Hadham Palace, Hertfordshire, England
1456
3 Nov 1456
Age 25
Death of Sir Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond in died in prison with bubonic plague; Carmarthen Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales; buried St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, England
died in prison with bubonic plague; Carmarthen Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales; buried St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Jun 1431
    Event Place: Much Hadham Palace, Hertfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Nov 1456
    Event Place: died in prison with bubonic plague; Carmarthen Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales; buried St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, England

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