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- [S1023] Wikipedia: Owen Tudor, (Name: Wikipedia;), Owen Tudor.
Sir Owen Tudor (Welsh: Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur,[a] c. 1400 – 2 February 1461) was a Welsh courtier and the second husband of Queen Catherine of Valois (1401–1437), widow of King Henry V of England. He was the grandfather of Henry VII, founder of the Tudor dynasty.
Henry V of England died on 31 August 1422, leaving his wife, Queen Catherine, widowed.[5] The dowager queen initially lived with her infant son, King Henry VI, before moving to Wallingford Castle early in his reign.
Catherine was rumoured to have had an affair with Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. These rumours, though based on questionable evidence, prompted a response from her son's regents, who objected to Somerset as a possible husband as he was a second cousin of Henry V through the legitimised Beaufort line sired by John of Gaunt. A parliamentary statute regulating the remarriage of widowed queens[how?] was passed. She subsequently married Owen Tudor[1] and gave birth to three sons: Edmund, Jasper and Edward (see below).[6][7]
Historian G. L. Harriss suggested that the affair with Beaufort resulted in the birth of Edmund Tudor. Harriss wrote, "By its very nature the evidence for Edmund Tudor's parentage is less than conclusive, but such facts, as can be assembled, permit an agreeable possibility that Edmund 'Tudor' and Margaret Beaufort were first cousins and that the royal house of 'Tudor' sprang in fact from Beauforts on both sides."
Following Queen Catherine's death, Owen Tudor lost the protection from the statute on dowager queens' remarriage and was imprisoned in Newgate Prison.[9] In 1438 he escaped but was later recaptured and held in the custody of the constable of Windsor Castle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Tudor
- [S1020] Military History, Wars of the Roses: Battle of Mortimer's Cross.
Retreating from the defeat, Pembroke and the Earl of Wiltshire succeeded in escaping the Yorkist pursuit. Less fortunate was Sir Owen Tudor who was captured at Hereford. Along with Sir John Throckmorton and eight other captured nobles, he was executed later that day and buried in the town.
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/WarsoftheRoses/p/Wars-Of-The-Roses-Battle-Of-Mortimer-S-Cross.htm
- [S10709] FindAGrave Old World (Famous), Owen Tudor 1400-1461 - Tudor Dynasty.
Sir Owen Meredith Tudor - Welsh Aristocracy. His Welsh name being Owen ap Meredydd, he was commonly called Owen Tudor. He was the founder of the Tudor dynasty. The five sovereigns of the Tudor dynasty are among the most well-known figures in Royal history. Owen was a descendant of the Welsh Prince Rhys ap Gruffudd. He began his life at court by appearing as a squire at the court of the infant King Henry VI. By all accounts he was a handsome man who caught the eye of the Queen Mother, Catherine of Valois, who gave him a post in her household. Around 1428 it was common knowledge that Tudor and Catherine of France were living together as man and wife but it has yet to be found the time or place of the marriage. Five children were born to Owen and Catherine, two of them being Edmund and Jasper. It was in 1436, when Tudor was imprisoned, and Catherine retired to Bermondsey Abbey, where she died on the 3rd of January 1437. He was allowed to go back to Wales but he was arrested and taken to Newgate. He escaped and went back to Wales. When Henry VI was of age he made provisions for Owen, who took the red rose and fought bravely and strongly for it. His last battle came at Mortimer's Cross on Febuary 4, 1460. He was captured by the Yorkists who beheaded him in Hereford market place and set up his head on the market cross.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39205911/owen-tudor
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- [S1024] Wikipedia: Catherine of Valois, (Name: Wikipedia;), Catherine of Valois or Catherine of France.
Catherine was Queen of England from 1420 until 1422. A daughter of Charles VI of France, she was married to Henry V of England[1] and gave birth to his heir Henry VI of England. Catherine's marriage was part of a plan to eventually place Henry V on the throne of France, and perhaps end what is now known as the Hundred Years' War, but although her son Henry VI was later crowned in Paris, this ultimately failed.
After Henry V's death, Catherine's later marriage with Owen Tudor proved the springboard of the Tudor family's fortunes, eventually leading to their grandson's elevation as Henry VII of England.[2] Catherine's older sister Isabella was also a Queen of England as the child bride of Richard II.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Valois
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