1st Earl of Richmond Henry Tudor, VII

1457 - 1509  (52 years)

• Name	Henry Tudor  [1]
  Title	1st Earl of Richmond
  Suffix	VII
  Birth	28 Jan 1457	Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
  	almost three months after the death of his father/Pembroke Castle
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Apr 1509	Richmond's Green, Essex, England
  	(Richmond Palace)
  Person ID	I8973	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	1st Earl of Richmond Sir Edmund Tudor,   b. 4 Jul 1430, Bedfordshire, England d. 3 Nov 1456, Carmarthenshire, Wales (Age 26 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Countess Richmond, Somerset and Derby Lady Margaret de Beaufort,   b. 31 May 1443   d. 29 Jun 1509, Westminster, London, England (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1 Nov 1455	Pembrokeshire, Wales   [1]
  	Bledsoe Castle
  Marriage End	1456
  	Death of Henry in the War of the Roses, leaving his 13-year-old widow pregnant with the future King Henry VII
  Family ID	F8906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Queen Consort of England -- Lady of the Garter Elizabeth Plantagenet,   b. 11 Feb 1466, Westminster, London, England d. 11 Feb 1503, Tower of London, London, England (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	18 Jan 1486	Westminster, London, England
  	Westminster Abbey - Henry acknowledged the necessity of marrying Elizabeth to secure the stability of his rule and weaken the claims of other surviving members of the House of York
  Children	1. Katherine Tudor,   b. 1503   d. 1503 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Queen Margaret Tudor,   b. 29 Nov 1489, Westminster, London, England d. 18 Oct 1541 (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Edmund Tudor,   b. 21 Feb 1498, Greenwich, Kent, England d. 19 Jun 1500, Hatfield, Herefordshire, England (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Elizabeth Tudor,   b. 2 Jul 1492, Richmond, Surrey, England d. 1495, London, England (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Mary Tudor,   b. 18 Mar 1496, Richmond, Surrey, England d. 25 Jun 1533, Suffolk, England (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. King of England Lord of Ireland Henry Tudor, VIII,   b. 28 Jun 1491, Greenwich, Kent, England d. 28 Jan 1547, London, England (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Arthur Tudor,   b. 20 Sep 1486, Winchester, Hampshire, England d. 2 Apr 1502 (Age 15 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Jan 1457 - Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales Marriage - 18 Jan 1486 - Westminster, London, England Death - 22 Apr 1509 - Richmond's Green, Essex, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Old World

  _Henry VII Henry VII (28 Jan1457 – 21 Apr 1509) was King of England from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor. Henry's mother, Margaret Beaufort, was a descendant of the Lancastrian branch of the House of Plantagenet. Henry's father, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, a…

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.