In 1490, a young man named Perkin Warbeck, appeared and claimed to be Richard Duke of York. ![]() Henry decided to let the boy live and gave him a job at the castle. It was at the last battle of the Wars of the Roses, the Battle of Stoke Field on Jthat Lambert Simnel was defeated. During 1487, a young man named Lambert Simnel, claimed that he was the earl of Warwick, Elizabeth’s cousin, so Henry VII had the real earl of Warwick taken from the Tower and paraded through London. Henry and Elizabeth would have 4 children who would survive into adulthood Arthur Tudor, Margaret Tudor, Henry Tudor, and Mary Tudor. The couple had their first child, Arthur, on September 20, 1486. ![]() Henry was crowned king on Octoand he would marry Elizabeth of York the following year on January 18, 1486. Richard III was defeated and Henry became Henry VII. Henry and Jasper Tudor made their way back to England in August 1485, where they faced off against Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field on August 22, 1485. Henry and Jasper fled into France where King Charles VIII allowed them to stay until Duke Francis II felt better. A bishop in Flanders John Morton heard about the deal and warned Henry and Jasper just before Landais could reach them. When the Duke of Brittany got very ill in 1484, his treasurer Pierre Landais made a deal with Richard III to give over Henry and Jasper Tudor in exchange for 3,000 English archers to defend a French attack. It was in December 1483 that Henry made an oath in Rennes, France to marry Elizabeth of York when he became King of England. Henry and Jasper tried to invade England in October 1483, but they were forced to go back to Brittany. During this time Margaret was plotting with Elizabeth Woodville to arrange a marriage between Henry and Elizabeth Woodville eldest daughter, Elizabeth of York. Henry’s mother Margaret Beaufort saw an opportunity for her son to become king. Edward V and his brother Richard Duke of York were never seen again. After a few weeks, Edward V and his siblings were declared illegitimate and the throne was passed onto Edward V’s uncle Richard Duke of Gloucester, who became Richard III. Edward IV died on April 9, 1483, leaving his throne to his young son Edward V. Edward IV tried his best to apprehend Jasper and Henry but he failed to do so. The Lancastrians along with Jasper and Henry, were housed at the Château de Suscinio in Sarzeau. They landed in Brittany where they sought the protection of Francis II, Duke of Brittany, which he did give to them. Henry and Jasper tried to gather more support for the Lancastrian cause but they got caught in a bad storm in the English Channel while escaping from Tenby. This return of Henry VI would not last long as Edward IV was restored to the throne and Warwick was killed. Warwick restored Henry VI to the throne in 1470, Jasper came back from exile, and Henry was allowed to go to court. Henry stayed with William Herbert until 1469, when the Earl of Warwick Richard Neville switched sides to the Lancastrians and had Herbert executed. Life was stable for Henry Tudor for a few years, until Edward IV won the crown in 1461, sending Henry’s uncle Jasper into exile and the title of Earl of Pembroke as well as Pembroke Castle and the wardship of Henry went to a Yorkist supporter William Herbert. Henry’s mother Margaret Beaufort was only 13 when she gave birth to Henry and because his father died, his uncle Jasper Tudor took care of him. Henry’s mother was the great granddaughter of John of Gaunt and his third wife Katherine Swynford. ![]() His grandfather, Owen Tudor, was married to Katherine of Valois which made Henry’s father half brother of King Henry VI. Henry never met his father Edmund because he died three months before Henry was born. Henry Tudor, later Henry VII, was born at Pembroke Castle to Margaret Beaufort and Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond on January 28, 1457. Henry VII went from an exile to the founder of one of the most powerful dynasties in all of English history, the Tudor Dynasty. Father of Arthur, Prince of Wales, Margaret, Queen of Scots, Henry VIII, King of England and Mary, Queen of France. Son of Margaret Beaufort and Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond.
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