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Vor einem Tag · Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, was described by contemporaries as a brave and chivalrous knight, but also as a man of great ambition and pride. He had distinguished himself in the latter stages of the Hundred Years‘ War, serving as Lieutenant-General in France from 1446 to 1450. However, his tenure was marked by a series of military defeats and the loss of key English territories ...
Vor 4 Tagen · Margaret's heir at her death in 1439 was her son John Beaufort, duke of Somerset. He died in 1444 leaving an infant daughter Margaret, later wife of Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond. As Lady Margaret, countess of Richmond and Derby and mother of Henry VII, she died in 1509. Her heir was her grandson Henry VIII.
Vor 5 Tagen · No comment yet. On This day in Tudor history, 22nd May, Edward Seymour, brother of Queen Jane Seymour, was sworn in as a privy councillor; Franciscan friar John Forest was burnt at the stake; and four men, including the Earls of Hertford and Surrey, were installed as Knights of the Garter... 1490 – Death of Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent.
Vor 3 Tagen · 1st Duke of Suffolk: Edmund Tudor 1499–1500 Duke of Somerset: Katherine Tudor Princess of England 1503 Queen of England: Arthur Tudor 1486–1502 Prince of Wales: Catherine of Aragon 1485–1536 Queen of England: King Henry VIII 1491–1547 r. 1509–1547 King of England: Anne Boleyn 1501/1507–1536 Queen of England: Jane Seymour ...
Vor 2 Tagen · John was made Duke of Somerset and died in 1444, leaving a daughter Margaret, who married Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond, by whom she was the mother of Henry VII. When she died in 1509 Overstone became the property of her grandson Henry VIII (fn. 38) by whom it was granted in 1537 to Sir William Fitzwilliam, Lord High Admiral of ...
Vor 3 Tagen · While his Welsh subjects were installing Tudor iconography and visual expressions of loyalty, Henry Tudor was ‘not unmindful of Wales’, commissioning Sir Rhys ap Thomas to create a new tomb for his father, Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond, which would sit in the church of the Greyfriars at Carmarthen, later removed to St David’s Cathedral. Sir Rhys himself was laid to rest near to Edmund ...
Vor 4 Tagen · But where did the Tudors come from and why were they so successful? This online course will examine the first four Tudor monarchs, we will begin with Henry Tudor's victory at Bosworth, before moving on to examine the complex and often violent history of the English Reformation under Henry, Edward VI and Mary.
