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(1457-1509) Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, later Henry VII, King of England (1485-1509) Henry VII was the first king of the Tudor dynasty. He was the son of Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort. He was related to John of Gaunt, and hence a member of the House of Lancaster. He opposed king Richard III from the House of York and was constantly getting more and more supporters until the decisive battle. Henry fought against Richard III during the War of the Roses and defeated him in the Battle of Bosworth Field (1485), in which Richard III died. This marked the end of the War of the Roses. Still on the battlefield, Lord Stanley handed the crown over to Henry, who declared himself King of England. He based his claims on the fact that he was a member of the House of Lancaster, although these claims were rather meagre because the dynasty was inherited by his mother (female line only) and by John of Gaunt’s illegitimate son John Beaufort. Moreover, Henry claimed to have defeated a usurper and a villain as Richard III was supposed to be responsible for killing his nephews in the Tower in order to become king himself. That is why Henry had a great number of supporters, who also supported his claims to become king.

After becoming king, Henry VII married Elizabeth of York in 1486. She was the daughter of the former King Edward IV and a member of the House of York. The unification of the two erstwhile hostile dynasties (Lancaster and York) was celebrated as the start of a new dynasty, the Tudor dynasty, and as the beginning of a new peaceful time for England. Most historians nowadays see this as part of the Tudor Myth.

The first son of Henry and Elizabeth was born in 1486, and he was named Arthur in order to create a bond to the mystical king Arthur. In 1489, Henry formed an alliance with the thriving Spanish. The agreement involved a marriage of Arthur with Catherine of Aragon, the daughter of the king and queen of Spain. Shortly after the marriage in 1501, Arthur died, and it was determined that Henry’s second son Henry was to marry Catherine to fulfill the agreement. Henry VII was succeeded by his son Henry, who became king Henry VIII of England.

Sources:

Eßer, Raingard. Die Tudors und die Stuarts. Stuttgart. Kohlhammer. 2004.

Kluxen, Kurt. Geschichte Englands. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Stuttgart. Kröner. 3. Auflage. 1985.

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 (1457-1509) Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, later Henry VII, King of England (1485-1509)
-Henry VII was the first king of the Tudor dynasty. He was the son of Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort. He was related to John of Gaunt, and hence a member of the House of Lancaster. He opposed king [[Richard III]] from the house of York and was constantly getting more and more supporters until the decisive battle. Henry fought against Richard III during the War of the Roses and defeated him in the Battle of Bosworth Field (1485), in which Richard III died. This marked the end of the War of the Roses. Still on the battlefield, Lord Stanley handed the crown over to Henry, who declared himself King of England. He based his claims on the fact that he was a member of the house of Lancaster, although these claims were rather meagre because the dynasty was inherited by his mother (female line only) and by John of Gaunt’s illegitimate son John Beaufort. Moreover, Henry claimed to have defeated a usurper and a villain as Richard III was supposed to be responsible for killing his nephews in the Tower in order to become king himself. That is why Henry had a great number of supporters, who also supported his claims to become king.
+Henry VII was the first king of the Tudor dynasty. He was the son of Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort. He was related to John of Gaunt, and hence a member of the House of Lancaster. He opposed king [[Richard III]] from the House of York and was constantly getting more and more supporters until the decisive battle. Henry fought against Richard III during the War of the Roses and defeated him in the Battle of Bosworth Field (1485), in which Richard III died. This marked the end of the War of the Roses. Still on the battlefield, Lord Stanley handed the crown over to Henry, who declared himself King of England. He based his claims on the fact that he was a member of the House of Lancaster, although these claims were rather meagre because the dynasty was inherited by his mother (female line only) and by John of Gaunt’s illegitimate son John Beaufort. Moreover, Henry claimed to have defeated a usurper and a villain as Richard III was supposed to be responsible for killing his nephews in the Tower in order to become king himself. That is why Henry had a great number of supporters, who also supported his claims to become king.
-After becoming king, Henry VII married Elizabeth of York in 1486. She was the daughter of the former King Edward IV and a member of the house of York. The unification of the two erstwhile hostile dynasties (Lancaster and York) was celebrated as the start of a new dynasty, the Tudor dynasty, and as the beginning of a new peaceful time for England. Most historians nowadays see this as part of the [[Tudor Myth]].
+After becoming king, Henry VII married Elizabeth of York in 1486. She was the daughter of the former King Edward IV and a member of the House of York. The unification of the two erstwhile hostile dynasties (Lancaster and York) was celebrated as the start of a new dynasty, the Tudor dynasty, and as the beginning of a new peaceful time for England. Most historians nowadays see this as part of the [[Tudor Myth]].
 The first son of Henry and Elizabeth was born in 1486, and he was named Arthur in order to create a bond to the mystical king Arthur. In 1489, Henry formed an alliance with the thriving Spanish. The agreement involved a marriage of Arthur with Catherine of Aragon, the daughter of the king and queen of Spain. Shortly after the marriage in 1501, Arthur died, and it was determined that Henry’s second son Henry was to marry Catherine to fulfill the agreement. Henry VII was succeeded by his son Henry, who became king [[Henry VIII]] of England.