Bosworth: The Birth of the Tudors (74 page)

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Authors: Chris Skidmore

Tags: #England/Great Britain, #Nonfiction, #Tudors, #History, #Military & Fighting, #History, #15th Century

Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester and later King Richard III.

After her husband Henry V’s death, Katherine of Valois embarked on an aff air with a servant at court, Owen Tudor.

Edmund Tudor (left) married Margaret Beaufort (right), who became pregnant with Henry at the age of twelve. Edmund did not live to witness the birth of his son, Henry Tudor; but Margaret would become his most devoted and loyal protector.

Pembroke Castle, where Henry Tudor was born in January 1457.

Henry VI, the last Lancastrian king. His mental frailties and weak kingship provoked the civil wars of the fifteenth century.

Margaret of Anjou, Henry VI’s wife and fierce defender of the Lancastrian cause.

Edward IV (left), whose controversial choice of bride, Elizabeth Woodville (right), caused divisions among the York royal family.

Anthony Rivers presents a work of literature to Edward IV, whose eldest son Edward, the future Edward V, is at his side.

Elizabeth of York, Edward IV’s eldest daughter and future wife of Henry Tudor. Their marriage would unite the houses of Lancaster and York.

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, his wife Anne Neville and their son Edward of Middleham, as depicted in the Rous Roll.

William Catesby, one of Richard’s loyal dependants, whose support was crucial in Richard’s seizure of the throne. He was also one of the few men on Richard’s side at Bosworth to be executed after the battle.

John, Lord Howard, first Duke of Norfolk. Norfolk’s support for Richard’s usurpation was rewarded with a dukedom. He loyally served the king, and led the vanguard of Richard’s forces into battle at Bosworth.

A French drawing of the young Henry Tudor.

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