Henry Tudor
His Life and Reign
1457
Born in Pembroke Castle, Wales, the only child of Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond and Margaret Beaufort, a direct descendant of Edward III.
1462
Henry Tudor of Richmond is made a ward of Lord Herbert, a supporter of the newly crowned Yorkist King Edward IV.
1469
Lord Herbert is defeated by the Lancastrians and executed by the Earl of Warwick, who now sides with Henry VI.
1470
Henry VI regains the throne and Edward IV flees to Flanders.
1471
Henry VI and his only son Edward die and Edward IV becomes King again. Henry of Richmond becomes the main Lancastrian claimant to the throne. His uncle Jasper Tudor takes him to safety in Brittany.
1483
Following the death of Edward IV, his brother Richard claims the crown and Edward’s two sons disappear mysteriously from the Tower.
Enemies of Richard III begin to plot to replace him with Henry Tudor. Henry swears to marry Edward IV’s daughter Elizabeth if he is made King.
1485
Henry sails from France, landing in Wales. Henry and Richard meet in battle at Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, where Henry wins and is crowned King.
1486
Henry marries Elizabeth of York and they have their first child, Arthur.
1487
Lambert Simnel claims to be Edward IV’s nephew Edward of Warwick.
Elizabeth is crowned Queen.
1489
Yorkshire rebels against a new tax
1491
Perkin Warbeck claims to be Richard Duke of York, Edward IV’s missing son. He makes various challenges to the throne but is executed in 1499.
Henry VII’s second son, Henry, the future Henry VIII, is born.
1492
The treaty of Étaples is signed, making peace with France
1497
Rebellion breaks out in Cornwall.
1499
Edward Earl of Warwick, the nephew of Richard III, is executed.
1501
Arthur is married to Catherine of Aragon, arranged by the Treaty of Medina del Campo in 1489.
1502
Arthur dies and Henry becomes heir to the throne.
The Treaty of Perpetual Peace is signed with Scotland in an attempt to stop the ongoing warfare between the two countries.
1503
Elizabeth of York dies in childbirth.
1509
Henry VII dies suddenly from a stroke.