Friday, March 25, 2016

The Tudors- a half-bastard line?

    The Tudor dynasty started after the death of Henry V of England. He and his wife, Catherine of Valois, had had Henry VI, who would eventually go crazy and ascended to the throne when he was about twelve (give or take- I could be wrong on that). After Henry V’s death, Catherine started an affair with a servant of hers, Owen Tudor. The had two sons and children overall Edmund and Jaspar Tudor, in that order. Henry VI would later legitimize his half-brothers, and give them estates and titles in Wales, which was always loyal to them as a result. Edmund married Margaret Beaufort, and they would have one child: Henry VII, who would overthrow Richard III at Bosworth in 1485. Of course, the question mark on the title is a little misleading- it’s not like we don’t know this for a fact. Plus, many of you might have already known this. If you didn’t know this before how do you feel about this new information? For people who already knew this- how did this change your outlook on the Tudors, if it did so at all?

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