Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond
Edmund Tudor | |
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Earl of Richmond | |
Tomb Effigy of Edmund Tudor | |
Spouse(s) | Lady Margaret Beaufort |
Issue | |
Father | Owen Tudor |
Mother | Catherine of Valois |
Born | 11 June 1431 |
Died | 3 November 1456 25) | (aged
Buried | St David's Cathedral |
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (11 June 1431 – 3 November 1456), also known as Edmund of Hadham (Welsh: Edmwnd Tudur), was the father of King Henry VII of England and a member of the Tudor family of Penmynydd, North Wales.
Birth and early life
Edmund Tudor was born either at Much Hadham Palace in Hertfordshire or at Hadham in Bedfordshire, an older son of Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois (widow of King Henry V of England). It is not known for certain whether he was born legitimately after his parents were secretly married.
In 1436, his mother retired to Bermondsey Abbey where she died in 1437. Therefore he and his brother Jasper were brought up in the care of Katherine de la Pole, abbess of Barking, with whom they remained till 1442. The abbess then brought them to their half-brother Henry VI's notice, who in turn sent them over as the charges of certain priests to be educated.[1] When Edmund grew up, Henry kept him at his court.[1] Edmund was knighted on 15 December 1449, summoned to parliament as Earl of Richmond on 30 January 1452, and created Earl of Richmond and premier earl on 6 March, acceding on 23 November, and Jasper was created Earl of Pembroke. In the parliament of 1453 Edmund was formally declared legitimate.[1] Henry made him large grants, particularly in 1454.
Marriage to Margaret Beaufort
In 1452 Lady Margaret Beaufort, the nine-year-old daughter of the Duke of Somerset was summoned to the court of her second cousin, King Henry and the following year Edmund was granted wardship. On 1 November 1455 at Bletsoe Castle, she was married to Edmund. By the end of the following November, he was dead, leaving his 13-year-old widow pregnant with the future King Henry VII.
Capture, captivity and death
The Wars of the Roses had begun and Edmund (a Lancastrian) was captured by Yorkist partisan William Herbert in mid-1456. Herbert imprisoned him at Carmarthen Castle in Wales, where he died of the plague on 3 November 1456, and was buried at Carmarthen Grey Friars. His elegy was written by Lewys Glyn Cothi. His remains were, at the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539, removed to the choir of St David's Cathedral.
Edmund's only child, the future Henry VII, was born at Pembroke Castle, two months after his death.
Lineage
Ednyfed Fychan d. 1246 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goronwy ab Ednyfed d. 1268 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tudur Hen (also known as Tudur ap Goronwy) d. 1311 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goronwy ap Tudur Hen d. 1331 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elen ferch Tomos (mother of Owain Glyndŵr) | Marged ferch Tomos | Tudur ap Goronwy d. 1367 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maredudd ap Tudur d.1406 | Rhys ap Tudur d. 1409 | Gwilym ap Tudur d. 1413 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owen Tudor (Owain Tudur) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond d. 1456 | Jasper Tudor d.1495 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Henry VII of England d. 1509 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References and external links
Peerage of England | ||
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Preceded by Vacant previously held by John of Lancaster |
Earl of Richmond (with Honour of Richmond) 1452–1456 |
Succeeded by Henry Tudor During War of the Roses Considered Forfeit by Yorkists 1461 merged into the crown under Edward IV (Honour of Richmond held by George Plantagenet 1472-1478) |