Owen Tudor Timeline and Biography
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The period of the English Tudors spawned a variety of famous and fascinating people including Owen Tudor. The Renaissance brought about an age of new learning and ideas in the fields of arts, literature, science, exploration and philosophy. The biography and timeline of Owen Tudor details the life, people and events which occurred during this period of Tudor times. Read about the fascinating life of Owen Tudor via the short biography and helpful timeline. Owen Tudor Timeline and Biography - Why was Owen Tudor famous?
Why was Owen Tudor famous? Accomplishments and Achievements? Owen Tudor was famous for his secret marriage to Catherine of Valois, the widow of King Henry VI. He fought on the side of the Lancastrians during the Wars of the Roses. He was the grandfather of King Henry VIII. Owen Tudor Timeline and Biography
This short biography provides a fast snapshot of the life of Owen Tudor: - Also known as: Owain ap Maredudd or Owain ap Meredith ap Tewdur
- Owain ap Maredudd anglicised his Welsh name to Owen Tudor
- Date of Birth: Born in 1400
- Place of Birth : Wales
- Date of Death: Died on February 2, 1461
- Parents: Father: Maredudd ap Tudur
Mother: Margaret ferch Dafydd - Family Connections: Owen Tudor married Catherine of Valois the widow of Henry VI
Owen Tudor Timeline and Biography
Important dates in a fast, comprehensive chronological, or date order, providing an actual sequence of important past events which were of considerable significance to the famous people involved in the time period of the Tudors via the Owen Tudor Timeline and Short Biography. Specific information can be seen at a glance with concise and accurate facts about the life, history and timeline of Owen Tudor. | Owen Tudor Timeline and Biography |
| 1400 | Owen Tudor was born in Wales the son of Maredudd ap Tudur and Margaret ferch Dafydd
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| 1422 | Owen Tudor entered the service of Queen Catherine of Valois as keeper of the Queen's household after the death of her husband King Henry VI of England on 22 August 1422
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| 1428 | Owen Tudor secretly married Catherine of Valois and they had several children |
| 1429 | His son Owen Tudor (1429-1501) was born who became a monk at Westminster
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| 1430 | Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond was born (1430 - 1456) who married Lady Margaret Beaufort and became the father of King Henry VII.
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| 1431 | Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford was born (1431 - 1495) who raised the son of his brother Edmund who would later become King Henry VII
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| 1433 | Tacina Tudor (1433-1469) who became a nun
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| 1437 | 3 Jan 1437 Catherine of France died after retiring to Bermondsey Abbey |
| 1452 | The two sons of Owen Tudor, Edmund and Jasper were made Earls. Edmund became the Earl of Richmond and Jasper became the Earl of Pembroke
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| 1461 | 2 February 1461: Owen and his son Jasper led the Lancastrian forces at the Battle of Mortimer's Cross against Edward, Earl of March. The Lancastrians were defeated.
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| 1461 | 2 February 1461: Owen Tudor was executed by beheading
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Owen Tudor Timeline and Biography
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