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Owen Tudor12209 died February 04, 1460/6112209. He married Catherine De Valois.

 Includes NotesNotes for Owen Tudor:
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Owen TUDOR (Sir)

Died: 4 Feb 1461, beheaded

Notes: a Welsh soldier and courtier, directly descended from the Lord R hys but remembered only because of his role in founding the Tudor dynas ty and for his relationship with Catherine of Valois, widow of King Hen ry V of England. He was assigned to her service after the King's death, w hen Catherine, being French and therefore distrusted, was removed from c ourt and denied any part in the upbringing of her son, the infant King H enry VI. She and Owen are sometimes said to have been secretly married, t hough there is no documentary evidence of this. They certainly had at l east five children, including Jasper and Edmund Tudor, who would father t he future King Henry VII. As a man of advanced years, Owen fought for t he Lancastrians at the Battle of Mortimer's Cross, following which he w as beheaded along with other prisoners. It is said that he expected a r eprieve because of his relationship with the former royal family, and t hat he did not believe he would die until the collar was ripped off his d oublet by the executioner - at which point he is alleged to have said t hat "the head which used to lie in Queen Catherine's lap, would now lie i n the executioner's basket".

Father: Maredudd (Meredith) Ap TUDOR

Mother: Margaret VYCHAN

Married: Catherine De VALOIS (Queen of England) (b. 27 Oct 1401) (dau. o f Charles "the beloved" De Valois, King of France, and Isabel Wittelsba ch) (w. of Henry V Plantagenet, King of England) 1429

Children:

1. Thomas TUDOR (Monk at Westminster)

2. Edmund TUDOR (E. Richmond)

3. Jasper TUDOR (D. Bedford)

4. Tacinda TUDOR

5. Dau. TUDOR (Nun)

6. Margaret (Catherine) TUDOR

Associated with: ¿?

7. David OWEN (Sir)

source:
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/TUDOR.htm#Owen%20TUDOR%20(Sir)

added:
16oct2005

More About Owen Tudor:
Record Change: October 16, 200512209

Children of Owen Tudor and Catherine De Valois are:
  1. +Edmund Tudor, b. 143012209, d. November 03, 1456, Carmarhten Castle, Wales12209.
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