European Heraldry

HOUSE OF TUDOR
1485-1603

Arms of Owen Tudor

Edmund Tudor,(1431–1456),1st Earl of Richmond was the father of King Henry VII of England

Jasper Tudor,(1431–1495), Earl of Pembroke and 1st Duke of Bedford, was the uncle of King Henry VII of England

Henry VII (1457–1509), King of England and Lord of Ireland from his usurpation of the crown on 22 August 1485.

Arms of Henry VIII (1491–1547), King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) used by all subsequent Tudor monarchs.

Wives of Henry VIII

• Catherine of Aragon y Castilla (1485–1536)
• Anne Boleyn (1501/1507–1536)
• Jane Seymour (1508–1537)
• Anne of Cleves (1515–1557)
• Catherine Howard (1521–1542)
• Catherine Parr (1512–1548)

Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset ( 1519– 1536) was the son of King Henry VIII of England and his mistress, Elizabeth Blount, the only illegitimate offspring that Henry acknowledged.

Descendants of Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496–1533) was the younger sister of Henry VIII of England and queen consort of due to her marriage to Louis XII. After his death, she married Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk.

• Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk ( 1517– 1559), born Lady Frances Brandon.
• Jane, Queen of England and Ireland (1537–1554), more commonly known as Lady Jane Grey
• Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp ( 1561 – 1612), son of the 1st Earl of Hertford son of Catherine Grey.
• Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby, née Clifford (1540-1596) was the only surviving daughter of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland and Lady Eleanor Brandon.
• Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby (c. 1559– 1594) was the son of Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby and Lady Margaret Clifford.