My Google research says that Henry Tudor had only a very weak link to the English monarchy before he fought & killed King Richard III (the last English king to die on a battlefield) in 1485. In 1486 Henry Tudor married Elizabeth of York, the eldest daughter of former King Edward IV--thus establishing / fortifying his claim to the monarc…
My Google research says that Henry Tudor had only a very weak link to the English monarchy before he fought & killed King Richard III (the last English king to die on a battlefield) in 1485. In 1486 Henry Tudor married Elizabeth of York, the eldest daughter of former King Edward IV--thus establishing / fortifying his claim to the monarchy. Henry Tudor...aka King Edward VII...reigned from 1485 to 1509...by putting a strong, protective guard around himself ! As in all instances where the overthrowers of monarchs become the new rulers, they don't "vanquish" monarchy....they just become the new head of it...eh? The American Revolutionary War changed that pattern....yeh? We established a democracy in place of the British monarchy.
My Google research says that Henry Tudor had only a very weak link to the English monarchy before he fought & killed King Richard III (the last English king to die on a battlefield) in 1485. In 1486 Henry Tudor married Elizabeth of York, the eldest daughter of former King Edward IV--thus establishing / fortifying his claim to the monarchy. Henry Tudor...aka King Edward VII...reigned from 1485 to 1509...by putting a strong, protective guard around himself ! As in all instances where the overthrowers of monarchs become the new rulers, they don't "vanquish" monarchy....they just become the new head of it...eh? The American Revolutionary War changed that pattern....yeh? We established a democracy in place of the British monarchy.
Wonder if I got the 'dancing master" part right! never mind.....