Who was Henry the 7th?

If Henry VII's reign was to usher in 'smooth-faced peace, with smiling plenty, and fair prosperous days', few could have predicted it in 1485. read more

Henry's uncle Jasper Tudor, the Earl of Pembroke and Edmund's younger brother, undertook to protect the young widow, who was 13 years old when she gave birth to Henry. When Edward IV became King in 1461, Jasper Tudor went into exile abroad. read more

Henry’s mother Margaret was a descendant of Edward III, which gave Henry a real, although tenuous, claim to the throne. Mindful of Henry's vulnerability, Margaret entrusted her son to the care of his uncle, Jasper Tudor. read more

The day was 22 August 1485; the battlefield was to be named after the small neighboring town of Market Bosworth; the fallen King was the third and ablest of English monarchs who bore the name Richard; and the man whom the battle made a king was to be the seventh and perhaps the greatest of those who bore the name Henry. read more