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Where did Henry VII come from?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

He was English. He was a descendant of Edward III through his son John Duke of Lancaster.. John had children with Katherine Swynford (whose brother in law was Geoffrey Chaucer) and Henry's mother was a great granddaughter of theirs. His father also had Royal blood in him. His grandmother was Catherine of Valois (the daughter of a King of France) who had been the wife of Henry V. After Henry V died she secretly married Owen Tudor and had five children with him. Catherine's son Henry IV ennobled his half brother who was the father of Henry VII.

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15y ago

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