Hello everyone,
Today I’m going to talk to you about Henry Tudor. He was born in Wales at Pembrokeshire Castle in 1457 but he grew up in France. His father Edmund Tudor died shortly after his birth. His mother at the time was only 13 years old. So then his Uncle Jasper had the responsibility for looking after him, Jasper fled with Henry to France after the Lancastrian defeat in 1471. Henry Tudor was a Welshman so the question is how did he become king of England? Well this is what I’ll be focusing on today. Did being welsh help him win the throne? That is the question I want to answer by the end of today! This essay is going to explain the reasons behind how a Welshman became king of England and examine which of the reasons were most important.
Henry Tudor had a distant relation to Edward III which is what gave him a chance of becoming king in the first place. But this relation was from his English mother Margaret Beaufort. His distant relation played a very big part in him becoming king. His family was on the side of the Lancastrians. His distant relation was important because without any royal blood or claim he would have a very low chance in becoming king.