Sir Owen Tudor^[1]

- 1461

• Name	Owen Tudor
  Prefix	Sir
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Feb 1461
  	Cause: beheaded
  Notes	See Europäisch Stammtafeln Band II tafel 63. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01352 «b»Founder of the Tudor Family«/b» http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/TUDOR.htm#Owen%20TUDOR%20(Sir) a Welsh soldier and courtier, directly descended from the «b»Lord Rhys«/b» but remembered only because of his role in founding the Tudor dynasty and for his relationship with «b»Catherine of Valois«/b», widow of «b»King Henry V of England«/b». He was assigned to her service after the «b»King«/b»'s death, when «b»Catherine«/b», being French and therefore distrusted, was removed from court and denied any part in the upbringing of her son, the infant «b»King Henry VI«/b». She and «b»Owen«/b» are sometimes said to have been secretly married, though there is no documentary evidence of this. They certainly had at least five children, including «b»Jasper«/b» and «b»Edmund Tudor«/b», who would father the future «u»«b»King Henry VII <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutHenryVII.htm>«/u»«/b». As a man of advanced years, Owen fought for the Lancastrians at the Battle of Mortimer's Cross, following which he was beheaded along with other prisoners. It is said that he expected a reprieve because of his relationship with the former royal family, and that he did not believe he would die until the collar was ripped off his doublet by the executioner - at which point he is alleged to have said that "«i»the head which used to lie in Queen Catherine's lap, would now lie in the executioner's basket«/i»".
  Person ID	I13223	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2007

  
  

  Father	Maredudd (Meredith) ap Tudor   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Margaret Vychan   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F6192	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Catherine de Valois de France, Queen of England,   b. 27 Oct 1401, Hôtel de St Pol, Paris, France d. 3 Jan 1437, Abbey of St Saviour, Bermondsey, London (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	1429
  Children	1. Thomas Tudor, Monk at Westminster,   b. 6 Nov 1429   d. 1501, Westminster Abbey, London, England (Age 71 years)   2. Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond,   b. 1430   d. 3 Nov 1456, Carmarthen Castle, Wales (Age 26 years)   3. Jasper Tudor, Duke Bedford,   b. Abt 1431, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England d. 21 Dec 1495 (Age ~ 64 years)   4. Tacinda Tudor   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Daughter Tudor, Nun   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Margaret (Catherine) Tudor,   b. Jan 1437, Abbey of St Saviour, Bermondsey, London, Middlesex, England d. 1437, Abbey of St Saviour, Bermondsey, London, Middlesex, England
  Family ID	F6191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

  Family 2	Unknown   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Sir David Owen,   b. 1459, Pembroke Castle, Wales d. Between 20 Feb 1528 and 1542 (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F551610724	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2007

  
  

• Photos

  Jasper TUDOR Duke Bedford, arms

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).