Richard was the father of two Kings of England; Edward IV and Richard III. Richard was descended from Edward III via his son Edmund of Langley, but also from the daughter of Lionel Duke of Clarence, another son of Edward III. (See a family tree to understand this.) Richard was t (more...)

Beaufort, Edmund (2nd Duke of Somerset)
Edmund Beaufort was a Lancastrian supporter of King Henry VI of England. Beaufort's early military career was a great success, relieving Calias and capturing Harfleur from the French. But failing to prevent the the loss of Anjou, Maine and Normandy to the French his career ended badly. Back in Engla (more...)

Richard (III, King of England 1483-1485)
Richard only reigned for two years, from 6th July 1483 until his death at the battle of Bosworth on 22nd August 1485. Richard was the thirteenth and last Plantagenet king and the last king to be killed in battle. We see Richard depicted as a hunch-back by Shakespeare but this deformity may be exagg (more...)

Tudor, Edmund (Earl of Richmond)
Edmund was the son of Owen Tudor, a Welsh landowner, and Catherine of France, the wife of Henry V. Edmund married into the Beaufort family and their son became Henry VII, the first Tudor king.

Tudor, Jasper (Earl of Pembroke)
Jasper Tudor was the second son of Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois. He was given the title Earl of Pembroke in 1453. When Edmund his elder brother died in captivity in 1456 Jasper took his wife Margaret who was expecting her first child to Pembroke Castle.

Edward (Prince of Wales)
Son of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou.

EDWARD (IV, Earl of March and King of England 1461-1470, 1471-1483)

Origins

The only king to have two separate reigns: 1461-1471, 1471-1483. Edward was born on April 28th in Rouen in Normandy. His father was Richard Duke of York, the great-grandson of Edward III. In 1447 Richard's chance of becoming the next king of England increased when Henry's IV unc (more...)

Neville, Richard (Earl of Salisbury)
Father of the 'Kingmaker'. Richard held estates in Yorkshire which he inherited from his father Ralph Neville who was Earl of Westmorland. Richard married Alice, the heiress to the estates of Salisbury and this gave him control of lands in the south of England as well.

Beaufort, Lady Margaret
Lady Margaret Beaufort married Edmund Tudor, the earl of Richmond. Their son became Henry VII the first Tudor king. After Edmund Tudor died in 1456 Margaret married Sir Henry Stafford and later Thomas, Lord Stanley.

HENRY (VII, King of England 1485-1509)
Henry Tudor

Henry Tudor was born at Pembroke Castle in January 1457. He was the son of Edmund Tudor the Earl of Richmond and Margaret Beaufort. Edmund Tudor was the son of Catherine of France who had been married to Henry V, King of England. Edmund Tudor's father was not Henry V, but Owen (more...)

Neville, Richard (Earl of Warwick, 'The Kingmaker')
Richard was a member of the powerful Neville family. His grandfather Ralph Neville had married the daughter of John of Gaunt (the son of Edward III) and his father gained the title Earl of Salisbury when he married Alice the previous Earl of Salisbuy's daughter. Richard himself married Anne Beaucham (more...)

Stafford, Humphrey (Duke of Buckingham)
Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, was a Lancastrian supporter during the Wars of the Roses and fought along side King Henry VI. Humphrey Stafford was killed at the Battle of Northampton by the Yorkists.