Tudors
Tudors English royal dynasty (1485–1603). Of Welsh origin, they were descended from Owen Tudor (d.1461), who married the widow of Henry V. In 1485, Owen Tudor's grandson defeated Richard III at Bosworth to win the English throne as Henry VII. The dynasty ended with the death of Elizabeth I in 1603. See also Henry VIII; Edward VI; Mary I; Stuart
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