#HenryVII
#OTD 11 Feb 1466
The 1st #TudorQueen, Elizabeth of York was born

Eldest child of #EdwardIV & #ElizabethWoodville & consort to #HenryVII

Their marriage saw the end of #TheWarsoftheRoses

She died #OTD 1503 her 37th birthday days after giving birth to a daughter who also sadly died

#Tudor #History
February 11, 2026 at 6:23 AM
#OTD
9th February 1506
The Treaty of Windsor was signed between England and Castile.

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#KingHenryVII #HenryVII #TreatyofWindsor #England #Castile #Tudors #History
February 9, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Robert #Fayrfax 1464-1521 English #Renaissance composer during reigns of #HenryVII & #HenryVIII
Gentleman of the #ChapelRoyal
… a major influence on later composers, incl JohnTaverner & ThomasTallis
« Magnificat Regale à 5 »
youtu.be/j7k273SVNpk 14:24
#CardinallsMusick #AndrewCarwood #DavidSkinner
February 8, 2026 at 2:45 AM
📚💙⏳ The frontispiece of the 'Mirror of Gold for the Sinful Soul', was a devotional work by Margaret Beaufort, Henry Vli's mother. printed in 1506. Queen Elizabeth I made a translation of the work when she was a princess.
#MargaretBeaufort #Henryvii #henryviii #Elizabethl #devotional
February 7, 2026 at 2:48 PM
#OTD 2 Feb 1503
Katherine Tudor was born at the Tower Of London

#HenryVII & #ElizabethofYork's last child, an attempt to provide a spare heir following Arthur's death

Tragically, neither she nor her mother survived long after birth, & were buried together at Westminster Abbey

Henry mourned deeply
February 2, 2026 at 9:19 AM
#HenryTudor was born in Wales #OnThisDay in 1457, becoming king of #England in 1485 by defeating Richard III. #HenryVII was the first of the #Tudors & one of the best; the 1972 BBC series "The Shadow of the Tower" dramatizes his reign:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk6F...
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January 29, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Today is the birthday of Henry VII - and speaking of royalty, have you seen our Kings and Queens of England poster print? It's the best you'll find online and perfect for fans of the Royal Family!

#HenryVII #KingsAndQueens
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January 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM
💙📚⏳ Henry VIII died on 28 Jan 1547 which is exactly 90 years after Henry VII was born.
A perfect Tudor full‑circle moment.
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#HenryVIII #HenryVII #OTD #KU #readers
January 28, 2026 at 10:38 AM
#OTD 28 Jan 1457
A Dynasty was born

#MargaretBeaufort gave birth to the 1st Tudor King #HenryVII
Spending much of his early life in exile, his later marriage to #ElizabethofYork joined the warring Yorkists & Lancastrian & they ruled successfully for 24yrs

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#Tudor
#History
January 28, 2026 at 10:21 AM
#OTD
28th January 1457
At Pembroke Castle, a young woman, who had yet to reach her fourteenth birthday, gave birth to a son & named him Henry.

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#HenryTudor #EarlofRichmond #KingHenryVII #HenryVII #MargaretBeaufort #PembrokeCastle #Tudors #History
January 28, 2026 at 6:22 AM
#OTD 24 Jan 1502

#HenryVII signed The Treaty of Perpetual Peace with #JamesIV

To seal the treaty joining the 2 nations, was a marriage between ‘The Thistle & the Rose’ Henry's daughter, #MargaretTudor to James’ heir

They married by proxy the following day

Spoiler Alert: The peace didn't last!
January 24, 2026 at 12:30 PM
#OTD
24th January 1503
The foundation stone of King Henry VII's chapel was laid at Westminster Abbey.

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King Henry VII’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey
Photo © The Tudor Age

#KingHenryVII #HenryVII #WestminsterAbbey #Tudors #History
January 24, 2026 at 4:28 AM
More trompe l'oeil frames (including Henry VII's, who married wife 1 on 18 Jan 1486)...

For Uccello see: theframeblog.com/2024/07/26/n...

#Frames #TrompeLOeilFrames #Illusions #15thCenturyFrames #HenryVII #NationalPortraitGallery #NGofIreland #Rijksmuseum #TheFrameBlog
January 20, 2026 at 11:28 AM
#OTD 18 Jan 1486

#HenryVII & #ElizabethofYork married uniting the warring houses of Lancaster & York beginning 118yrs of #Tudor rule

Elizabeth's lineage certainly strengthen the Tudor claim

Their happy marriage produced 7 children 4 reached maturity Arthur, Margaret, Henry & Mary 3 wore👑

#Tudor
January 18, 2026 at 7:24 AM
In celebration of my book release for, “If Any Person will Meddle of My Cause: The Judicial Murder of Anne Boleyn”, please enjoy this post as my first stop! maidensandmanuscripts.com/2026/01/12/s... #anneboleyn #BookRelease #HenryVII
Saint Erkenwald’s Day: An Inauspicious Tudor Wedding Day
By Heather R. Darsie, J. D. Please enjoy this post in celebration of the release of, If Any Person will Meddle of My Cause: The Judicial Murder of Anne Boleyn, with free shipping to the UK and US f…
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January 12, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Sharing a small work-in-progress while we put the bigger pieces together. More art, lore, and concepts arriving shortly.

#henryvii #tudor #digitalart #coin
December 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The dad of Henry VIII
My review of review of S.B. Chrimes’ Henry VII #Englishhistory #HenryVII #KingofEngland #SBChrimes #WarsortheRoses
History Book Reviews: UNLIKELY RULER jeremyshistoryreviews.blogspot.com/2011/12/unli...
UNLIKELY RULER
A review of S.B. Chrimes’ Henry VII (1972, original) (1999, my copy) (Rating 4 of 5) Henry VII has one of the more unlikely stories of ...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM
#OTD 28 Nov 1489

#MargaretTudor, eldest daughter of #HenryVII & #ElizabethofYork was born

She became #Queenofthescots at 12 marrying #JamesIV who was killed at the Battle of Flodden

Through her marriages she was grandmother to both Mary Queen of Scots & Henry Stuart Lord Darnley

#Tudor
#History
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
#OTD 15 Nov 1527

#CatherineofYork last surviving child of #EdwardIV & #ElizabethWoodville died at Tiverton Castle buried at nearby St Peter's
Married to William Courtenay in 1495 arranged by #HenryVII, they had 3 children

L-R Elizabeth, Cecily, Anne, Catherine & Mary @cburycathedral.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM
#OnThisDay in 1507, First named reference to royal trumpeter John Blanke, the first black person whose image survives from Tudor England, in payment for services by #HenryVII.
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I’ve bought my ticket! I’m looking forward to learning more about #HenryVII, an under-rated monarch in my view - and to meeting @nathenamin.bsky.social
One week today in Westminster, I speak about how after usurping the throne, Henry VII employed visual, cultural, architectural and ancestral propaganda to secure his shaky grip on the crown. Tickets still available:

www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-events...
Lunchtime Talk: Henry VII, power and propaganda | Westminster Abbey
Uncover how Henry VII harnessed power, image, and ceremony to cement the Tudor dynasty in this sharp and engaging Lunchtime Talk.
www.westminster-abbey.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#OTD 1 Nov 1455
Welshman Edmund Tudor 25 of French Royal blood married an heiress descended from English royalty, #MargaretBeaufort 12 at Bletsoe Castle
Their son #HenryVII the 1st monarch of the #TheTudorDynasty

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Edmund died OTD 1456

@tudorhistetc.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
#OTD in 1485 #HenryTudor, Earl of Richmond was coronated as King #HenryVII of England. 1/2
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 AM
#OTD 30 Oct 1485
The 1st #Tudor monarch, #HenryVII was crowned @westminsterabbey.bsky.social thus ending #thewarsoftheroses
Henry assumed the crown having fought #RichardIII at the Battle of Bosworth Field in August

Also #OTD 1485 the Yeomen of the Guard was formed, sworn to protect the Kings Body!
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM