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	English Monarchs - Kings and Queens of England - Henry VII.
		Henry VII, who won the prize of England's throne in battle at Bosworth from Richard III was the first of England's great Tudor dynasty.
		Henry's father, Edmund Tudor was the half-brother of Henry VI, born of an illicit union between Queen Katherine of Valois, widow of Henry V and Owen Tudor, her Welsh Clerk of the Wardrobe.
		Henry's mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, from whom he derived his debatable claim to the throne, was an intelligent and learned woman, she was said to be the heir of John of Gaunt after the extinction of Henry V's line.
	www.englishmonarchs.co.uk /tudor.htm (1423 words)

	Luminarium Encyclopedia: King Henry VII of England (1457-1509)
		Henry gave Brittany defensive aid; but after the duchess Anne had married Charles VIII of France, he felt bound to fulfil his obligations to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, and also to the German king Maximilian, by an invasion of France in 1492.
		Henry had by this time several children, of whom the eldest, Arthur, had been proposed in infancy for a bridegroom to Catherine, daughter of Ferdinand of Aragon.
		In addition to his sons Arthur and Henry, Henry VII had several daughters, one of whom, Margaret, married James IV, king of Scotland, and another, Mary, became the wife of Louis XII of France, and afterwards of Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk.
	www.luminarium.org /encyclopedia/henry7.htm (1497 words)

	Henry VII of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry VII (January 28, 1457 – April 21, 1509), King of England, Lord of Ireland (August 22, 1485 – April 21, 1509), was the founder and first patriarch of the Tudor dynasty.
		Henry was a fiscally prudent monarch who restored the fortunes of an effectively bankrupt exchequer (Edward IV's treasury had been emptied by his wife's Woodville relations after his death and before the accession of Richard III) by introducing efficiently ruthless mechanisms of taxation.
		Henry's elder daughter Margaret was married first to James IV of Scotland, and their son became James V of Scotland, whose daughter became Mary, Queen of Scots.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_VII_of_England (1617 words)

	::Henry VII::
		Henry VII was king of England from 1485 to 1509.
		Henry VIII and Elizabeth I tend to dominate Tudor history and their lives do overshadow the importance of Henry VII's reign.
		Henry was a member of the Lancaster family and to bring the families closer together he married Elizabeth of York soon after being crowned king.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /henry7.htm (0 words)

	Henry VII, king of England. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Henry was the son of Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond, who died before Henry was born, and Margaret Beaufort, a descendant of Edward III through John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster.
		Henry made an unsuccessful attempt to land in England during the abortive revolt (1483) of Henry Stafford, 2d duke of Buckingham.
		A truce (1497) between England and Scotland was followed by the marriage (1503) of Henry’s sister Margaret Tudor to James—a marriage that led ultimately to the union of the monarchies of England and Scotland.
	www.bartleby.com /65/he/Henry7Eng.html (767 words)

	MSN Encarta - Henry VII (of England)
		Henry VII (of England), often called Henry Tudor (1457-1509), king of England (1485-1509) and first ruler of the house of Tudor, whose reign initiated a period of national unity following the strife of the 15th century.
		Henry, the son of Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond (1430?-1456), and Margaret Beaufort, countess of Richmond and Derby (a direct descendant of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster), was born on January 28, 1457, in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire.
		Henry Tudor was subsequently crowned Henry VII in London.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761570129/Henry_VII_(of_England).html (409 words)

	Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry VII then travelled to Rome to be crowned as emperor, the title having been vacant since the death of Frederick II.
		Henry wanted to punish Robert of Naples for his disloyal actions (Robert was technically Henry's vassal), but he died on August 24, 1313, near Siena.
		Henry VII's success in Italy was not lasting, however, and after his death the anti-imperialist forces regained control.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_VII,_Holy_Roman_Emperor (357 words)

	Henry VII: brief biography
		However, Henry VII was involved in the historical circumstances that set the stage for the choices his son felt he had to make when he became king--choices that pushed him inexorably toward a complete break between the English church and the Roman Catholic church.
		King Henry was declared supreme head of the English church, and an ecclesiastical court under Archbishop Cranmer declared the king's marriage to Catherine of Aragon to be "null and absolutely void," freeing Henry to marry the now-pregnant Anne Boleyn.
		Henry VIII continued for the rest of his life to think of himself as a good catholic, but by breaking with Rome and by denying the supremacy of the pope, he had in fact created the conditions for the rapid rise of Protestantism in England.
	sdsd.essortment.com /henryvii_rwqh.htm (1085 words)

	History of the Monarchy > The Tudors > Henry VII
		Henry VII was the founder of the Tudor dynasty, unifying the warring factions in the Wars of the Roses.
		Henry's reign (1485-1509) was troubled by revolts, sometimes involving pretenders (such as Perkin Warbeck and Lambert Simnel) who impersonated Edward V or his brother.
		Henry strengthened the power of the monarchy by using traditional methods of government to tighten royal administration and increase revenues (reportedly including a daily examination of accounts).
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page15.asp (275 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Henry VIII
		Owing, however, to some political scheming of Henry VII -- who was trying to outwit his rival Ferdinand -- Prince Henry, on attaining the age of fourteen, was made to record a formal protest against the proposed marriage with Catherine, as a matter arranged without his consent.
		William Knight, the king's secretary, was sent to Pope Clement VII to sue for the declaration of nullity of his union with Catherine, on the ground that the dispensing Bull of Julius II was obreptitious -- i.e.
		Henry also petitioned, in the event of his becoming free, a dispensation to contract a new marriage with any woman even in the first degree of affinity, whether the affinity was contracted by lawful or unlawful connexion.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07222a.htm (3376 words)

	Henry VII on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A minor count of the house of Luxembourg, Henry was elected German king on the death of King Albert I after the electors had set aside the two main contenders, Albert's eldest son, Frederick of Austria, and the French prince Charles of Valois.
		Henry VII's abortive Italian campaign only served to prove the futility of any attempt to revive the ancient imperial policy at a time when the papacy and S Italy were controlled by France and the N Italian towns were autonomous.
		Henry VII and the shaping of the Tudor state: Sean Cunningham highlights the importance of 'rule by recognisance' in the reign of the first Tudor monarch.(Talking Points)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/Henry7H1R1E1.asp (793 words)

	BBC - History - Henry VII (1457 - 1509)
		Henry was born on 28 January 1457 in Pembroke, Wales.
		In 1485, Henry landed at Milford Haven, killed Richard at the Battle of Bosworth and was crowned king.
		Henry also rebuilt royal finances by avoiding war, increasing administrative efficiency, promoting trade and enforcing royal fiscal rights to the point of ruthlessness, leaving a fortune to his successor and a legacy of hatred for some of his financial ministers.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/henry_vii_king.shtml (400 words)

	Encyclopedia: Henry VII of England
		Henry VII (January 28, 1457 â“ April 21, 1509), King of England, Lord of Ireland (August 22, 1485 â“ April 21, 1509), was the founder of the Tudor dynasty.
		Margaret Tudor (November 28, 1489 - November 24, 1541), the daughter of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, was a notable figure in the 16th century history of Scotland and England.
		Henry VIII (28 June 1491 â€“ 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Henry-VII-of-England (1481 words)

	GENUKI: Kings of England - H
		Henry II., King of England, first of the Plantagenet line, was the eldest son of Geoffrey, Earl of Anjou, and his wife, the ex-Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I., and was born at Mans, in March, 1133.
		Henry was crowned a second time, in 1220, and two years later was declared of age, but his feebleness of character unfitted him to role, and the real power remained with his ministers.
		Henry was a man of sincerely religious character, but without the strength and capacity to rule, and his misfortunes and tragic end may justly be pitied.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/royalty/kingh.html (3530 words)

	Henry VII
		Henry VII (of England), often called Henry Tudor (14571509), king of England (14851509) and first ruler of the house of Tudor, whose reign initiated a period of national unity following the strife of the 15th century.
		Henry, the son of Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond (1430?56), and Margaret Beaufort, countess of Richmond and Derby (a direct descendant of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster), was born on January 28, 1457, in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire.
		After his accession Henry had to contend with several Yorkist uprisings, notably one led by the English impostor Lambert Simnel (circa 14711534), who claimed to be Edward, earl of Warwick (147599), the last Yorkist claimant to the throne.
	www.blackstudies.ucsb.edu /antillians/henryvii.html (397 words)

	Portraits of King Henry VII: Born 1457, Ruled 1485 to 1509
		Henry's father, who died before he was born, was the stepbrother of the tragic King Henry VI.
		Henry VII and Henry VIII, cropped from 'The Whitehall Mural', by Remigius van Leemput after Hans Holbein the Younger, c1667.
		This portrait of Henry VII's eldest son, who died in 1502 at age 15, was made during negotiations for Arthur's betrothal to Katharine of Aragon.
	www.marileecody.com /henry7images.html (1065 words)

	About Henry VII TUDOR (King of England)
		Born at Pembroke Castle, Wales, 28 Jan 1457, Henry Tudor was the son of Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort.
		So the old theory that Henry VII was the first King to use "new men" in his government is not true, but it is true that he relied to a great extent on the abilities and intellect of such "new men" as Cardinal Morton and Bishop Fox of Winchester with much success.
		Arthur died within months and Henry secured a papal dispensation for Catalina to marry Arthur's brother, the future Henry VIII ; this single event had the widest-ranging effect of all Henry's actions: Henry VIII's annulment from Catalina was the impetus for the separation of the Church of England from the body of Roman Catholicism.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /aboutHenryVII.htm (3930 words)

	Henry VII
		Henry's victory over Richard III was a fait accompli as far as his claim to the throne was concerned, the victory was proof enough as far as he was concerned, and there was no one to deny him.
		Francis Bacon, in his History of Henry VII, described the King as such: 'He was of a high mind, and loved his own will and his own way; as one that revered himself, and would reign indeed.
		Henry crushes a revolt by the Earl of Lincoln on behalf of Lambert Simnel, a claimant to the throne.
	www.royalty.info /british/Henry_VII (558 words)

	Henry VII
		Henry, the second son of Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond and Margaret Beaufort, was born in Pembroke Castle in 1457.
		Margaret Beaufort was the great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt and Henry Tudor was therefore considered the future leader of the House of Lancaster.
		Henry had been for some time in a declining state of health, and this encouraged an astrologer to foretell his death, and that it would happen before the end of the year...
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /TUDhenry7.htm (1234 words)

	Monarchy - Henry VII
		Henry's mother Margaret Beaufort was a descendant of Edward III and his link to the House of Lancaster.
		After the battle of Tewkesbury and the murder of Henry VI in 1471, the life of 15-year-old Henry Tudor, the last surviving male heir of the Lancastrians, was in danger.
		In October, the former pretender was crowned Henry VII, and the symbolic union of York and Lancaster was made flesh in January 1486, when Henry married Elizabeth of York, eldest daughter of Edward VI.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/M/monarchy/biogs/henry_vii.html (820 words)

	Henry VII of England Summary
		Henry VII(January 28 1457 – April 21 1509), King of England, Lord of Ireland(August 22 1485 – April 21 1509), was the founder and first patriarch of the Tudor dynasty.
		Henry VII was one of England's best kings because he broke the over-mighty nobility's power, he overhauled the crown's financial system, and he displayed smart foreign policy.
		Henry VII of England: Henry VII of England Summary
	www.bookrags.com /Henry_VII_of_England (188 words)

	Henry VII, king of England — Infoplease.com
		Henry VII, king of England: Character and Influence - Character and Influence Henry was an astute political leader.
		Henry VII, king of England: Claim to the Throne - Claim to the Throne Henry was the son of Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond, who died before Henry was...
		Henry VII and the shaping of the Tudor state: Sean Cunningham highlights the importance of 'rule by recognisance' in the reign of......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0823371.html (284 words)

	Henry VII (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Perhaps Henry Tudor bears little resemblance to the popular idea of a monarch because, unlike most kings, he was not brought up in the certainty of his destiny.
		At the time their was no thought of their ever claiming a place in the royal succession, but Henry IV, John of Gaunt's son by his first marriage, had an inkling or a fear of what the future might bring, and he decreed that the Beauforts should have no legal claim to the throne.
		Henry IV's descendants, the house of Lancaster, had been on the throne some half century before the weakness and bad government of his grandson Henry VI gave rise to a rival claim to the throne from another branch of the royal family, the House of York.
	www.thehistorynet.com /bh/blhenryvii (901 words)

	Tudor Monarchs - Henry VII, one
		Henry VI wanted to wed her to his half-brother Edmund Tudor so, at the age of twelve, she was married again.
		Instead, Henry VI restored his old favorites to their former positions, notably the hated Somerset (who was the uncle of Edmund Tudor's wife.) The duke of York and his allies left London in apparent disgust.
		Henry was sending letters to England during the winter of 1484-5 to inspire potential supporters (since many were dissatisfied with Richard's rule, for reasons outlined in previous pages.) Richard was aware of these letters and ordered the mayors and sheriffs throughout England to arrest anyone receiving or distributing them.
	englishhistory.net /tudor/monarchs/henry7.html (14120 words)

	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
		Henry VII, son of Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort, was born in 1457.
		Arthur died within months and Henry secured a papal dispensation for Catherine to marry Arthur's brother, the future Henry VIII ; this single event had the widest-ranging effect of all Henry's actions: Henry VIII's annulment from Catherine was the impetus for the separation of the Church of England from the body of Roman Catholicism.
		The marriage of Henry's daughter, Margaret, to James IV of Scotland would also have later repercussions, as the marriage connected the royal families of both England and Scotland, leading the Stuarts to the throne after the extinction of the Tudor dynasty.
	www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon40.html (0 words)

	Henry VII
		It was here that Henry and his forces met with Richard III and Henry won the crown.
		It could be debated whether or not Henry VII was a great king, but he was clearly a successful king.
		Henry had seven children by Elizabeth of York, four of whom survived infancy: Arthur, who died shortly after his marriage to Catherine of Aragon (a point of some importance during "The Divorce"), Henry, Margaret and Mary.
	www.tudorhistory.org /henry7 (637 words)

	Henry VII
		It was here that Henry and his forces met with Richard III and Henry won the crown.
		It could be debated whether or not Henry VII was a great king, but he was clearly a successful king.
		Henry had seven children by Elizabeth of York, four of whom survived infancy: Arthur, who died shortly after his marriage to Catherine of Aragon (a point of some importance during "The Divorce"), Henry, Margaret and Mary.
	tudorhistory.org /henry7 (0 words)

	Henry VII, Henry VIII, Mary and Elizabeth
		Henry VIII, who come to the throne in 1509, was a man who left his stamp on history.
		Henry's need for a divorce led to a row with the pope who refused to grant Henry one.
		Henry's elder daughter Mary was a Catholic - and a militant Catholic at that.
	www.great-britain.co.uk /history/tudors.htm (787 words)

	Wars of the Roses: Summary for King Henry VII
		Henry VII, crowned king in 1485, was the first ruler from the Tudor line.
		The acts of Richard III brought Henry closer to the throne during the turbulent period from 1483 - 1485.
		Henry married Elizabeth of York in 1486 to strengthen his claim to the throne and to try to unite the rival houses.
	www.warsoftheroses.com /WRPeopleShell.cfm?pid=6 (207 words)

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