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Owen Tudor 1392–1461 Owen Tudor 1392–1461 Age 0 — Birth Ancestry Sources 1392 • England England Welsh Aristocracy. His Welsh name being Owen ap Meredydd, he was com- Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22 monly called Owen Tudor. AKA: Owain Ap-Maredudd Tudor Earl van Richmond Owen was a descendant of the Welsh Prince Rhys ap Grufudd England, Extracted Parish and Court Records Age 8 — Birth of Half-Sister Agnes Tudor (1400–1480) Millennium File 1400 Millennium File Age 12 — Birth of Half-Sister Mabli Ferch Maredudd (1405–) 1405 Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 Age 14 — Death of Father Maredudd Tudor (1362–1406) 04 Feb 1406 • Herefordshire, England U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Age 15 — Birth of Half-Brother David Dwnn (1408–) UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current 1408 Web: International, Find A Grave Index Age 17 — Birth of Half-Sister Tacina Thomasine Tudor (1410–1469) 1410 • Anglesey, Wales Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 Age 27 — Birth of Daughter Mary Tudor (1420–) Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 Abt. 1420 • England Age 29 — Birth of Daughter Jacquetta Nun Tudor (1422–1502) Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 1422 • Bedfordshire, England Age 29 — Birth of Son Dafydd Ap (Owen) Owain (1422–1502) 1422 Age 32 — Birth of Daughter Tacinda Tudor* (1425–1469) Parents 1425 • England Maredudd Tudor 1362–1406 Age 32 — Birth of Son Llywelyn Tudor (1425–1505) 1425 Margred Dafydd 1383–1428 Age 32 — Birth of Daughter Thomasine Beaufort (1425–1505) 1425 Spouse & Children Age 33 — Birth of Son Davy Owen (1426–1506) Catherine Valois 1401–1437 1426 Jasper Tudor Duke of Bedford Age 34 — Birth of Son David Owen (1427–1502) 1429–1495 1427 Edmond Tudor Earl of Richmond 1430–1456 Age 36 — Founder of the Tudor Dynasty Abt. 1428 Tacina Tudor 1433–1469 He was the founder of the Tudor dynasty. The five sovereigns of the Tudor dynasty are among the most well-known figures in Royal history. Spouse & Children Mary Tudor 1420– Jacquetta Nun Tudor 1422–1502 Age 36 — Living Together Dafydd Ap (Owen) Owain 1422–1502 1428 Around 1428 it was common knowledge that Tudor and Catherine of France were living Tacinda Tudor* 1425–1469 together as man and wife but it has yet to be found the time or place of the marriage. Llywelyn Tudor 1425–1505 Age 36 — Death of Mother Margred Dafydd (1383–1428) 1428 • England Thomasine Beaufort 1425–1505 Age 37 — Birth of Son Jasper Tudor Duke of Bedford (1429–1495) Davy Owen 1426–1506 Nov 1429 • Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England David Owen 1427–1502 Age 37 — Birth of Son Monk Thomas (1429–1509) 06 Nov 1429 Monk Thomas 1429–1509 Age 37 — Birth of Son Edmond Tudor Earl of Richmond (1430–1456) Owen Monk Tudor 1432–1510 1430 • Bedfordshire, England Age 39 — Birth of Son Owen Monk Tudor (1432–1510) Catherine Tudor 1433–1436 1432 • Bedfordshire, England Jacinta Baroness Grey Tudor 1433–1512 Age 40 — Birth of Son Tacina Tudor (1433–1469) 1433 • England Margaret Catherine Tudor 1437–1437 Age 40 — Birth of Daughter Catherine Tudor (1433–1436) Richard Plantagenet 1452–1485 1433 • England David Owen Tudor 1459–1528 Age 40 — Birth of Daughter Jacinta Baroness Grey Tudor (1433–1512) 1433 Age 44 — Imprisoned 1436 In 1436, when Tudor was imprisoned, and Catherine retired to Bermondsey Abbey, where she died on the 3rd of January 1437. Age 44 — Death of Daughter Catherine Tudor (1433–1436) 1436 • Bermondsey, Surrey, England Age 45 — Death of Wife Catherine Valois (1401–1437) 03 Jan 1437 • London, London, England Age 45 — Birth of Daughter Margaret Catherine Tudor (1437–1437) 29 Nov 1437 • Bedfordshire, England Age 45 — Death of Daughter Margaret Catherine Tudor (1437–1437) 1437 • London, London, England Age 60 — Birth of Son Richard Plantagenet (1452–1485) 02 Oct 1452 • Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England Age 64 — Death of Son Edmond Tudor Earl of Richmond (1430–1456) 01 Nov 1456 Age 66 — Birth of Son David Owen Tudor (1459–1528) 1459 Age 69 — Death 04 Feb 1461 • England His last battle came at Mortimer's Cross on Febuary 4, 1460. He was captured by the Yorkists who beheaded him in Hereford market place and set up his head on the market cross.Wales Death: Feb. 4, 1460, Burial Hereford, Herefordshire, England Descendant Owen was a descendant of the Welsh Prince Rhys ap Grufudd Residence Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.
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