iWonder | Tudor Dynasty
1485HenryTudoriscrownedKingofEnglandonthebattlefieldatBosworthafterhisarmydefeatsandkillsRichardIII.HenryVIIpresentshimselfastheunifierofthewarringLancasterandYorkdynasties–symbolisedbyhisadoptionoftheredandwhiteTudorRose.Hisreignbrings85yearsofcivilwartoanend.HemarriesElizabeth,daughteroftheYorkistkingEdwardIV.Withinayeartheyhaveason,Arthur,laterfollowedbyanother,Henry.
1485Henry Tudor is crowned King of England on the battlefield at Bosworth after his army defeats and kills Richard III.
Henry VII presents himself as the unifier of the warring Lancaster and York dynasties – symbolised by his adoption of the red and white Tudor Rose. His reign brings 85 years of civil war to an end. He marries Elizabeth, daughter of the Yorkist king Edward IV. Within a year they have a son, Arthur, later followed by another, Henry.