The wooden funeral effigy which was carried at her funeral still survives at Westminster Abbey and is on display in the Undercroft Museum. Edmund married Margaret Beaufort, a lady of royal descent their son became King Henry VII. Their sons were given earldoms by Catherine's son King Henry VI. He lived until 1461, when he was executed by Yorkists following the Battle of Mortimer's Cross in Herefordshire. Owen Tudor was arrested on unspecified charges shortly after her death, but later released. They had one daughter, Margaret who became a nun and died young.Ĭatherine died 3 January 1437, shortly after childbirth at Bermondsey Abbey in London, and was buried on 9 February in the Lady Chapel in Westminster Abbey, the first royal burial in the chapel. Owen and Catherine had at least six children, Edmund, Jasper and Owen were all born away from court. Tudor historians asserted that Owen and Catherine had been married, for their lawful marriage was a vital link in the argument for the legitimacy of the Tudor dynasty. From the relationship of Owen Tudor and Queen Catherine descended Henry VII of England and the Tudor Dynasty. Moreover, even if they had been married, the question exists if the marriage would have been lawful, given the Act of 1428. No documentation of such a marriage exists. It is unclear whether Catherine and Owen Tudor actually married.
This was important because of Henry IV's laws limiting the rights of Welshmen. At some point, she stopped living in the King's household and in May 1432 Parliament granted Owen the rights of an Englishman. The relationship began when Catherine lived at Windsor Castle, and she became pregnant with their first child there. Tudor was most likely appointed keeper of Catherine's household or wardrobe. Owen was probably born in about 1400, and may have gone to war in the service of Henry V's steward Sir Walter Hungerford in 1421 in France. Despite all of this, Catherine entered into an amorous relationship with Welshman Owen ap Maredudd ap Tudor. At the time the bill was written, the king was only six years old.Ĭatherine lived in the king's household, presumably so she could care for her young son, but the arrangement also enabled the councillors to watch over the queen dowager herself. Another rule stipulated that the king's permission could only be granted once he had reached his majority. The bill stated that if the queen dowager remarried without the king's consent, the husband would lose his lands and possessions, although any children of the marriage would still be members of the royal family and would not suffer punishment. Humphrey was strongly against the match, however, and in the Parliament of 1427–8, a bill was introduced setting the rules for the remarriage of a queen dowager. Rumours abounded that Catherine planned to marry Edmund Beaufort, Count of Mortain, her late husband's cousin. Catherine doted on her son during his early childhood.Ĭatherine was still young and marriageable, a source of concern to her brother-in-law Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester and Lord Protector. Charles VI died a couple of months after Henry V, making the young Henry VI king of England and English-occupied northern France. Catherine was not quite 21 and was left a queen dowager. During the siege of Meaux, Henry V contracted a fatal illness (dysentery) and died on 31 August 1422, just before his 35th birthday. The boy and his father would never see each other. In June 1421, Henry returned to France to continue his military campaigns.īy this time, Catherine was several months pregnant and gave birth to Prince Henry on 6 December 1421 at Windsor. Catherine went to England with her new husband and was crowned queen in Westminster Abbey on 23 February 1421. Catherine and Henry were married at the Parish Church of St John or at Troyes Cathedral on 2 June 1420. In May 1420, a peace treaty was made between England and France, and Charles acknowledged Henry of England as his heir. Catherine was said to be very attractive and when Henry finally met her at Meulan, he became enamoured. Henry V went to war with France, and even after the great English victory at Agincourt, plans for the marriage continued. The new king, Henry V, also proposed the match but demanded a large dowry and acknowledgment of his right to the throne of France. Early on, there had been a discussion of marrying her to the son of Henry IV, but the king died before negotiations could begin. Catherine's older sister Isabella was the queen of England from 1396 until 1399, as the child bride of Richard II.Ĭatherine was born at the Hôtel Saint-Pol in Paris on 27 October 1401. She was a daughter of Charles VI of France, wife of Henry V of England, mother of Henry VI of England, and through her secret marriage with Owen Tudor, grandmother of Henry VII of England. Catherine of Valois ( – ) was Queen consort of England from 1420 until 1422.
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