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On This Day In History . 18th January 1486 . King Henry VII married Elizabeth of York . . ◼ As the eldest daughter of Edward IV with no surviving brothers, Elizabeth of York actually had a strong claim to the throne in her own right, but she did not take the throne as queen regnant. Such a convention would not truly come to England for another 67 years with the accession of Elizabeth of York’s granddaughter, Mary I. . ◼ After procuring papal dispensation, Cardinal Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury, officiated at the wedding of Henry VII & Elizabeth of York on 18 January 1486, in Westminster Abbey. . ◼ The marriage unified the warring houses & gave his children a strong claim to the throne. . ◼ The unification of the houses of York & Lancaster by this marriage is symbolised by the heraldic emblem of the Tudor rose, a combination of the white rose of York & the red rose of Lancaster. . , , #OnThisDayinHistory #thisdayinhistory #TheYear1486 #HenryVIIofEngland #HenryVII #KingHenryVII #ElizabethOfYork #HouseofYork #HouseofTudor #TheTudors #History #WhiteRose #TudorRose #RedRoseofLancaster #HouseofLancaster #EnglishHistory #D18Jan #BritishMonarchy #Medieval #Medievalhistory #otd #Royalhistory #kingandqueen #KingofEngland #QueenofEngland #royalwedding #onthisday #WestminsterAbbey (at Westminster Abbey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKLicieDzw0/?igshid=1klk36mdn4krk

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On This Day In History . 18th January 1486 . King Henry VII married Elizabeth of York . . ◼ As the eldest daughter of Edward IV with no surviving brothers, Elizabeth of York actually had a strong claim to the throne in her own right, but she did not take the throne as queen regnant. Such a convention would not truly come to England for another 67 years with the accession of Elizabeth of York's granddaughter, Mary I. . ◼ After procuring papal dispensation, Cardinal Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury, officiated at the wedding of Henry VII & Elizabeth of York on 18 January 1486, in Westminster Abbey. . ◼ The marriage unified the warring houses & gave his children a strong claim to the throne. . . ◼ The unification of the houses of York & Lancaster by this marriage is symbolised by the heraldic emblem of the Tudor rose, a combination of the white rose of York & the red rose of Lancaster. . ◼ Henry & Elizabeth had a total of four sons, three of whom died before their father, leaving their brother, Henry VIII, to succeed his father as king. . Their children were; . ◼ Arthur, Prince of Wales (20 September 1486 – 2 April 1502) . ◼ Margaret, later Queen of Scotland (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) . ◼ Henry, later King Henry VIII of England (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) . ◼ Elizabeth Tudor (2 July 1492 – 14 September 1495) . ◼ Mary, later Queen of France (18 March 1496 – 25 June 1533) . ◼ Edward? (b. 1498 – d. 1499) Possibly confused with Edmund. . ◼ Edmund (21 February 1499 – 19 June 1500) . ◼ Katherine (2 February 1503 – 10 February 1503) . , , #OnThisDayinHistory #TheYear1486 #RoyalWedding #HenryVII #KingHenryVII #ElizabethOfYork #HouseofYork #HouseofTudor #TheTudors #History #WhiteRose #RedRose #TudorRose #Lancaster #London #WestminsterAbbey #England #HouseofLancaster #EnglishHistory #Monarchy #RoyaltyinArt #D18Jan #BritishMonarchy (at Westminster Abbey) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsyrrNBl-Tp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19sdu1txc2fz5