The Hidden Life of Edmund Tudor Father of Henry the Seventh | History for Sleep

Most people who know the Tudors have never heard of Edmund Tudor. And yet without him, the entire dynasty that gave England Henry the Eighth and Elizabeth the First would never have existed. He was born in secret, in a borrowed country house in Hertfordshire, to a French princess quietly hiding a forbidden marriage from the English court. This video follows his short and remarkable life, from his hidden birth around 1430 to his death in a Welsh castle before his most famous son ever drew breath. Along the way it traces the story of his mother Catherine of Valois, widow of Henry the Fifth, and her clandestine marriage to Owen Tudor, a Welsh courtier of her own household. This is the quiet, forgotten beginning of one of England's most celebrated royal stories. Settle in and let the fifteenth century come slowly into focus.