Owen TUDOR

Abt 1397 - 1461  (~ 64 years)

• Name	Owen TUDOR
  Born	Abt 1397	Penmynydd, Anglesey, Wales
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Owain, ap Maredudd ap Tudur, ap Meredith ap Tudor, Tewdwr
  Died	4 Feb 1461	Hertfordshire, England
  Person ID	I10656	Main
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Meredydd TUDOR,   b. Abt 1365, Penmynydd, Anglesey, Wales ,   d. 1406, Herefordshire, England  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Mother	Margaret DAFYDD,   b. Abt 1383, England ,   d. 1428, England  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Family ID	F5108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Queen Catherine VALOIS,   b. 27 Oct 1401, Hotel de St Pol, Paris, France ,   d. 3 Jan 1437, Bermondsey Abbey, Surrey, England  (Age 35 years)
  Children	1. Earl Edmund TUDOR,   b. Abt 1430, Hadham, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. 3 Nov 1456, Carmarthen Castle, Wales  (Age ~ 26 years)
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F5107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 4 Feb 1461 - Hertfordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Founder of Tudor dynasty Owen Tudor became an early casualty of the Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. On 2 February 1461, as a man of advanced years, Owen led the Lancastrian forces at the Battle of Mortimer's Cross against Edward, Earl of March. They were defeated. Owen was subsequently executed, beheaded at Hereford along with other prisoners, and buried there. He is said to have expected a reprieve because of his relationship with the former royal family. Owen reportedly was not convinced of his approaching death until the collar was ripped off his doublet by the executioner. At this point he is alleged to have said that "the head which used to lie in Queen Catherine's lap would now lie in the executioner's basket".