Owen Tudor

Owen Tudor , makes of it Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur (towards 1400 - February 2nd 1461) is a known Welsh lord especially by his love affair with the queen Catherine de Valois, widow of Henri V, and by its role in the foundation of the dynasty of the Tudors (Généalogie of Tudors).

Owen was assigned with the service of Catherine de Valois following the death of Henri V the August 22nd 1422. It then had just been confined of Henri VI which, in 10 months, became the new king. Catherine, isolated of the public affairs by the Duke of Bedford, appointed regent, and not very interested in any event by the policy in general and the education of her child-king in particular, became the amante of Owen in the following months. The marriage secretly takes place on a not specified date. They had at least 5 children arrived at the adulthood:

Lady Tacinda Tudor (1425 - 1469. Marry of the baron de Witton.
Thomas Tudor (November 6th 1429 - 1501 or 1502). Entered the orders and become monk with the Abbey of Westminster.
Edmond Tudor (towards 1430 - 1456). Husband of Margaret Beaufort. Their only son became king d' Angleterre under the name of Henri VII.
To marble Tudor (towards 1431 - 1495). Become Count de Pembroke and Duke of Bedford.

Catherine de Valois died the January 3rd 1437 by giving rise to a child. In 1457, Owen had an illegitimate son, David Owen, deceased in 1535.

At the end of its life, Owen Tudor is implied in the Guerre of the Two-Pinks where the house of the Lancaster and that of the York dispute for the possession of the Crown of England. The February 2nd 1461, it is him which orders the forces lancastriennes with the Bataille of Mortimor' S Cross against the troops yorkists of Edouard, count de March and future Edouard IV. Owen east demolishes and made captive. Owen is imprisoned with the castle of Wallingford. Edouard, who does not want to embarrass prisoners, the fact of decapitating.

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