Owen Tudor

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Owen Tudor was a Welsh courtier whose secret marriage to the widowed Queen Catherine of Valois founded the Tudor dynasty that later ruled England.

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Label Occurrences
Owen Tudor canonical 4
Owen Tudor (the younger) 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Welsh nobleman
courtier
founder of dynasty
human
allegiance House of Lancaster
associatedWith Catherine of Valois
King Henry VI of England
surface form: Henry VI of England

Tudor dynasty
surface form: House of Tudor
battle Battle of Mortimer's Cross
birthPlace Wales
burialPlace Grey Friars
surface form: Greyfriars, Hereford
capturedAfter Battle of Mortimer's Cross
causeOfDeath execution by beheading
child Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond
Jasper Tudor
surface form: Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford

Margaret Tudor
surface form: Margaret Tudor (nun)

Owen Tudor self-linksurface differs
surface form: Owen Tudor (the younger)
citizenship Kingdom of England
courtRole member of the household of Catherine of Valois
dateOfDeath 1461
deathPlace Hereford
Kingdom of England
dynasticRole ancestor of English monarchs
grandfather of Henry VII of England
ethnicGroup Welsh people
father Maredudd ap Tudur
grandchild Henry VII of England
killedBy Yorkist forces
languageSpoken Middle English
Welsh
mannerOfDeath execution
memberOf Tudor dynasty
mother Marged ferch Dafydd
name Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur
Owen Tudor self-link
nobleFamily Tudor family of Penmynydd
surface form: Tudur family of Penmynydd
notableFor being progenitor of the Tudor dynasty
secret marriage to Catherine of Valois
occupation courtier
soldier
participatedIn Wars of the Roses
relative House of Lancaster
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Catherine of Valois
Queen consort of England
title Sir

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catherine of Valois spouse Owen Tudor
Jasper Tudor father Owen Tudor
Owen Tudor name Owen Tudor self-link
Owen Tudor child Owen Tudor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Owen Tudor (the younger)