Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . ER AND YORK EDWARD !][(d. 1377). Edward, Prince of Wales (d. 1376). I RICHARD II () childless. Lionel, Duke ofClarence (thirdson), d. 1368. I Edmund, Duke of York (fifth son), d. 1402. Philippa = Edmund Morti-(d. 1381). mer. Earl of I March. Roger, Earlof March (d. 1398). IAnne Richard, Earl ofCambridge, exe-cuted , Duke of York,killed at Wakefield, 1460. John of Gaunt,Duke of Lan-caster (fourthson), d. 1399 HENRY IV(d. 1413). HENRY
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . ER AND YORK EDWARD !][(d. 1377). Edward, Prince of Wales (d. 1376). I RICHARD II () childless. Lionel, Duke ofClarence (thirdson), d. 1368. I Edmund, Duke of York (fifth son), d. 1402. Philippa = Edmund Morti-(d. 1381). mer. Earl of I March. Roger, Earlof March (d. 1398). IAnne Richard, Earl ofCambridge, exe-cuted , Duke of York,killed at Wakefield, 1460. John of Gaunt,Duke of Lan-caster (fourthson), d. 1399 HENRY IV(d. 1413). HENRY V (d. 1422). EDWARD IV (d. 1483). EDWARD V, (d. 1483). Richard, Dukeof York(). George, Duke of Clarence, executed 1478. RICHARD III (d. 1485). HENRY VI (d. 1471). Elizabeth = HENRY VII. Edward killed atTewkesbury, 1471 Note—After the death of Henry V, his widow married a Welsh gentleman,named Owen Tudor. Their son, Edmund, Earl of Richmond, married Mar-garet , a great-^^randrlaughter of John of Gaunt, son of Edward eldest son was Henry VII. CHAPTER VI THE TUDOR SOVEREIGNS 1485-1603 1. Henry VII. 1485-1509. Henry VII 109. The first of the Tudors.—Henry VII was now on the throne, and as his grandfather had been a Welshman, named Owen Tudor, he, his son, andhis three grandchildren, who inturn succeeded to the throne, areknown as the Tudors. AlthoughHenry could make no goodclaim to the crown throughdescent, his victory at Bos worthgave him a claim by claim was legalized beyonda doubt by Parliament, whichmade him king and fixed the suc-cession in his heirs. Shortlyafter he came to the throne, hemarried Elizabeth, the daughter of Edward IV, and thussecured the good-will of the Yorkists. Some one has trulysaid that England at this time needed a constable to keeporder, and that Henry VII was that constable. He had nodesire to win glory in war. He loved power, and he sawclearly that to secure this and to give good governmentto England, h
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