John of Gaunt=Catherine Swynford
John Beaufort,
Earl of Somerset,
legitimated by Act of Parliament
Cardinal Beaufort,
legitimated by Act of Parliament
Owen Tudor=Catherine,
widow of Henry V.
John, 1st Duke of Somerset Edmund,
2nd Duke of Somerset,
killed at St. Albans, 1455
Edmund Tudor
Earl of Richmond,
d. 1456
=MargaretHenry,
3rd Duke of Somerset,
executed after the battle of Hexham
1464
Edmund,
4th Duke of Somerset,
executed after the battle of Tewkesbury,
1471
Henry VII.
(1485-1509)
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Footnote 33: Mary was the child of an earlier wife of Charles the Bold than Margaret the sister of Edward IV. and Clarence, and the latter was therefore not related to her.[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 34: Genealogy of the Yorkist Kings:—

Footnote 35: Genealogy of the Woodvilles and Greys:—

Richard, Earl Rivers
Anthony Woodville,
Earl Rivers,
executed 1483
(1) Sir John Grey=Elizabeth Woodville=(2) Edward IV.
Thomas Grey,
Marquis of Dorset
Sir Richard Grey,
executed 1483
Edward V.,
murdered 1483
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Footnote 36: Abbreviated genealogy of Henry VII. and his competitors:—

Footnote 37: Genealogy of the De la Poles and Poles:—

Richard, Duke of York
Elizabeth=John de la Pole,
Duke of Suffolk
George, Duke of Clarence,
died 1477
John de la Pole,
Earl of Lincoln,
killed at Stoke,
1487
Edmund de la Pole,
Earl of Suffolk,
beheaded 1513
Sir Richard de la Pole,
killed at Pavia,
1525
Margaret,
Countess of Salisbury
=Sir Richard Pole
Henry, Lord Montague,
beheaded 1538
Reginald Pole,
Cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury,
died 1558
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Footnote 38: So called either because the roof was decorated with stars or because it was the room in which had formerly been kept Jewish bonds or 'starres.'[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 39: Genealogy of the Houses of Spain and Burgundy:—