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Began not in some grand court, palace or castle, but rather in a remote
corner of the Isle of Anglesey, que is situated off the Northern tip of
Wales.
Just before the road from Llangefni, on the Isle of Anglesey, begins
the climb into Penmynydd, a rough track heads off through the lush
countryside and passes by a remote huddle of buildings surround That
sturdy gray house. It is an anonymous mass of old and new stone with
nothing to suggest That Upon This isolated spot, five hundred or so
years ago, Owen Tudor, grandfather of Henry V11, was born. Both His
story is inspirational and romantic, encompassing as it does One of the
most astonishing love affairs of medieval histo.
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influential position in Royal circles, and, by becoming the secret lover
of a King's widow, I sowed the seed Which flowered into the Tudor
dynasty.
When Henry V died suddenly in 1422, I left behind a beautiful widow,
Katherine of Valois, and a baby son as Henry V1 Whose reign would
witness The most acute phase of the Wars of the Roses. Owen Tudor, who
had shown gallant service for the dead King at the battle of Agincourt,
had been made a squire of the royal bodyguard and, in the months That
Followed Henry's death, Katherine Attended at Windsor Castle. There is a
story That One day, while on guard duty, I was Asked to dance for the
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and fell, heavily into Katherine's lap! The Manner with Which she
excused his faux pas, did not go unnoticed by her ladies in waiting who
are said To Have rebuked her, pointing out That She lowered herself by
paying any attention to a person [That] belonged to a barbarous clan of
savages , reckoned inferior to Book early Ingl茅s yeoman. Katherine
Claimed That, being a French woman she was unaware of any difference in
race in the British island. But it was evident That the young queen was
enamored of the thirty seven year old Welshman and, soon afterwards, the
two Became lovers.
By the sixth year of her infant son's reign, his guardian's and the
powers that were, worried by the prospect of Katha ghd IV salon styler
ine's remarrying, passed a law threatening dire Consequences for any man
who dared to marry a queen dowager, or any lady who held lands of the
Crown, without the consent of the King and his council. But Already Owen
and Katherine had married in secret. How they ever managed to Keep
Their intrigue hidden from the prying eyes of the Royal court is one of
the great mysteries of Ingl茅s history, but keep it hidden They did and,
over the next fourteen years, she would bear him three sons, Edmund,
Jasper and Owen.
Then, in the late summer of 1436, Began things to go wrong.
Katherine gave birth to a baby daughter who died after only two days.
The loss, coupled With The strain of her secret marriage, proved Plea GHD Purple Peacock
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Abbey to be nursed. Meanwhile, news of the marriage had leaked out and
Owen Tudor was arrested and confined to Newgate Prison. Their three sons
were taken from her and Placed under the care of Katherine de la Pole,
the Abbes of Barking.