- Princess of England
Katherine Tudor was born 2 February 1503 in Tower of London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom to Henry VII of England (1457-1509) and Elizabeth of York (1465-1503) and died 10 February 1503 Tower of London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom of unspecified causes.
Elizabeth's painted wood funeral effigy (without clothes), 1503, Westminster Abbey
In 1502, Elizabeth of York (1465-1503) became pregnant once more and spent her confinement period in the Tower of London. Her embroiderer Robynet made her a new rich bed with curtains decorated with clouds and roses.[1] On 2 February 1503, she gave birth to a daughter, Katherine, who died a few days later.[2][3] Succumbing to a postpartum infection, Elizabeth of York died on 11 February, her 37th birthday. Her family seems to have been devastated by her death and mourned her deeply. According to one biographer, the death of Elizabeth "broke the heart" of her husband and "shattered him." Another account says that Henry Tudor "privily departed to a solitary place and would no man should resort unto him."[4][5] This is notable considering that, shortly after Elizabeth's death, records show he became deathly ill himself and would not allow any except his mother Margaret Beaufort near him, including doctors. For Henry Tudor to show his emotions, let alone any sign of infirmity, was highly unusual and alarming to members of his court.[4] Within a little over two years, King Henry VII had lost his oldest son, his wife, his baby daughter, and found himself having to honour the Treaty of Perpetual Peace.
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Roland de Velville (1474-c1533) | 1474 | 1533 | Agnes Griffith (c1474) |
See Also
External Links
- Katherine Tudor at thePeerage
- Katherine Tudor - Geni.com
- Katherine Tudor at Find A Grave
- The Beaufort Family
- Henry VII at the official website of the British monarchy
- Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 150. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
Ancestry Trees
- Charlemagne Family Ancestry
- Rurik Family Ancestry
- Rollo Family Ancestry
- Alfred the Great Family Ancestry
- House of Normandy
- Plantagenet Family Line
- Capetian dynasty
- House of Lancaster
References
- ^ Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Privy Purse Expenses of Elizabeth of York (London: William Pickering, 1830), pp. 55, 82-83.
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- ^ a b Penn, Thomas. (2012). Winter king : Henry VII and the dawn of Tudor England (1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 95-97. ISBN 978-1-4391-9156-9. OCLC 741542832. https://archive.org/details/winterkinghenryv00penn/page/95.
- ^ Chrimes, S. B. (Stanley Bertram), 1907–1984. (1972). Henry VII. Berkeley [Calif.]: University of California Press. pp. 304. ISBN 0-520-02266-1. OCLC 567203. https://archive.org/details/henryvii00chri/page/304.