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October 30 – Henry VII’s coronation

| October 30, 2022

October 30 – Henry VII’s coronation

On this day in Tudor history, 30th October 1485, King Henry VII was crowned king at Westminster Abbey in London. Henry Tudor, 2nd Earl of Richmond and son of Lady Margaret Beaufort and the late Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, had become king following the defeat of King Richard III’s forces, and the death […]

King Henry VII is crowned – 30th October 1485

| October 30, 2018

King Henry VII is crowned – 30th October 1485

On this day in history, 30th October 1485, the founder of the Tudor dynasty, Henry Tudor, was crowned King Henry VII at Westminster Abbey. Henry had come to the throne after his forces defeated those of King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field on 22nd August 1485. Raphael Holinshed, the Tudor chronicler, recorded […]

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