Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond

Edmund Tudor
Edmund Tudor
Earl of Richmond
	Tomb Effigy of Edmund Tudor
Born	c. 1430; Much Hadham Palace, Hertfordshire, England
Died	3 November 1456 (aged 26); Carmarthen Castle
Buried	St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire
Spouse(s)	Lady Margaret Beaufort (m. 1455)
Issue	Henry VII of England
House	Tudor
Father	Owen Tudor
Mother	Catherine of Valois

Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (c. 1430 – 3 November 1456, also known as Edmund of Hadham), was the father of King Henry VII of England and a member of the Tudor family of Penmynydd. Born to Sir Owen Tudor and the dowager queen Catherine of Valois, Edmund was the half-brother of Henry VI of England. He was raised for several years by Katherine de la Pole and Henry took an interest in Edmund's upbringing, granting him a title and lands once he came of age. Both Edmund and his brother, Jasper, were made advisers to the King, as they were his closest remaining blood relatives.

The brothers were made senior earls in the royal court and had influential positions in the Parliament of England. Edmund was also granted Baynard's Castle, London, and ran a successful estate. He was married to Lady Margaret Beaufort, after her first marriage was annulled. Prior to the start of the Wars of the Roses, Edmund liaised with Richard, Duke of York and supported him when the King fell ill during 1453–1454. After war began in 1455, York sent Edmund to uphold the authority of the King in South Wales. While he was there, York was overthrown by the King and, in retaliation, Yorkist forces were sent to engage those of Tudor's in South Wales. Edmund was captured and imprisoned at Carmarthen Castle, where he died of the bubonic plague on 3 November 1456, three months before the birth of his son, the future Henry VII.