THE LIFE OF HENRY VII (part 2) | A King under threat | Tudor monarchs series | History Calling

IT’S GOOD TO BE KING, OR IS IT? The LIFE OF HENRY VII entered a new phase after the Battle of Bosworth. The former Earl of Richmond, now the first Tudor king, was the man who won the Wars of the Roses, bringing to an end the long fight between the two branches of the Plantagenet royal family, the Yorks and the Lancasters. There was no doubt he knew how to take a throne and how to survive in medieval times. Now however, he had to learn how to rule England and how to build a royal dynasty from scratch. This History Calling video will take you through the reign of Henry VII. Even with the war over, the monarch and his new wife, Princess Elizabeth of York (daughter of King Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville and sometimes known as the White Princess) faced constant threats to the throne, especially from men who pretended to be either one of Elizabeth’s brothers, the lost Princes in the Tower, or her cousin, the imprisoned Edward, Earl of Warwick. This video will include the stories of Perkin Warbeck and Lambert Simnel and introduce the next generation of the Tudors, Prince Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales; his younger brother Prince Henry of York (the future Henry VIII) and their sisters, Princess Margaret Tudor (later Queen of Scotland) and Princess Mary Tudor, later Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk. You’ll also find out what happened to the Red Queen and the White Queen, aka Lady Margaret Beaufort and Queen Elizabeth Woodville, the mothers of the new King and Queen and to Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford. The story of the Tudors is just getting started as Henry finds himself a King under threat! This video is the second looking at the story of Henry Tudor (aka Henry 7th or Henry the seventh) and is also part of my Tudor monarchs series which looks at the story of the Tudors from its beginning to its end. SUBSCRIBE with notifications switched on for new videos every Friday. Patreon: Instagram: READ Chris Skidmore, Bosworth: the birth of the Tudors (London, reprint, 2014). (UK LINK) OR (US LINK) S.B. Chrimes, Henry VII (New Haven & London, 2013). (UK LINK) OR (US LINK) Phillipa Gregory, The Red Queen (2011). Fictionalised account of the Wars of the Roses told from Lady Margaret Beaufort’s point of view. Read for fun, but definitely don’t get your history from this. (UK LINK) OR (US LINK) Phillipa Gregory, The White Queen (2011). Fictionalised account of the Wars of the Roses told from Elizabeth Woodville’s point of view. Read for fun, but definitely don’t get your history from this. (UK LINK) OR (US LINK) BUY OR RENT The White Queen (2013). [Depicts the story of the Wars of the Roses from Elizabeth Woodville’s point of view. Gets the broad strokes of history correct, but definitely not completely accurate] (UK LINK) OR (US LINK) The White Princess (2018). [Covers the marriage of Henry Tudor to Elizabeth of York. Again, gets the broad strokes of history correct, but definitely needs to be taken with a pinch of salt.] (UK LINK) OR (US LINK) Britain’s Bloody Crown Presented by Dan Jones (2016) [Documentary covering the Wars of the Roses. Historically accurate] (US LINK) The King in the Carpark (2013). Documentary about the discovery of Richard III’s skeleton in 2012. (UK LINK) DVDS Britain’s Bloody Crown Presented by Dan Jones (2016) [Covers the Wars of the Roses and is historically accurate] (UK LINK) OR (US LINK) The King in the carpark Richard III: the Unseen Story (2013). Documentary about the discovery of Richard III’s skeleton in 2012. (UK LINK) OR (US LINK) YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: THE LIFE OF HENRY VII (part 1) | HOW TO TAKE A THRONE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII PLAYLIST WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ROMANOVS DID MARIE ANTOINETTE’S HAIR TURN WHITE BEFORE HER EXECUTION WHAT HAPPENED TO QUEEN ANNE’S CHILDREN NB: Links above may be affiliate links. This means if you make a purchase through one of these links, I earn a small commission. It in no way affects the price you pay. For Creative Commons licenses used see