The Controversial Rise Of Henry VII: The First Tudor | Henry VII Winter King | Chronicle 

The roles that both his mother Margaret Beaufort and his wife Elizabeth of York played in his success can not be discounted. Margaret laid the foundation so he could show up, swing a sword and pluck up his crown. Elizabeth was arguably the rightful heir to her father's crown and conveyed all of her rights and aims onto Henry when she married him.

Remember this above all: he was the smartest person in the room, and he had learned in the hardest schools of the time: the snake-pit courts of France and England. And he was supremely blessed in the persons of his mother and his wife. Remember, too, that the 2,000 French troops and Scottish auxiliaries at Bosworth Field were some of the finest in Europe. And he had the Stanley's. They knew he was the future. And they, too, had vied with Richard of Gloucester over control of the Marches. Never forget the local elements of politics.

A wonderful documentary. I love reading about Medieval history. I would have to say that one of the best things that Henry VII had was his wife Elizabeth of York. Even his mother Margaret Beaufort was another good thing for him. They played a huge part in his success.

Henry Tudor right to be king was by conquest - nothing else. He had no legitimate right by lineage as his father's line was not part of Plantagenet family. True his grandmother on his father's side had been Queen of England (widow of Henry V), but that did not give him the right to the crown. On his mother's side he claim was only slightly better. She was a descendent of Edward III through John of Gaunt.(the 3rd son of Edward III) but as a woman at this time her right for succession was not recognized, especially since there were other Plantagenet family members who were alive and had better claims. All that being said, Henry Tudor did win the crown at Bosworth by combat.

This is a great documentary but I've seen it about 5 times on this channel alone under different titles. Changing the title doesn't change the video, and if you are a huge fan of medieval history like I am, you start to come to resent being "tricked" by click-bait to click on the same video over and over again simply because the title has been changed. How about something new on your channel once in a while? I mean something REALLY new--not just an old video with a new name!!

Call him a miser king but he was really a visionarie. He left his son Henry VIII a fortune that Henry VIII managed to squander in about a decade or so. He was a brilliant strategist and a founder of the most famous , notorious British dynasty , the Tudors

‘Heavy is the head that wears the crown.’ I remember this as something my father told me. Just looked it up - Shakespeare wrote it. Thank you for telling us about Dudley. I’m curious as to how many plots there were about him. Dudley sounds like he was impressed with his own power. He let it go to his head. 😀

That floor is… stunning.

Christ! 3 ad breaks in less than 6 minutes. 21:25, 24:03, 27:04. I'm someone who usually lets the ads run so you get paid for them all. Not a chance on here.

Excellent presentation, thanks very much

This is nothing more then a series of adds interrupted every two minutes by a history program .

Yes he was the first Tudor King. What a great usurper and he succeeded in ushering a notorious dynasty. I still find him fascinating!

Amazing video

This is absolutely gripping!

This is extremely important in British history. As a history buff I’m interested in the Tudor dynasty. I’m trying to learn as much I can about this period.

I might watch too many scary movies, but I swear the effigy of Henry VII’s eye moved lol. That’s fun lol

Loved this.

Well put !

Brilliant video and very informative, but, there are literally adverts every 10 minutes making it a very hard watch

Fascinating. Great to see the actual evidence applicable to the context.

Loved this

Oh I love this

Quite a bit of important information glossed over or left out. Margaret Beaufort was a real mover and shaker and Stanley as well. Richard was besmirched forever by the machinations of the powers to put Henry on the throne. All done for money and power.

I am descendants of King Jame V of Scotland who maternal grandfather was King Henry VII..

This same documentary is called so many different names. The winter king is one of them. Can anyone make a new documentary on this guy? He is very interesting

the art on the buildings,cloths and flags etc is so fucking impressive

One thing this series has taught me.... Power corrupts even the best of Kings

As much as I adore Queen Elizabeth I. I often wonder what would've happened if King Edward IV didn't die when he did and survive abit longer until his son, Prince Edward later King Edward V become of age to properly take the throne - who knows? I've often wondered if Perkin Warbeck was truly Prince Richard of York considering the majority support from the international monarchies beside Castile and Aragorn. Or if Prince Arthur didn't die - would he treat Catherine of Aragorn alot better compared to his younger brother later King Henry VIII? what would've his reign been like? We all probably still be Roman Catholics but would he practice religious tolerance and acceptance like his niece did in her reign? We will never know... It's a shame that the women weren't recognized as next in line to the throne as Margaret of York had a direct line to the throne from her father, George Duke of Clarence, brother to King Edward IV, and cousin to Princess later Queen Elizabeth of York. Yet, years later King Henry VIII had an elderly Margaret Pole, Countess Sailsbury and her sons and grandsons executed due to their claim to the throne.

Does this chap narrate any other Docs? he is the best I have heard on this subject, by far.

Disorientating is not a word.

What this video needed more of was adds. I don't know about you but if I go longer than 3 whole minutes without an add...I get a little crazy. . Oh yeah... The stuff between the adds was good too.

One of my great great great great grandparents

In this case losing the battle really meant losing the war 😕

I love hearing about this what a strong person he was

Excellent series. But you'd think they would do them in a chronological order. Not finding One on the obvious next chapter, Henry VIII. That's just dumb.

Anybody have a clue what the music is that starts at minute 26? Shazam hasn't, unfortunately.

Very misleading account, as Henry's mother Margaret Beaufort Stanley was a major schemer/player thrusting her son forward. Jasper Tudor not even mentioned! Margaret did the household books! She had a massive roll, yet was glossed over as though she didn't exist. Truly lacking.

Henry the V11 died by today's money a Billionaire. He learned a few things that carryover to the present. If your heart is broken, that trumps all else.

Welsh dynasty

I would subscribe if you would dial down the relentless commercials. Shameful

My ancestor

Alway weird to hear music I know from Buzzfeed Unsolved played in history documentaries 😂

For some reason I thought Hampton court was given to Henry viii by wosley.

Henry ruled by might instead of right.

King Henry VII was my 13th great grandfather on my mom's father's side 💙

Which English Civil War is the most known about between the 4 A= The Anarchy (Empress Matilda VS King Stephen) B= Wars of the Roses (King Henry VI VS King Edward IV) C= The War of the 3 Kingdoms (King Charles I VS Oliver Cromwell) D= The Troubles (Margaret Thatcher VS Bobby Sands IRA)

Can we get a new documentary please ? They keep repackaging the same one with a different title.

We need more commercials in this video please.

Related to like...ALL of them.

i wonder if there ever will be a time without kings or queens on this planet?

I am not a fan if any of these figures but I acknowledge the need for survival and the sad fact that these royal figures were usually either in power, or killed, or imprisoned permanently.. Earlier on, during the reign of Henry IV, the first Lancaster king, for the ones like Edmund Mortimer, House of Clarence, who actually had a better legal claim to the throne than the Lancasters or the Yorks,it was not accepted that he wanted to live a quiet life, in service to the king, or that he knew he did not have a chance of fighting the power of Henry IV, Edmund was called a coward and constantly solicited by his circle to fight for the throne. there are a lot of personal letters in support of this. Edmund, house of Clarence descends from second son of the late king Edward III, Lancaster and York descends from 3rd and 4th sons. It is understandable that Henry VII , Tudor, and earlier, Henry IV , first Lancastrian king, that they were paranoid. there were constant plots, and both of these Henrys, though unrelated, lived a time of exile, before they became king, fleeing for survival, because they were a threat to others due to their royal blood. Lancastrian Henry IV preserved his dynasty by keeping a watchful eye on his cousin Edmund... Edmund Mortimer was incredibly wealthy with great lands, and future generations of Lancaster kings, Henry V and Henry Vi, did not keep as watchful an eye on the Mortimer inheritance. Richard , Duke of York, age 14 , inherited the Mortimer wealth, and this is how he was able to help win that segment of the War of Roses, and put his son Edward IV, Richard III s older brother, on the throne, the first York king. The Yorks had a claim from two different bloodlines, and two different power bases of property and wealth., the Mortimers related to house of Clarence. this is how Richard III eventually came to power.

Saint Henry The VII, Pray For Us

Why shoehorn "he was a refugee" into it?

This man face was in my dream young age ..he were whit soft caller in look in up like his picking me up.

Henry vii only became king because his mother had married into the Stanley family. Richard was by far the better soldier and administrator. The Stanley's were looking after they're own skins and switched away from Richard on the battlefield. The Stanley's were going to Kingmake that day and it suited them to have Henry, as his mother had married into the Stanley clan. This treason has always irked me and I hated All the Tudor dynasty, weak, gutless, heirless worthless Oh had Richard prevailed.

His story always contains bloodshed.

How can a woman be the most chaste and the most fruitful? She had no sex and a ton of kids? Seems a contradiction, unless there's another definition of chastity I don't know about, which is possible, but she didn't have that many kids by the standard of the time either.

You would probably be better off in Idaho

Jesus, not another old documentary repackaged and retitled to make it look fresh and new.

" Sailing from France , an invading army is about to land.. " If only UK Border Force had been around to help them ashore ...?

To think, all of this had to happen exactly the way it did for us to have America. For better or worse, I love America. God bless her and her military. God bless England, long live the queen.

Tudor? thought it was spelled tooter? LOL

Pure evil

There is a documentary that says he was illegitimate and should never have been king

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Henry Tudor Won His Rightful Crown 👑!!!

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Henry VII was the last Tudor to go to Heaven after death. The rest of them(except maybe poor crazy Mary I)followed the false religion of protestantism & promptly went to Hell when they passed from life.

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