Henry VII Marries Elizabeth of York
1486
The Lancastrian victor wed the Yorkist heiress in Westminster, combining the red and white roses into the Tudor rose. It was a symbolic end to the civil wars. The dynastic peace that followed was secured less by romance than by Henry's ruthless bookkeeping of noble loyalty and income. The marriage produced heirs whose descendants would sit on the thrones of England, Scotland, France, and Spain.
In context
Also in 1486 (3 other events on record)
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Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Politics
- Before: 1485: Venice Acquires Rovigo
- After: 1487: Star Chamber Legislation
Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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