NOUN
- first Tudor king of England from 1485 to 1509; head of the house of Lancaster in the War of the Roses; defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field and was proclaimed king; married the daughter of Edward IV and so united the houses of York and Lancaster (1457-1509)
How To Use Henry Tudor In A Sentence
- Richard lasted only two years before he was deposed by Henry Tudor, a relation to the House of Lancaster but with no realistic hereditary claim to the throne.
- Henry Tudor succeeded to the throne in 1485, after defeating Richard in the Battle of Bosworth.