Catherine of Valois

1401 – 1437 · Generation XIX · House of Tudor

Catherine of Valois (1401–1437). Married Henry V of Monmouth in 1420. One of their children is recorded in this archive. Married Owen Tudor in 1429. One of their children is recorded in this archive. Queen of England at nineteen, widowed at twenty; her quiet second household with Owen Tudor seeded a dynasty.

Place in the family

• Catherine of Valois was a great-grandmother of King Henry VIII.
• The archive records 121 of her descendants, across 21 generations.

One of 11 people of House of Tudor (1485–1603) in this archive. Welsh in origin and only a handful of monarchs long — it broke with Rome and ended with Elizabeth I.

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Partners

• Married King Henry V (1386 – 1422) in 1420 — one child together
• Married Owen Tudor (1400 – 1461) in 1429 — one child together

Children

• King Henry VI (1421 – 1471)
• Edmund Tudor (1430 – 1456)

Life

• 1401 — Born
• 1420 — Married Henry V of Monmouth
• 1429 — Married Owen Tudor
• 1437 — Died