Royal lineage

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The Tudors' claim to the throne combined the Lancastrian claim in their descent from the Beauforts and the Yorkist claim by the marriage of Henry VII to the heiress of Edward IV.

Royal Lineage (Simplified)
 
Edward III
1327–1377
Edward, the
Black Prince

Lionel
of Antwerp
Duke of
Clarence

Blanche of
Lancaster
 
John of Gaunt
Duke of
Lancaster

Katherine
Swynford
 
Edmund
of Langley
1st Duke of York

 
Richard II
of England

1377–1399
Philippa
5th Countess
of Ulster
   
Henry IV
of England

1399–1413
Charles VI
of France
Maredudd
ap Tudur
 
John Beaufort
1st Earl
of Somerset
Roger
Mortimer
4th Earl
of March
Edmund
Mortimer
5th Earl
of March
   
Henry V
of England

1413–1422
Catherine
of Valois
Owen Tudor 
John Beaufort
1st Duke of
Somerset
Anne
de Mortimer
 
Richard
3rd Earl of
Cambridge

q.v.
   
Henry VI
of England

1422–1461
1470–1471
Edmund Tudor
1st Earl
of Richmond
 
Margaret
Beaufort
Countess
of Richmond
 
Edward
2nd Duke of
York
 
Richard
3rd Earl of
Cambridge

q.v.
  Edward
of Westminster
Pr. of Wales
 
Richard
3rd Duke
of York
   
Edward IV
of England

1461–1470
1471–1483
   
Richard III
of England

1483–1485
 
George
1st Duke
of Clarence
Isabella I
of Castile
Ferdinand II
of Aragon
   
Henry VII
of England

1485–1509
 
Elizabeth
of York
   
Edward V
of England

1483
 
Richard
Duke
of York
 
Edward
of Middleham
Pr. of Wales
Margaret Pole
Countess of
Salisbury
Joanna
of Castile
Maria
of Aragon
Catherine
of Aragon
   
Henry VIII
of England

1509–1547
(2nd son)
 
Arthur
Pr. of Wales

(1st son)
 
Margaret
Tudor
 
Mary
Tudor
Reginald
Pole
Charles V
Holy Roman
Emperor
Isabella
of Portugal
   
Mary I
of England

1553–1558
   
Elizabeth I
of England

1558–1603
   
Edward VI
of England

1547–1553
 
James V
of Scotland
Lady
Frances
Brandon
Philip II
of Spain
 
Mary
Queen of
Scots
Lady
Jane Grey
   
James VI
of Scotland and
I of England

1603–1625