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Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond

1430 - 1456

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Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (c. 1430 – 3 November 1456), also known as Edmund of Hadham, was the father of King Henry VII of England and a member of the Tudor family of Penmynydd. Born to Sir Owen Tudor and the dowager queen Catherine of Valois, Edmund was the half-brother of Henry VI of England. He was raised for several years by Katherine de la Pole and Henry took an interest in Edmund's upbringing, granting him a title and lands once he came of age. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond has received more than 1,750,533 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond is the 4,228th most popular politician (down from 3,287th in 2019), the 858th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 746th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular British Politician.

Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, was the father of King Henry VII of England. He was the son of Owen Tudor and Katherine of Valois, who was the widow of King Henry V.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond ranks 4,228 out of 19,576. Before him are Victoriano Huerta, Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, John Foster Dulles, Kunigunde of Austria, Gülçiçek Hatun, and Carlos Saavedra Lamas. After him are Gaston Thorn, Charles Michel, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Sigvard Bernadotte, Publius Licinius Crassus, and Emperor Keitai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1430, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond ranks 9. Before him are Margaret of Anjou, Carlo Crivelli, James II of Scotland, Cosimo Tura, Dorothea of Brandenburg, and Heinrich Kramer. After him are Justus van Gent, Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu, Francesco Laurana, Antoine Busnois, Desiderio da Settignano, and Oliviero Carafa. Among people deceased in 1456, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond ranks 5. Before him are John Hunyadi, Đurađ Branković, John of Capistrano, and Charles I, Duke of Bourbon. After him are Ulrich II, Count of Celje, Vladislav II of Wallachia, Jacques Cœur, Lawrence Justinian, and Juan de Mena.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond ranks 858 out of 8,785. Before him are Ian Stewart (1938), Michael York (1942), Ray Milland (1907), Stephen Frears (1941), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), and Mary Kingsley (1862). After him are Thomas Cavendish (1560), Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141), George Canning (1770), Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443), James Gregory (1638), and Andy Serkis (1964).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond ranks 143. Before him are Macbeth, King of Scotland (1005), Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850), Æthelbald, King of Wessex (831), James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534), Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156), and William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520). After him are Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141), George Canning (1770), Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443), Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428), Rishi Sunak (1980), and Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852).

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