Owen’s grandfather had been ruined after taking part in a Welsh rebellion against Henry V’s father, Henry IV in 1400, and they were seeking a new life. Owen’s Welsh name, Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur, ...

Their story began with a Welsh servant called Owen Tudor dancing wildly at a party and falling into a Queen’s lap. Owen was handsome, and – to people’s horror – Henry V’s widow ...

Tudor: The Family Story, 1437-1603 Leanda de Lisle. PublicAffairs, $29.99 (560p) ... when a Welsh squire named Owen Tudor literally fell into the lap of Henry V’s widow, ...

A mix between the Kennedys and Kardashians of their day, more has been written about the Tudor dynasty than perhaps any other. Two new books, by British historians Peter Ackroyd and Leanda de ...

Owain, now anglicised to Owen Tudor, and his wife had enough of a quiet life to produce four children. Their three sons were called Jasper, Owen and Edmund, reflecting their French, Welsh and ...

Her grandfather Owen Tudor was from Penmynydd on Anglesey. After winning the crown, Henry Tudor became king of England. And the civil war – the Wars of the Roses – ended after 30 years.

But even if the Tudor name was one they avoided, it remains relevant for exactly the purpose it serves in Leanda de Lisle’s absorbing new book: to identify, within the sprawling royal family ...