20 September 1486 A.D. Birth of Arthur, Prince of Wales, Brother of Henry VIII, at Winchester
20 September 1486
A.D. Birth
of Arthur, Prince of Wales, Brother of Henry VIII, at Winchester
Ridgeway, Claire. “20 September 1486—Birth of Arthur, Prince
of Wales, at Winchester.” The Anne Boleyn
Files. 20 Sept 2015. http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/20-september-1486-birth-of-arthur-prince-of-wales-at-winchester/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAnneBoleynFiles+%28The+Anne+Boleyn+Files%29. Accessed 20 Sept 2015.
20 September 1486 – Birth of Arthur, Prince of Wales, at Winchester
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By Claire on September 20, 2015
“Afore
one o’clock after midnight” on 20th September 1486, Elizabeth of York, queen
consort of King Henry VII, gave birth to a son at St. Swithun’s Priory in
Winchester.
The
royal court had arrived in Winchester in early September. They had travelled
there because Henry VII had wanted his first child to be born in the place
believed to have been the capital of the legendary Camelot. He named his son
after Camelot’s heroic king, King Arthur, and he was convinced that his son’s
future reign would be a golden age. Arthur’s birth was celebrated with bonfires
in the streets and the singing of the Te Deum at Winchester Cathedral.
Tragically, Arthur died at the age of fifteen, on 2nd April 1502, and it was
his younger brother Henry who becamse King on Henry VII’s death in 1509.
Click here to read more about Arthur,
Prince of Wales.
Tudor
Society members can view my video about Ordinances by Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, as to
what Preparation is to be made against the Deliverance of a Queen, as also for
the Christening of the Child which she shall be delivered,
a manual written by Margaret Beaufort, Henry VII’s mother, in 1486 when
Elizabeth of York was pregnant with Arthur – see www.tudorsociety.com/margaret-beauforts-ordinances-video/
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