Editing House of Tudor (section)

==Armorial==

===Before the succession===
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!width=33% |[[File:Arms of Owen Tudor.svg|center|120px]]
!width=34% |[[File:Arms of Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond.svg|center|120px]]
!width=33% |[[File:Arms of Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford.svg|center|120px]]

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|{{Center|Earlier arms of the Tudors as Welsh noble house.}}
|{{Center|Coat of arms of [[Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond|Edmund Tudor]], first Earl of Richmond. As he was the son of a princess of France and a minor Welsh Squire, the grant of these arms to him by his half-brother [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]] recognises his status as part of the [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian Royal Family]].}}
|{{Center|Coat of arms of [[Jasper Tudor]], Duke of Bedford, and Earl of Pembroke, brother of Edmund Tudor}}
|}

===Coat of arms as sovereigns===
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!width=25% |[[File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Henry_VII_of_England_and_Wales_1485-1509.png|center|200px]]
!width=25% |[[File:Coat_of_Arms_of_England_(1509-1554)_-_Dragon_with_pizzle.png|center|200px]]
!width=25% |[[File:Coat of Arms of England (1554-1558).svg|center|200px]]
!width=25% |[[File:Coat of Arms of England And Wales (1558-1603).png|center|200px]]

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|{{Center|Coat of arms of Henry VII (1485–1509) & Henry VIII (1509–1547) in the first part of his reign}}
|{{Center|Coat of arms of Henry VIII (1509–1547) in the later part of his reign & Edward VI (1547–1553)}}
|{{Center|Coat of arms of Mary I (1554–1558) impaled with those of her husband, [[Philip II of Spain]]}}
|{{Center|Coat of arms Elizabeth I (1558–1603) with her personal motto: "Semper eadem" or "always the same"}}
|}

As Prince of Wales, [[Arthur, Prince of Wales|Arthur]], [[Henry VIII of England|Henry]], and [[Edward VI of England|Edward]] all bore these arms,

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!width=300px |[[File:Coat of Arms of the Tudor Princes of Wales (1489-1574).svg|center|200px]]

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|{{Center|Coat of arms of the Tudor Princes of Wales (1489–1547)}}
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===Tudor badges===
The [[Welsh Dragon]] supporter honoured the Tudors' Welsh origins. The most popular symbol of the house of Tudor was the [[Tudor rose]] (see top of page). When [[Henry VII of England|Henry Tudor]] took the crown of [[England]] from [[Richard III]] in battle, he brought about the end of the [[Wars of the Roses]] between the [[House of Lancaster]] (whose badge was a red rose) and the [[House of York]] (whose badge was a white rose). He married [[Elizabeth of York]] to bring all factions together.

On his marriage, Henry adopted the Tudor Rose badge conjoining the [[White Rose of York]] and the [[Red Rose of Lancaster]]. It symbolised the Tudor's right to rule as well the uniting of the kingdom after the Wars of the Roses. It has been used by every English, then British, monarch since Henry VII as a royal badge.

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! width=33% |[[File:Royal Roses Badge of England.svg|center|100px]]
! width=34% |[[File:Tudor Rose Royal Badge of England.svg|center|150px]]
! width=33% |[[File:Tudor Rose (Heraldry).svg|center|150px]]

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|{{Center|Royal roses, badges of England showing the red rose of Lancaster, the white rose of York, and the combined Tudor rose.}}
|{{Center|Tudor rose, royal badge of England combining the red rose of Lancaster and white rose of York.}}
|{{Center|Tudor rose uncrowned.}}

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{| border="0" align="center" width="100%"

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! width=25% |[[File:Tudor Dragon Badge.svg|center|120px]]
! width=25% |[[File:Beaufort Portcullis Badge of the Tudors.svg|120px]]
! width=25% |[[File:Crowned Fleur de lys (Tudor Crown).svg|120px]]
! width=25% |[[File:Crowned Harp (Tudor Crown).svg|120px]]

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|{{Center|Tudor dragon badge symbolizing the Tudor's Welsh heritage and the Welsh union with England.}}
|{{Center|Tudor portcullis badge taken from their Beaufort ancestors.}}
|{{Center|Crowned Fleur de lys (Tudor crown) showing the claim to crown of France.}}
|{{Center|Crowned harp of Ireland (Tudor crown) showing the Tudors as Kings of Ireland. The harp was later quartered into the royal arms.}}
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===Tudor monograms===
The Tudors also used monograms to denote themselves:

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!width=250px |[[File:Royal Monogram of King Henry VIII of England.svg|center|100px]]
!width=250px |[[File:Royal Monogram of Queen Elizabeth I of England.svg|center|100px]]

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|{{Center|Royal monogram of King Henry&nbsp;VIII of England.}}
|{{Center|Royal monogram of Queen Elizabeth&nbsp;I of England.}}
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