Owen Tudor

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Owen Tudor
Arms of Owen Tudor
Full name
Owen ap Maredudd ap Tudur
Born 12 January 1400
Anglesey, Wales
Died 2 February 1461 (1461-02-02) (aged 61)
Buried Greyfriars Church, Hereford , Herefordshire
Noble family Tudor
Spouse Catherine of Valois (m. 1428; d. 1437)
Issue
Father Maredudd ap Tudur
Mother Margaret ferch Dafydd

Sir Owen Tudor (Welsh: Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur , c.?1400 ? 2 February 1461) was a Welsh courtier and the second husband of Queen Catherine of Valois (1401?1437), widow of King Henry V of England . He was the grandfather of Henry VII , founder of the Tudor dynasty .