Global InformationRoland de Velville information
Sir Roland de Velville | |
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| Constable of Beaumaris Castle, Captain of Beaumaris Castle and Town, Anglesey (Ynys Môn), Wales | |
| Born | 1471/4 Brittany; under Francis II, a duchy of France (per Beauclerk-Dewar et al., granted Letters of Denization, 1512) |
| Died | 25 June 1535 Beaumaris Castle, Wales |
| Buried | Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Beaumaris Castle |
| Spouse(s) | Agnes Griffith |
| Issue | Grace de Velville Jane de Velville (m. Robert Thomas ap Robert of Berain) |
| Father | Henry VII of England |
| Mother | unknown to historians (per Beauclerk-Dewar et al., Sir Roland's heraldry reflected known parentage) |
Sir Roland de Velville (1471/74 – 25 June 1535)[1] was a Breton-born English soldier and government official who is theorised as the illegitimate son of King Henry VII of England by "a Breton lady whose name is not known",[2] or as a favoured member of the court of Henry VII and later recipient of beneficences, brought home to England with 28-year-old Henry after his exile in Brittany, an adolescent "of unknown parentage", and so a possible or likely illegitimate son, with formal historical opinion undecided.[3]
- ^ See Peter Beauclerk-Dewar & Roger Powell, "King Henry VII (1457-1509):Roland de Velville (1474-1535)", in Royal Bastards: Illegitimate Children of the British Royal Family (Gloucestershire, U.K.: The History Press, 2008), e-book edition, pp. 177-186, ISBN 0752473166.
- ^ Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), pp. 152.
- ^ See Beauclerk-Dewar & Powell, pp. 177-186, citing Prof SB Chrimes, Cardiff University, and WRB Robinson, writing separately in the Welsh Historical Review, and Prof RA Griffiths and RS Thomas, University College, Swansea, in "The Making of the Tudor Dynasty" (ISBN 0750937769).