21 February 1499 - 19 June 1500
House: Tudor
Titles: Duke of Somerset
Edmund Tudor was born on 21 February 1499 at Greenwich Palace, Kent, as the sixth child of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York. He was baptized on 24 February 1499 at the Church of the Observant Friars, with a splendid christening ceremony. Edmund was named after his paternal grandfather, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond. He spent his early months in the royal nursery at Eltham Palace with his siblings, where he was visited by Erasmus and Thomas More in September 1499.
Edmund Tudor died on 19 June 1500 at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire at the age of 15 months, during a time when the plague was rampant. He was buried in Westminster Abbey on 22 June 1500, near his sisters Elizabeth and Katherine.
Death: Died at age 15 months at Hatfield House; buried in Westminster Abbey.
Children: 0
Parents: Henry VII of England, Elizabeth of York