Marriages Between British Royal Cousins

[Furienna]

How was Henry related to Anne of Cleves?

 

[LauraS3514]

Katherine of Aragon was also a cousin of both Henry VII and Elizabeth of York and was descended from the House of Lancaster via her great-grandmother Catherine of Lancaster!

In the purest legal sense, Isabella of Castile was the senior Lancastrian claimant to the English throne by blood via her legitimate descent from John of Gaunt. Henry Tudor was descended from the Beauforts, John's children by his then mistress who were born out of wedlock but later legitimized. The Beauforts were excluded from the throne by Parliament as a condition of their legitimacy.

Henry Tudor claimed the crown by right of conquest, not blood.

 

[Toledo]

Matt's Useful Chart for a visual explanation of the convoluted family tree

The British Monarchy Family Tree | English & Scottish Kings to Charles III