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Tudor Rose
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Image:TudorRose.png thumb|simple graphic of the white-on-red Rose
{{dablink|For the 1936 film see
Tudor Rose (film).}}
When
Henry VII of England Henry Tudor took the crown of
England from
Richard III of England Richard III in battle, he brought about the end of the
Wars of the Roses between the
House of Lancaster (Red Rose) and the
House of York (White Rose). His mother was
Margaret Beaufort from the House of Lancaster, His father was
Edmund Tudor from the
Earl of Richmond House of Richmond; he married
Elizabeth of York to bring all factions together.
In so doing he created the '''Tudor rose''', conjoining the
White Rose of York and the
Red Rose of Lancaster. In
heraldry, the rose is depicted as white on red if placed on a field of a metal (gold or silver), or red on white if placed on a field of a colour, due to the
law of tincture.
The use of roses evolved from a
Greek myth:
Aphrodite presented a
rose to her son
Eros, God of love. The Rose became a symbol of love and desire. Eros gave the rose to
Harpocrates, the God of silence, to induce him not to gossip about his Mother's indiscretions. Thus the rose became the emblem of silence and secrecy. In the middle ages a rose was suspended from the ceiling of a council chamber, pledging all present to secrecy, or ''sub Rosa'', "under the Rose".
Henry Tudor and Elizabeth had many children,
Henry VIII of England Henry VIII being the most famous, or infamous.
See also
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Richmond Herald
Category:Wars of the Roses
Category:History of England
Category:Symbols
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