Such a beautiful piece, such wooly wood! My girlfriend Cheryl loves roses - so for her birthday I made her a Tudor Rose. Happy Birthday Cheryl
The history of the Tudor Rose -
When
Henry Tudor took the crown of England from
Richard III in battle, he brought about the end of the
Wars of the Roses between the
House of Lancaster (whose badge was a red rose) and the
House of York (whose badge was a white rose). His father was
Edmund Tudor from the
House of Richmond, and his mother was
Margaret Beaufort from the House of Lancaster; he married
Elizabeth of York to bring all factions together. In fact, Richard III fought under the banner of the boar, and Henry under the banner of the dragon of his native Wales. On his marriage, Henry VII adopted the Tudor rose badge conjoining the
white rose of York and the
red rose of Lancaster.