Henry VII married Elizabeth of York in 1486.
The wedding took place on 18 January 1486 at Westminster Abbey, a few months after Henry defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field and established the Tudor dynasty. Elizabeth was the daughter of Edward IV and represented the Yorkist royal line, while Henry claimed the throne through his descent from the Lancastrian Beaufort family and by conquest.
Their marriage was a political settlement as well as a personal union. It joined the rival dynastic claims that had fuelled the Wars of the Roses and helped Henry attract Yorkist support. The later Tudor rose, combining red and white imagery, became a powerful symbol of this reconciliation.
Henry also had Parliament repeal Titulus Regius, the measure that had declared Edward IV’s marriage invalid and his children illegitimate. Elizabeth was crowned queen on 25 November 1487. Their first child, Arthur, Prince of Wales, was born on 20 September 1486, only eight months after the wedding.