Historical place archive

Pembroke Castle in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Pembroke Castle in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels2 people1456–1461

Historical events in Pembroke Castle

1456

26 January 1456
Birth of only child
Margaret Beaufort · House of Tudor

Taken into the care of her brother-in-law Jasper, at Pembroke Castle, the Countess gave birth to her only child, Henry Tudor, the future Henry VII of England

1457

28 January 1457
Birth of Henry VII
Henry VII · House of Tudor

Henry VII is born at Pembroke Castle, the son of Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort.

1461

1461
Capture of Pembroke Castle
Henry VII · Wars of the Roses

Yorkist forces take Pembroke Castle and the young Henry Tudor passes into the custody of William Herbert.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match England and Pembroke Castle. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

This database is a research index. For formal scholarly citation, verify individual claims against appropriate primary, archival, academic or specialist sources.