Tudor

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Tudor is a male christian name used in Wales, and Romania, equivalent to Theodore. In Wales, 'Tewdwr' was an older spelling, later being Anglicisied to 'Tudor'.

Due to evolving Welsh naming conventions, it gradually migrated to become a surname in Wales. For example, a son of a man called Tewdwr might be styled '(forename) ap Tewdwr' (i.e. '(forename), son of Tewdwr'), which gradually evolved into an English-style surname.

Most famously, it was used by a branch of the descendants of 12th cenury Welsh ruler Rhys ap Gruffydd of Deheubarth, who through intermarriage with the English Royal family, ascended the English throne in 1485. This Tudor Dynasty remained in power until the death of Elizabeth I in 1603, an era known historically in England and Wales as the Tudor Period.

"Tudor" may refer to:

People

Tudor dynasty

• Owen Tudor ('Owen ap Meredith ap Tewdwr' in Welsh), lover or possibly second husband of Queen Katherine of Valois, and grandfather of King Henry VII
• Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, son of Owen Tudor and Katherine of Valois, father of King Henry VII
• King Henry VII of England
• King Henry VIII of England
• King Edward VI of England
• Queen Jane of England, also known as Lady Jane Grey or Lady Jane Grey Dudley
• Queen Mary I of England
• Queen Elizabeth I of England
• Arthur, Prince of Wales, eldest son of King Henry VII eldest brother to Henry VIII
• Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford, uncle of King Henry VII
• Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII
• Mary Tudor, Queen of France, daughter of King Henry VII
• Tudor Dynasty

Other

As a surname:

• Alex Tudor, English cricketer
• Joel Tudor, American longboard surfer
• Tasha Tudor, illustrator
• Antony Tudor, British choreographer
• Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Romanian politician
• David Tudor, American pianist
• Edward Tudor-Pole, British singer
• Frank Tudor, Australian politician
• Frederic Tudor, an American entrepreneur
• Henri Tudor, Luxembourgian industrialist and inventor
• Henry Hugh Tudor, a British soldier, later police chief in Ireland and then Palestine
• Igor Tudor, Croatian football (soccer) player

As a christian name:

• King Tewdrig of Morgannwg (Glamorgan)
• Tudor Vladimirescu, (c. 1780–1821) was a Wallachian Romanian revolutionary hero.

Architecture

• Tudor style architecture, the final development of medieval architecture during the Tudor period (1485–1603)
• Tudorbethan architecture, also called Mock Tudor, refers to a modern emulation of Tudor architecture

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