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  1. Sir Roland de Velville (1471/74 – 25 June 1535) [1] was a Breton-born English soldier and government official who is theorised as the illegitimate son of King Henry VII of England by "a Breton lady whose name is not known", [2] or as a favoured member of the court of Henry VII and later recipient of beneficences, brought home to England with 28-...

  2. Apr 10, 2023 · Sir Roland de Velville (also spelt Vielleville, Veleville or, probably more correctly, Vieilleville), Constable of Beaumaris Castle from 1509 to 1535 is reputed to have been a natural son of Henry VII, born to a Breton lady while Henry was in exile in Brittany between 1471 and 1485.

    • 1474
    • June 25, 1535 (60-61)England (United Kingdom)
    • England (United Kingdom)
    • Constable Of Beaumaris Castle
  3. Apr 30, 2023 · ROLAND VELEVILLE (or VIELLEVILLE) alias BRITTANY, Knt., of Westminster, Middlesex and Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales, kings servant, Constable of Beaumaris Castle. He served in Sir John Cheyne’s retinue in the expedition to Brittany in 1489.

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  4. Today (25th June) in 1545, died a man by the name of Roland de Velville (or Vielleville, Veleville, Vieilleville, and other variations). He crops up at regular intervals in connection with the first Tudor king, Henry VII. Why? Because of a persistent whisper that Roland was Henry’s illegitimate son.

  5. Discover life events, stories and photos about Sir Roland de Velville (1474–1535) of Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.

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    • Agnes Griffith
  6. May 16, 2015 · I was reading this interesting summary of the case of Sir Roland de Velville/Veleville - who may or may not have been Henry VII's illegitimate son - and thought of something. Nowadays it seems be commonly assumed that 'Velville' was originally 'Vieilleville', and the only plausible Vieilleville family seems to be the Scépeaux family of….

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  8. The person you're referring to is Roland de Veleville. I've come across some books (often royal genealogies) that either list him as a possible royal bastard or just flat-out state that he was a son of Henry VII.