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ask-henryviii-deactivated201203 asked: Sister, I hope to find you in good spirits and health today.
I am well dear brother. I hope that you are having a pleasant all hallows eve.
ah! i had the idea to do this down the hallway ceiling.. blast..
(Source: alas-icannotswim)
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 the 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.
On his marriage, Henry adopted the Tudor Rose badge conjoining the White Rose of York and the Red Rose of Lancaster. The Tudor Rose is occasionally seen divided in quarters (heraldically as “quartered”) red and White. More often, the Tudor Rose is depicted as a double rose, white over red and is always described, heraldically, as “Proper.”
(Source: tudorsconfessions)