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== Wangsa Tudor ==

The Tudors descended matrilineally from [[John Beaufort]], one of the illegitimate anak of 14th Century English Prince [[John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster]] (third surviving anak [[Edward III of England]]), by Gaunt's long-term mistress [[Katherine Swynford]]. The descendants of an illegitimate child of English Royalty would normally have no claim on the throne, but the situation was complicated when Gaunt and Swynford eventually married in 1396 (25 years after John Beaufort's birth). In view of the marriage, the church retroactively declared the Beauforts legitimate via a papal bull the same year (also enshrined in an Act of Parliament in 1397). A subsequent proclamation by John of Gaunt's legitimate son, [[Henry IV of England|King Henry IV]], also recognized the Beauforts' legitimacy, but declared them ineligible to ever inherit the throne. Nevertheless, the Beauforts remained closely allied with Gaunt's other descendants, the Royal [[House of Lancaster]].