Everything about The White Greyhound Of Richmond totally explained
The
White Greyhound of Richmond is one of the
Queen's Beasts, a
greyhound featured prominently in
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. According to the
Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society:
- "The White Greyhound of Richmond bears a shield of Tudor livery, white and green, with a Tudor Rose ensigned by a Royal Crown. Henry VII sometimes used greyhounds as supporters and on his standards. His father, Edmund Tudor, was created Earl of Richmond and the white greyhound was associated with the Honour of Richmond. The rose in the badge shows the association of the red and the white elements of Lancaster and York respectively, emphasising the union of the rival houses."(External Link
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Originally a badge held by
John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster during his tenure as steward/earl of the
Honour of Richmond, it was the canine breed most favoured in
Northern England. This animal was further used for
John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford and
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence and is supposed to stand for the honour, regardless of who has held or been in charge of it, although
Peter II, Count of Savoy wasn't known to have any unique symbol to depict his stewardship of Richmond. Although they were legitimately entitled to the feudal estate, the badge wasn't used by any
Duke of Brittany, preferring to use their traditional ermine until
Francis II, Duke of Brittany willed Richmond to
Henry VII of England--the chief representative of the
House of Lancaster, which simultaneously legitimised the title to the
Tudor dynasty and reversed the effect of the attainder made by
Richard III of England as chief representative of the
House of York and swung the loyalty of
Richmondshire against the Ricardian regime, rolling back
jure uxoris control through the marriages to
Cecily Neville,
Anne Neville and
Isabella Neville, as descendents of the Nevilles who held
Middleham. Henry VII subsequently replaced the English lion with the White Greyhound, in the
coat of arms of England, opposite the
Y Ddraig Goch of Wales. Like the Red Dragon, the White Greyhound represents the ancient
Brythons, although more specifically of the
Breton element which had become resettled since the
Harrying of the North in
1071.
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