49. France/England, 100 Years War, War of the Roses- Henry VII (Tudor) James II to VI (Scotland).

49.  -Daniel Chapter 11, Verse 29.

France/England, 100 Years War,

War of the Roses-

Henry VII (Tudor) James II to VI (Scotland).

AD 1457 - AD 1603. 

Daniel 11:29 :- "AT THE TIME APPOINTED HE SHALL RETURN, AND COME TOWARD THE SOUTH; BUT IT SHALL NOT BE AS THE FORMER, OR AS THE LATTER". This last verse 29 of a block of verses sums up the situation, as it were, between the years of 1066 AD and 1603 AD of momentous events for the British Isles, which events are continually forging it into one Kingdom. The Israelite "Clay" is being moulded into an identifiable people, coupled with the "iron" dominance of people, forged from the Roman Toes of Nebuchadnezzar's image. Let us begin to unravel word by word as we have done previously and open verse 29 also. "AT THE TIME APPOINTED HE SHALL RETURN". Our first question should be "what time appointed is Daniel speaking about?

Remember reader verse 27, which dealt with William the Conqueror, which had in the last line of that verse the words, "FOR YET THE END SHALL BE AT THE TIME APPOINTED". They are almost the same words as verse 29, except for the fact it is saying, that this "HE" will RETURN to "end" the history between Norman, French and English desires to rule each other.

The APPOINTED TIME, on account of William coming from Normandy to take England's throne, over and above that, at some future time, something else will happen. Normandy and France had much power over England and its representation throughout early history, it will come to its conclusion. Because, by the time verse 29 is reached, this is a point in TIME where no progression of Norman power can be made neither Anjou power of Richard I. Both William and Richard left England for France, but verse 29 has a "HE" returning to England.

We move once more back to the first line of the verse 29, which now tell us we have reached "THE APPOINTED TIME" that God had set to end this block of history, which started with the remnants of the Northern men or Viking and the Saxon vying for the power of the English throne".

"AT THE APPOINTED TIME HE SHALL RETURN". If we unravel the word "AT", it denotes most commonly nearness, or presence nearby. We have noted the word "THE" before, which means, as a single thing. The word "APPOINTED" means, that it is ordained, established, allotted, or equipped with things necessary. The word "TIME" is a measure of duration, it's an occasion whether past, present, or future and it's a period marked by an event. So, altogether we have, "denoting a nearness" of a "single thing" allotted and equipped with things necessary "to make an event in an era or duration".

That era and event in the future from Norman rule, now brought, into England the "HE" mentioned in verse 29.

Our next question is who is that "HE" who is worthy of making such an impact upon history which closed, down Norman and Anjou (Plantagenet) power and brought it to an "end' at this appointed time? The answer to that is Henry VII Tudor! To back up that statement we must go to secular history and read of this situation in the British Isles and the crown of England, which was to change so dramatically, bringing other strong ruling men to an "end"! But first we must understand the following two words after the word "He" in verse 29, which are "HE SHALL RETURN".

We have already unravelled the word "SHALL" which means it is what has to be atoned for in a duty or obligation. The word "RETURN" means:- to turn back or go back to the same state or place, or subject, it is to come again or reappear. So, now we have the "HE" who is obviously from the British Isles, (because we are unravelling the history of England's throne) who has a "duty" or obligation" to reappear, or turn back to the same place He came from.

During the unravelling of verses 27 and 28, we have seen that William the Conqueror's land was Normandy, and Richard the Lionheart's land was also Normandy Aquitaine Guiene etc; England's throne to these men was only an extra arm to their power. The "HE" in verse 29 however must "turn back" to the place he once came from, which was England. Now let us go to secular history for an insight into the history surrounding this "HE" and see "HE SHALL RETURN" HAPPENING.

William the Conqueror and his Norman House ruled from 1066 until 1154 AD. Then we had the House of Anjou, Richard I Plantagenet, from Henry II-1154 until 1485 AD. The Plantagenets ruled for 300 years and during their ruling through those years shuffling for power was the order of the day. They ruled not only England's throne, but the greater part of France. These years saw "The Hundred Years War" between these 2 nations from 1337 to 1453 AD, because the basic reason for the cause of the war, was the claim of the King's of England to the throne of France.

In 1337 Edward III of England looked upon Philip VI of France as a usurper to that French throne. France had also stabbed England and Edward III in the back, -as it were,- who had helped Scotland in its wars against England. Edward III had waged war on Scotland for that throne also. In 1338 Edward III declared himself King of France and invaded France, though there was no decisive victory other than the English had rule over the Channel. In 1346 AD victory was achieved over the French at the famous battle of Crecy. Then, Calais and Bordeaux were taken by 1355 etc; and by 1360 England possessed great arrears of French territory.

By 1396 after more battles a truce was signed and much of England's French possessions were lost again because of weak leadership on England's part. In 1415 Henry V invaded France fighting the memorable Battle of Agincourt and he won back for England his French possessions of the North, including Paris.

By 1429 French forces under Joan of Arc, defeated the English in many battles and drove them further north. The French, regained Normandy and Guiene by 1451 and the English holding Calais until 1453, when fighting ceased completely. No peace treaty was ever signed to end the long war.

So, by the time the civil "War of the Roses" was fought in 1455, England had lost Normandy, Aquitaine and Guiene, etc; which had been ruled by the Plantagenets. The hundred years war with France caused, the loss of thousands of lives on both sides, with great devastation of property and land in France.

The climate of warring factions in England still surrounded the "HE" of verse 29, which enabled "HIM" to come to the throne without too many obstructions, with the "War of the Roses" in England finishing and clearing the path for this "HE". The "War of the Roses", (beginning 2 years after the 100 years war) was a series of civil wars in England, between the Plantagenet rival Houses of Lancaster and York in the 15th century. The badge of these 2 rival houses were a red rose for Lancaster and a white rose for York. The Lancastrian red rose had obtained the throne of England in 1399 by act of Parliament after deposing the white rose of York and King Richard II, who was taken captive and imprisoned until his death. The throne passing to Henry IV of Lancaster and then under Henry V, whose reigns saw little open discontent. Henry VI, son of Henry V, came to the throne when only a babe of 9 months and during his reign over the years there was much discontent. England's people greatly saddened by the loss of their French possessions during the 100 years' war and the excessive taxation in the land, bringing the poor to its knees in distress.

With these French losses and excesses in the land, open conflict between the two houses of Lancaster and York, the Wars of the Roses began in 1455 AD. For 30 years the civil war continued and more than 14 battles were fought during that time. The old nobility of the Plantagenets tore each other to pieces, destroying heirs and claimants to the throne of England, until that succession was to hang on a slender thread, back to the illegitimate lineage of John of Gaunt, (4th son of Edward III).

The "Wars of the Roses" began its first battle at St. Albans and it concluded with the defeat and death of the infamous Duke of York. -(Who, it is said, killed the two Princes in the Tower of London)- He had become Richard III, and at the Battle of Bosworth Field lost his life in 1485 AD. Now the stage is set for the "HE" of Daniel 11:29. The Earl of Richmond of Lancaster, (later to become Henry VII) had Richard's crown picked out of a bush in the field of that memorable battle, called BOSWORTH FIELD. The power of the Plantagenets was now in tatters, the great noble houses which fought for either side lay dead or had fled the country.

We must now stop our peep into past secular history here to unravel the words of verse 29. These previous historical paragraphs have only served to give one the warring climate of the days when this "He" of verse 29, made his bid for the English throne. This Plantagenet history of warring and the words- "HE SHALL RETURN AND COME TOWARDS THE SOUTH" open up to us in that secular and Biblical time of history.

As I have said previously, in these words we read of Henry VII Tudor, (Earl of Richmond). We must now establish what "duty -or- obligation", which the word SHALL means. Why "He" had to go back to the same place "HE" came from (RETURN). The final words of that sentence of verse 29 says: "AND COME TOWARDS THE SOUTH".

The small word "AND" now connects these words. "Come" means:- to move or advance nearer from a distance, it is to reach a certain stage or point of progress. "Towards" means:- that it is expressing a direction, it's in respect to -or- regarding. "South" means:- a denoting of one of the four cardinal points of the compass,- that of in a southerly direction.

If we put all "meanings" together we see that at some time in history, Henry (the "He"), -because of the end of the Plantagenet dynasty in that "appointed time in history,- found himself in a situation which made him reach a certain stage in his life and advancing from a distance from England going on into a southerly direction, fled towards France.

Let us look into this situation concerning Henry Earl of Richmond and his claim, -as a Lancastrian- to the throne of England. The claim was through the lineage of his mother Lady Margaret Beaufort. The Beaufort's ancestry was followed back to John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, whose mistress for 24 years was Catherine Swynford, during which time their children were born. It was King Richard II who gave legitimacy to that union, with no thought perhaps, to any of that lineage of the Beaufort's inheriting the throne.

Lady Margaret Beaufort was only 14 years old when she gave birth to Henry, Earl of Richmond in 1457 AD. His father Edmund Tudor, son of the Welsh Owen Tudor, who came out of one of the leading ruling families of North Wales. Many members of Lady Margaret's family died all around her, during that warring time of medieval history. In 1461 Henry VI the Lancastrian King was deposed of his crown of England by the Yorkist House and fled to Scotland. Owen Tudor, was executed and members of his family also fled. The little boy Henry Tudor, had his title Earl of Richmond, taken away. For clarity of historical fact, we must go to Winston Churchill's "History of the English-Speaking People", to find out what became of Henry Tudor, before his time zone in history is reached to take the English throne. "WHAT HAPPENED TO HENRY AT THAT MOMENT IS NOT CLEAR. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS IN WHICH YORKIST RULE WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE GREATER PART OF THE KINGDOM, WHILE JASPER TUDOR (Owen Tudor's brother) ORGANISED RESISTANCE ON THE FRINGES -IN IRELAND, IN NORTHUMBERLAND, AND IN NORTH WALES.

HENRY'S MOVEMENTS ARE WRAPPED IN OBSCURITY. FROM 1468, HOWEVER, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT HENRY WAS IN THE HANDS OF WILLIAM HERBERT, WHO HAD BOUGHT HIS WARDSHIP IN 1462 FROM KING EDWARD IV FOR THE SUM OF 1,000 POUNDS. HERBERT'S WIFE IS SAID TO HAVE TREATED HIM AS ONE OF HER OWN CHILDREN. HENRY, AFTER ALL WAS VALUABLE AS A PROSPECTIVE SON-IN-LAW (he was destined for Herbert's daughter Maud), BUT THIS WAS NOT TO LAST. THE NEXT FEW YEARS WERE EXTRAORDINARILY CONFUSED: INTERNAL FEUDING IN THE YORKIST PARTY BROUGHT ABOUT THE RESTORATION OF HENRY VI. THE FORTUNE OF THE TUDORS DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED. JASPER RETURNED FROM EXILE; AND YOUNG HENRY TUDOR MAY HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE KING. BUT BY MIDSUMMER 1471, EDWARD IV WAS BACK ON THE THRONE, WARWICK HAD BEEN KILLED AT BARNET, HENRY VI'S SON EDWARD KILLED AT TEWKESBURY, AND HENRY VI HIMSELF MURDERED. HENRY TUDOR NOW AGED FOURTEEN, HAD BECOME THE LANCASTRIAN CLAIMANT TO THE THRONE. THIS ALONE WOULD HAVE MADE HIS RESIDENCE IN ENGLAND TOO DANGEROUS. ON HIS MOTHERS ADVICE HE FLED, WITH HIS UNCLE JASPER, TO BRITTANY.

ACCORDING TO THE BURGUNDIAN CHRONICLER COMMYNES, THE DUKE OF BRITTANY "TREATED THEM GENTLY FOR PRISONERS". HENRY WAS NATURALLY OF INTEREST TO THE NEWLY- RESTORED EDWARD IV WHO NEGOTIATED FOR HIS RETURN TO ENGLAND, PROFESSED TO MARRY ONE OF EDWARD'S DAUGHTERS. THE DUKE AT LAST AGREED TO HAND HENRY OVER IN 1476; BUT HE FLED TO FRANCE. THEREAFTER EDWARD SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN PREPARED TO PAY THE DUKE TO KEEP HENRY IN BRITTANY. LITTLE IS KNOWN OF WHAT HE DID THERE; AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1483 THAT HENRY WAS TO COME AGAIN TO THE FORE IN POLITICS, WHEN HIS MOTHER PLOTTED WITH THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM FOR HENRY TO REPLACE RICHARD III, AS KING. THE ATTEMPT WAS A FAILURE AND HENRY RETURNED TO BRITTANY; FROM BRITTANY HE FLED TO FRANCE TO ESCAPE CAPTURE BY THE BRETON CHANCELLOR LANDOIS, WHO HAD BEEN BRIBED BY RICHARD III. WHEN HENRY LANDED AGAIN IN ENGLAND AT MILFORD HAVEN IN 1485 IT WAS TO DEFEAT RICHARD AT BOSWORTH AND WIN THE CROWN.

IN THE TANGLED TALE OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY POLITICS, WITH ITS DRAMATIC CHANGES OF FORTUNES, ITS CONTINUOUS STORY OF EXILE, RESTORATION, AND EXECUTION, ITS INTRICACIES OF FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS WHICH COULD MAKE OR BREAK A MAN, ONE THEME STANDS OUT: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MARGINS OF THE ENGLISH KINGDOM, OF THE HIGHLAND AREAS OF THE NORTH OF ENGLAND AND OF WALES. BUCKINGHAM'S RISING IN 1483 WAS CENTRED ON HIS CASTLE AT BRECON (Wales) HENRY'S LANDING IN 1485 WAS AT MILFORD HAVEN. HIS FORCE AT BOSWORTH WAS LARGELY COMPOSED OF WELSHMEN, MOST NOTABLY THE TROOPS OF RHYS AP THOMAS OF DINEFWR. HENRY TUDOR, OF COURSE, WAS NOT IN ANY MEANINGFUL SENSE A WELSHMAN ALTHOUGH HIS GRANDFATHER, OWEN, HAD BEEN. NONE THE LESS, THE FAMILY CONNECTION WAS USEFUL; AND HENRY HAD SPENT MOST OF HIS EARLY LIFE IN WALES, ALTHOUGH NEVER, AS FAR IS KNOWN, LEARNING THE WELSH LANGUAGE. WELSH SENTIMENT MIGHT, THEN, BE A USEFUL WEAPON; AND HENRY WAS PREPARED TO EXPLOIT IT; BY ADOPTING IN 1485 THE RED DRAGON BANNER OF CADWALLON AND BY PROMISING TO DELIVER THE WELSH FROM "SUCH MISERABLE SERVITUDE AS THEY PITEOUSLY STAND IN." HIS UNIMPEDED PROGRESS THROUGH WALES CLEARLY OWED A GOOD DEAL TO THIS USE OF TRADITIONAL SENTIMENT".

Churchill and other historians speak of Henry living in Brittany, (now in the larger area of France we see today). Brittany, or the French Bretagne is an historical region of France, formerly a province. The region is identified with the peninsula extending for about 150 miles into the Atlantic Ocean, between the English Channel in the North and the Bay of Biscay in the south. In ancient times the region was the centre of Cymric Celtic tribes. Julius Caesar invaded the county in 56 BC. After the Roman legions withdrew from the British Isles and the Germanic invaders plundered the Isles, very many of the ancient Britons (or Celts of Britain) took refuge in this part of the South of France and gave this region the name of Briton. (Later to be known as Breton or Brittany). During the rule of the Dukes of Normandy it became part of their Dukedom. The Dukedom in the 12th century became a part of the Plantagenets, eventually to revert permanently in the 15th-16th century to France.

We go back now to those words of Daniel 11:29.-"HE SHALL RETURN, AND COME TOWARDS THE SOUTH". -Through the factual words of secular history, I have quoted previously, we saw Henry Earl of Richmond as a young boy fleeing for his life from the Yorkist camp into Brittany. Moving from England to the distant South into France, his actions deliberate, towards that certain point of flight into the SOUTHERN place -Brittany,- where, though almost a prisoner, ancient British tradition of the Celts gave him protection. We also saw that he "RETURNED" to England, which had failed, "RETURNING" once more South and into Brittany and France.

We now come to the last sentence of Daniel 11:29.- "BUT IT SHALL NOT BE AS THE FORMER, OR AS THE LATTER". The word "BUT" means save or excepting that besides -or- however and nevertheless. The word "IT" means, - a word used instead of saying he -or- she. "IT" introduces a sentence for a preceding conclusion.- "SHALL" means;- an obligation, etc;  -The word "NOT" means, expressing a denial or refusal.- "BE" means;- in the world of fact!

So, altogether the words open out to, -"Saving or excepting that besides, in the history of Henry, which we have already noted, "He" of this concluding story, has an "obligation" to fulfil. The conclusion of Henry's story will not be denied him despite his trials, but it is in a time zone predestined in the world of fact, or the "time appointed". The words- "AS THE FORMER" -in verse 29 means.- "AS", is a word expressing equality as in a similar manner. "THE" means- a single thing. The word "FORMER" means:- prior or mentioned before in time. So, Henry Earl of Richmond's date with the "TIME APPOINTED" and the full story of his life will not be in a similar manner, which we have mentioned before during his youth. That, "FORMER TIME" told us of Henry moving south, or hiding when young from those who wished him harm, or of others who were able to use his status in some way.

We must return now to the last words of verse 29 of Daniel which are:- "OR THE LATTER". The little word "OR" means:- either, it is an alternative word. The word "LATTER" means:- coming after something else mentioned, as the last of the two. -So, in these 3 words it tells us that Henry's "alternative", formally trying to take the throne from Richard III, through his mother and the Duke of Buckingham's plot. Which happened after RETURNING to England from France, then RETURNING back to the SOUTH again, but will not happen again.

So, for Henry there is a third alternative in an "APPOINTED TIME" as prophesied; "He" SHALL be king of England but not through man's machinations.- The last sentence of Daniel 11:29, also has a much wider application in historical prophecy. Remembering reader that the last words which say, "BUT IT SHALL NOT BE AS THE FORMER, OR THE LATTER", also bracket in history the three verses 27, 28, and 29 together, because the South of France played such an enormous part in British history.

This sentence is also referring to the difference in the man Henry of Richmond taking the throne of England, and that of the "FORMER" King in verse 27, named William of Normandy, He who conquered the "Isles" for the throne of England. The "LATTER" king in verse 28 named Richard I (Lion heart) of Anjou, took England's throne by right of succession, directly from his father Henry II, who ruled both thrones of France and England.

Henry of Richmond's third alternative of taking England's throne, hung by a slender thread through his heritage, because he suddenly found himself as the only link to the throne from many deaths around him, which thrust him into that position when young, not of his choosing. So, indeed, his succession was not as the FORMER OR THE LATTER!

The House of William of Normandy -(Reuben) ruled from 1066 until 1154 AD.- Many of those Norman lords in Wales took Celtic wives. Wales became a mix of bloods through the politics of the English nobility, the Welsh then achieved English titles themselves, such as Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond. (In 1536 under Henry VIII Tudor, the "Act of Union" was drawn up by Parliament and Wales ceased to be a separate nation, it became one with England). The House of Anjou -(Simeon) ruled from 1154 AD until 1485 AD. Their lineage divided into 2 arms, Lancaster and York. The "direct" line of descent from Henry II was Richard I.

Richard I Lancaster York
John Henry IV Edward IV
Henry III Henry V Edward V
Edward I-II-III Henry VI Richard III-
Richard II
Richard III being the last Plantagenet king.

The sons of many of these monarchs were born in different places for e.g; Edward I son was born in Westminster England. Edward II son born Caernarfon Wales. Edward III son born in Rouen France. So, involved with each other were these countries that medieval history is confusion. The House of Tudor, beginning with Henry VII was not a true lineage of Lancaster, only John of Gaunt his ancestor, came out of the House of Anjou, which held the thin thread to the throne. Henry's bloodline was perhaps Celtic from the Welsh and perhaps Brittany, from out of Owen Tudor and the Celts of France etc? -Only God would know that! Biblically his Celtic line is fact, as Henry VII represents the Welsh dragon of the tribe of Dan.

Let us have a quick look at how Henry took the throne of England from Richard III Plantagenet. Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond remained the popular rival to England's throne during the infamous reign of Richard III. The murder of Richard's nephews, the "Princes in the Tower of London" -alienated Richard from many of the high and low born people of the land. Henry Richmond's name took on a thread of "hope" for sanity and justice that the people so craved. So, Henry returning from the South, (as Daniel prophesied), crossing over from Brittany again, this time into Milford Haven in Wales with an army of supporters, some were exiles from England themselves. Henry continued to gather an army with eager Welshman swelling his forces and marching to the Midlands of England, to the Battle of Bosworth field, where Richard III had been deserted by some of his nobles and their armies. He was killed during the battle and Henry was crowned king in London. The following year he married Elizabeth daughter of Edward IV, to whom he had once been betrothed when young. This marriage put the final seal upon the end of the War of Roses, thereby uniting the roses of Elizabeth of York and Henry of Lancaster and for a while stopped the bloodletting. During his reign he had to contend with a few impostors to the throne which caused uprisings. He skilfully maintained friendly peace with France, Spain and Austria during his reign. He strengthened his own power of the throne becoming an autocratic king, imposing heavy taxes on the rebellious big houses, though it is said, becoming greedy in his practices leading to a full treasury. He died worn out with work and the nature of his troublous times. The Tudor dynasty continued with other strong autocratic rulers with his son Henry VIII and granddaughters Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I on England's throne. Historians have often said, that the Tudor dynasty took England out of strife and anarchy of the Middle Ages and set it on its feet to enter the modern age and into holding and empire. They had the strength of character and purpose to impose their will upon men around them and no one could match their sense of absolution and majesty.

We cannot possibly end the secular nor biblical stories of this Tudor reign, nor the Plantagenet, nor Norman invasions of England and Wales, without including also the roll that Scotland played in this seething mixture of peoples, which were forever reshaping the throne and times these three houses ruled its peoples from north to south. The history of Celts and Picts of Scotland is interwoven with the history of England, Wales and Ireland. Under the Romans, Scotland was called Caledonia and during those times we read of the warlike Picts, joined by the rebellious ancient Britons successfully resisting the Romans under Julius Agricola. Later, Hadrian's Wall was built and other ramparts at different times, to hold back the Caledonians. When the Germanic tribes (Saxons, etc;) entered the British Isles many Britons withdrew into the Caledonian region, which eventually was to become the kingdom of Strathclyde.

In the 6th century, parts of Caledonia were occupied by the Scots, who were Celtic invaders from Northern Ireland. So, with the mix of Picts, Britons, Anglo-Saxon and Scots, parts of Strathclyde and Northern England, became the kingdom of Northumbria. By the 8th and 9th centuries the Norsemen ravaged the Caledonian coasts, occupying the outer islands of Shetland and Hebrides etc; By the 10th century through the Kings of Caledonia fighting and reshaping territories, the ever intermingling of Britons, Picts, Anglo Saxons and Scots, the territory with the ancient Celtic culture, was reshaped and became known as Scotland. The Normans established the Anglo/Norman feudal system in Scotland and eventually the Celtic and English religious orders were replaced and remoulded in the ways of the Roman church. So, the overturning again and again of Scotland, mirrored that of England and Wales.

From the 11th century Scottish kings not only sought to enlarge their domains into England but were always ready to dethrone the English monarchs. From the 10th century and into the 11th century England, under King Henry II of Anjou (Plantagenet), laid claim to Scotland's throne, so it went on with claim and counter claim. The struggle with England under 300 years of Plantagenet ruling, saw Scotland allied to France on occasions and almost continual warfare marked those times.

Into the 12th-13th and 14th centuries of fighting within Scotland itself, with clan chiefs and feudal turmoil vying for power and war between the Scots and English, we see the Stuart dynasty begin with Robert Bruce (1371-90), whose lineage eventually brought in James I to the VI. By 1460 under James IV the English had been expelled from Scotland. Henry VII Tudor gave his daughter Margaret to James IV of Scotland in marriage, bringing a union between these two lands. It was not until Henry VIII Tudor came to power and the Scots under James IV refused to end an alliance with France etc; that war broke out between these two nations at Flodden and James IV was killed. The Tudor and Stuart dynasties continued their historical courses of merging and widening, with controversies, until James VI of the House of Stuart, became heir apparent to the English throne. Upon the death of Elizabeth I in 1603, which ended the Tudor dynasty, James VI of Scotland also became James I of England.

Now, biblical prophecy has set the Stuart prince of the tribe Gad, on the throne of England and the princes of Dan's tribe of Tudor have now fulfilled its prophecy, written within Genesis chapter 49 and Deuteronomy, chapter 33. Mankind's history speaks of much confusion, yet! Biblically it has pattern and purpose!

In this chapter of Daniel 11:29, we read of 3 Israelite tribes fighting in this melting pot for England's throne. The "War of the Roses" identified them. They were Zebulun- Lancaster (Henry) Issachar-York, (Edward IV) and Dan-Tudor (Henry VII). Their identification of character registered in Genesis 49:13-18 and Deuteronomy 33:18-19 Dan 3:22. Indeed, this latter verse spoken of Henry Tudor, saw him leap about as a young lion, from England to France, to Wales, to Brittany, again and again!