William Brandon (standard-bearer)

For other people with the same name, see William Brandon (disambiguation).

Sir William Brandon
Born1456
Died22 August 1485(1485-08-22) (aged 28–29)
Near Ambion Hill, Market Bosworth, England
AllegianceHenry Tudor
RankStandard-bearer
UnitHouse of Lancaster
Battles / warsWar of the Roses: Battle of Bosworth
Relations
Arms of Brandon: Barry of ten argent and gules, a lion rampant or ducally crowned per pale of the first and second

Sir William Brandon (1456[1] – 22 August 1485) of Soham, Cambridgeshire was Henry Tudor's standard-bearer at the Battle of Bosworth, where he was killed by King Richard III.[2] He was the father of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk.[3]

  1. ^ Gunn 1988, pp. 46–7.
  2. ^ Chrimes, S.B. (1999). Henry VII. Yale University Press. p. 49.
  3. ^ Cokayne, George (1982). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Vol. XII/1. Gloucester England: A. Sutton. p. 454. ISBN 0-904387-82-8.