The coronation of Lambert Simnel in Dublin in 1487 — with the Earl of Kildare, the most powerful man in Ireland, in attendance — demonstrated the independence of Ireland from effective English royal control and the vulnerability of the early Tudor dynasty. The coronation was treated as legitimate by the Irish parliament and church. Henry VII's eventual victory at Stoke Field did not immediately solve the problem of Irish Yorkist sympathies, which persisted for decades.
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