Transcript Tudor dynasty The Tudor monarchs Henry VII 1458-1509 Henry VIII 1509 - 1547 Edward VI 1547 - 1553 Jane Grey July 1553 Mary I Elizabeth I 1553 - 1558 1558 - 1603 The Tudor.

Tudor dynasty
The Tudor monarchs
Henry VII
1458-1509
Henry VIII
1509 - 1547
Edward VI
1547 - 1553
Jane Grey
July 1553
Mary I
Elizabeth I
1553 - 1558
1558 - 1603
The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor was a series of
five monarchs of Welsh origin who ruled England
and Irleand from 1485 until 1603. Three of them,
(Henry VII, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I) played
important roles in transforming England from a
comparatively weak European backwater still
immersed in the Middle Ages into a powerful
Renaissance state that in the coming centuries would
dominate much of the world, and Henry VIII and
Elizabeth I remain among the most famous English
monarchs of all time.
Henry VII
Henry VII, son of Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort, was
born in 1457. He married Elizabeth of York in 1486, who bore
him four children: Arthur, Henry, Margaret and Mary. He died
in 1509 after reigning 24 years.
reign
August 22, 1485 –
April 21,1509
coronation
born
died
predecessor
October 30, 1485
January 28,1457
April 21,1509
Richard III
successor
royal house
Henry VIII
Tudor
father
Edmund Tudor
mother
Lady Margaret Beaufort
Henry VIII
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 Januar 1547) was King of
Irleand and Lord of Irleand, later King of Ireland, from 22
April 1509 until his death. He was the second monarch of the
House of Tudor succeeding his father, Henry VII. Henry VIII
is famous for having been married six times and breaking with
the Roman Church. He wielded perhaps the most unfettered
power of any English monarch, and brought about the
Dissolution of the Monasteries and the union of England and
Wales.
Edward VI
Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) became King of
Enland, King of France (in practice only the town and
surrounding district of Calais) and Irleand on 28 January 1547
and crowned on 20 February, at just nine years of age. Edward,
the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, was the third
monarch of the Tudor Dynasty and England's first ruler who
was Protestant at the time of his ascension to the throne.
Edward's entire rule was mediated through a council of
regency as he never reached maturity. The council was first led
by his uncle, Edward Seymour and then by John Dudley.
When it became clear that Edward's life was to be a short one, the
king's advisors persuaded him to attempt to exclude his two
half sisters, the devout Catholic Mary and moderate Protestant
Elizabeth, from the line of succession to the throne in order to
put the Lady Jane Grey, the solidly Protestant daughter-in-law
of the chief Regent, next in line to succeed the king. Following
Edward's death at the age of fifteen, a disputed succession
reopened the religious conflicts. Lady Jane was Queen for only
nine days, during that time reigning in name only, before she
was replaced by Mary. Queen Mary then sought to undo many
of Edward's Protestant reforms.
Lady Jane Grey
Lady Jane Grey (1537 – February 12, 1554), a greatgranddaughter of Henry VII of England, reigned as uncrowned
queen reigned of the Kingdom of England for nine days in
July 1553.Though Jane's accession, pursuant to the Will of
King Edward VI, may have breached the laws of England,
many powers of the land proved willing to accept her as
Queen of England, even if only as part of a power-struggle to
stop Henry's elder daughter, Princess Mary, a Roman Catholic,
from acceding to the throne. Jane's brief rule ended, however,
when the authorities revoked her proclamation as queen.
When Princess Mary returned to accesing the throne, she
exectuted Jane Grey.
Popular history sometimes refers to Lady Jane as "The Nine
Days' Queen" (July 10 – July 19, 1553) or, less commonly, as
"The Thirteen Days' Queen" (July 6 – July 19, 1553) — owing
to uncertainties as to when she succeeded to the throne.
Historians have taken either the day of her predecessor's death
(July 6) or that of her official proclamation as Queen (July 10),
as the beginning of her short reign.
Lady Jane had a reputation as one of the most learned women
of her day, and the historical writer Alison Weir describes her
as one of "the finest female minds of the century".
Mary I
Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine
of Aragon, was born in 1516 and suffered through
a terrible childhood of neglect, intolerance, and illhealth. She was a staunch catholic from birth,
constantly resisting pressure from others to renounce
her faith, a request she steadfastly refused. She
married Philip II of Spain in 1555, but was unable
to produce a child.
Mary began her tumultuous reign at 37 years of age, arriving
in London amid a scene of great rejoicing. Following the
disarray created by Edward VI's passing of the succession
to Lady Jane Grey (Jane lasted only nine days), Mary's first act
was to repeal the Protestant legislation of her brother, Edward
VI, hurling England into a phase of severe religious
persecution. Her major goal was the re-establishment
of Catholicism in England, a goal to which she was totally
committed. Persecution came more from a desire for purity
in faith than from vengeance, yet the fact remains that nearly
300 people (including former Archbishop of Canterbury,
Thomas Cranmer and many of the most prominent members
of society) were burned at the stake for heresy, earning Mary
the nickname, "Bloody Mary."
Mary's marriage to the militant Catholic Philip was again designed to enforce
Roman Catholicism on the realm. Unfortunately for Mary, two factors
compelled opposition to her plans: the English people hated foreigners especially the Spanish - and twenty years of Protestantism had soured the
English on popery. She met with resistance at every level of society, and,
unlike her father and brother, failed to conform society into one ideological
pattern. Philip II, cold and indifferent to both Mary and her realm,
remained in England for only a short time. He coerced Mary to enter into
war with France, resulting in defeat and the loss of the last English
continental possession, Calais. With the retirement of his father, Charles V
of the Holy Roman Empire, Philip returned to Spain; Mary died a mere ten
months later.
England suffered during the reign of Mary I: the economy was in ruin,
religious dissent reached a zenith and England lost her last continental
territory. Jane Austen wrote this rather scathing commentary about Mary:
"This woman had the good luck of being advanced to the throne
of England, in spite of the superior pretensions, Merit and
Beauty of her Cousins Mary Queen of Scotland and Jane Grey.
Nor can I pity the Kingdom for the misfortunes they
experienced during her reign, since they fully deserved
them..."
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth was the second child of King Henry VIII of England
and his second wife Anne Boleyn, born on September 7, 1533.
Before Elizabeth was even three, Henry had grown tired of
Anne and the fact that she had not borne him a son, and had
her beheaded under charges of adultery. Elizabeth was then
taken out of her father's sight, as she was a reminder of Anne.
When Henry VIII died, Elizabeth's brother Edwards became
the King of England, but died only a few years later of
consumption.
Elizabeth's biggest troubles began when her elder sister Mary,
daughter of Henry and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon,
ascended to the throne. Mary, unlike Henry VIII, Edward, and
Elizabeth, was Catholic, the religion of England prior to
Henry's creation of the Church of England and the installation
of Protestantism in England. Mary tried to bring back
Catholicism to England, burning heretics creating much unrest.
The English people were beginning to support Elizabeth rather
than Mary, and so Mary, seeing her sister as a potential enemy,
had her imprisoned. Eventually, Mary became pregnant, and
Elizabeth was no longer seen as a threat to the throne.
However, Mary's pregnancy was actually an illness, which she
eventually succumbed to and died. As a result, in November of
1558, Elizabeth became Elizabeth I, Queen of England.
Elizabeth's reign, although it faced some troubles at the
beginning, brought about much growth and prosperity in
England. Under her hand, England became one of the most
powerful countries in the world.
Questions
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Who were the Tudors?
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Why are they so famous?
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What is the 'Tudor Rose'?
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Why did Henry VIII have six wives?
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Who were the six wives?
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Did Henry VIII really murder all his wives?
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How did Edward VI die?
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Who is the 'Nine Days Queen'?
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Did Lady Jane Grey want to be Queen of England?
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Did Lady Jane Grey love her husband?
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Why is Mary I called 'Bloody Mary'?
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Was Elizabeth I truly a great queen - or did her ministers do all
the work?
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How smart was Elizabeth I?
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Did Elizabeth ever plan to marry anyone?
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Did Elizabeth ever plan to marry anyone?
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Was Elizabeth really a 'Virgin Queen'? Did she have secret
lovers and/or children?
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