THE TUDORS.A WELSH-ENGLISH FAMILY WHO RULED ENGLAND,IRELAND AND WALES FROM 1485-1603.
You will already know something about The Tudors if you have read the Tudor Family Tree page on this website. You would have seen how the Tudors could trace their lineage (although it was a very slight claim, due it to being through an illegitimate line and also because it was through the ancestral line of a woman) back to King Edward III, who belonged to the House of Plantagenet. You would also have learned, how it was through that remarkable woman, Margaret Beaufort, the mother of Henry Tudor, who became King Henry VII after defeating King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. He therefore claimed the crown by right of conquest and became the first monarch of the House of Tudor, a Dynasty which ruled England until the death in 1603 of Queen Elizabeth I, the last member of the Tudor Family Tree. From the beginning of the The Tudors until the demise of the dynasty, there were great upheavals, not only in England, where there was the split from the Papacy during the reign of King Henry VIII, but also throughout Europe. You can also read about the six wives of King Henry VIII in Henry VII Wives. The Religious persecutions, both Catholic and Protestant, throughout the reigns of his three children, Queen Mary of England, also known as Bloody Mary on account of her persecution of Protestants and Queen Elizabeth 1, who although she persecuted Catholics was never given a soubriquet afforded to her half sister Mary. However read on......
In it are from left to right: Mother Jak (thought to be the wet nurse of Edward)Mary Tudor, Edward Tudor, King Henry VIII, Jane Seymour, Elizabeth Tudor and William Sommers (Court Jester). THE TUDOR DYNASTY. LINE OF SUCCESSIONKing Henry VII28 January 1457 Died:21 April 1509
KING HENRY VII, who being the grandson of the widow of King Henry V and Owain Tudor after they had secretly married, was the last surviving member of the House of Lancaster and therefore had a claim to the throne. Although it was a very tenuous claim indeed. He nevertheless, raised an army and against the odds defeated king Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field to claim the Crown of England. This Battle effectively ended the Wars of the Roses, although there was another battle between the warring factions of the Houses of Lancaster and York. It was the Battle of Stoke which took place in 1487. He was crowned King to become Henry VII, the first of The Tudors, a dynasty which lasted from 1485 until the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603. He was the last King of England to win the Crown in Battle. HENRY VII, after seizing the English Throne at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, obtained a dispensation from Rome and married Elizabeth of York. This united the Houses of Lancaster and York and together with his victory at Bosworth, effectively ended the Wars of the Roses. He was a determined monarch and very astute, resulting in stability which had long term effects on both London and the Kingdom as a whole. On his death in 1509 he left the country much stronger and more prosperous than he had found it on aquiring the throne.
KING HENRY VIIIBorn:28 June 1491-Died:28 January 1547
The following century however, saw upheaval in England and throughout Europe as a whole. The Tudors not only witnessed the events but took a very active part in determining the outcome of them.What began as an attempt to reform the Catholic Church in 1517, when Martin Luther nailed his Ninety Five Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences to the door of the All Saints Church in Wittenberg, Saxony, started one hundred and thirty one years of bloody religious conflict. It ended in 1648 with the Peace of Westphalia, ending the European religious wars. Horrendous in their intensity, there was more than enough bloodshed in London during these Reformation years. It is not fully known how many of Henry VIII's executions were of a religious nature, but it is estimated that he had thousands of people put to death on charges of treason during his reign.
King Henry VIII of all The Tudors, is the one who stands out in the history of the English Monarchy. What makes him stand out from the rest is: His initial suppression of the Protestant Reformation; His breakaway from Rome and the Catholic Church; The Dissolution of the Monasteries, out of sheer greed; His Six Wives. A host of people would say for all the wrong reasons. During the early years of his reign, he was noted for his brutal suppression of the Protestant Reformation in England, for which he received the title Defender of the Faith, from Pope Leo X in 1521. 
Prior to the Reformation over half the area of London was occupied by a religious house. The effect the Dissolution had on the City was enormous, whatever properties were not destroyed were sold to the nobility.Despite the Dissolution of the Monasteries and him establishing himself as the Supreme Head of the Church of England, he remained committed to traditional Catholic Doctrine and Ceremony throughout his life. Of all The Tudors, it was Edward VI and Queen Elizabeth 1 who gave the English Protestant Reformation Royal Support. Queen Mary Tudor on the other hand brought Papal Authority back to England for a few short years. KING EDWARD VIBorn:12 October 1537-Died:6 July 1553
The third of The Tudors to become monarch, hebecame King of England and Ireland on 28 January 1547 and was crowned on 20 February, barely nine years of age.He was the first English monarch to have been born and raised a Protestant. Edward's short reign was noted by England's establishment of Protestantism, which imposed the Anglicanisation of Church services, the abolition of the Mass and Clerical Celibacy. Edward's reign was short as he fell terminally ill in January 1553 and died on 6 July.
LADY JANE GREYBorn:1536/1537-Died:12 February-1554
Lady Jane Grey, the great grand daughter of King Henry VII and grandniece of King Henry VIII, was also known as the nine day Queen. This young lady, a noted beauty of her time, was born in 1536/1537, her short unhappy life being tragically ended in 1554, she became one of the saddest figures in our history. Just an innocent pawn in a political game, a victim to greed and ambition of some very powerful people, including her own parents. She was proclaimed Queen of England, although her claim among The Tudors, was very weak and tenuous. It was also a position she absolutely did not want.
QUEEN MARY TUDORBorn:18 February 1516-Died:17 November 1558Eldest of the children of King Henry VIII.On 18th February 1516 at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich southeast London(on the site of the Old Naval College which is now part of the University of Greenwich) Mary Tudor, the only child of King Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine/Katherine of Aragon to survive infancy was born. 
The future
Queen Mary 1
had a very good childhood and was much loved by her father, King Henry VIII. However, when in 1547 King Henry died, his son Edward Tudor succeeded him. There had always been religious differences between Edward Tudor and his half sister Mary Tudor, with the result that Edward did not want the crown to go to Mary, who had remained steadfastly faithful to the old religion and who he feared would restore the country to the Roman Catholic Faith, undoing all his and his father's reforms in the process. All attempts to prevent Mary becoming queen failed and she became the fourth member of The Tudors to become monarch. On her accession to the throne, she began to implement everything her half brother Edward and his advisors had feared. Beginning with the execution of her young cousin Lady Jane Grey snd her husband Guilford Dudley on charges of treason, she embarked on her mission to restore England to the Catholic Religion. In her zeal and under pressure from her advisors, she embarked on what has been termed the Marian persecutions, which were carried out against religious reformers and other dissenters for their beliefs, during the Protestant Reformation. The executions carried out during this period were recorded by John Foxe in his controversial, Foxe's Book of Martyrs. As a result of these persecutions, she was given the soubriquet "Bloody Mary" or "Queen Bloody Mary" by the English Protestants, who developed a lasting hatred for her.
QUEEN ELIZABETH 1BORN:7 September 1533-DIED:24 March 1603
THE LAST OF THE TUDORSQueen Elizabeth 1 was Queen regnant of England, Ireland and Wales from the 17th November 1558 until her death in 1603. Leaving no heir to the throne she was the last of the Tudors. Her reign saw the flourishing of great literature and drama in the English Language. This together with the expansion of English influence in the New World, heralded the start of a Golden age. It was this and her name being associated with the defeat of the Spanish Armada, considered by some as one of England's greatest victories, which helped her cause, in her being regarded as one of the countries most successful rulers. Towards the end of her life, she was beset by problems, both economic and militarily which made her increasingly unpopular with her subjects. There was a feeling of widespread relief throughout the Kingdom when she eventually died at Richmond Palace, on 24th March 1603.
On 28th April, a hearse, drawn by four black velvet draped horses, bore the coffin to Westminster Abbey, where she was laid to rest with her half sister Queen Mary I of England. John Stow wrote: Westminster was surcharged with multitudes of all sorts of people in their streets, houses windows, leads and gutters, that came out to see the obsequy, and when they beheld her statue lying upon the coffin, there was such a general sighing, groaning and weeping as the like hath not been seen or known in the memory of man.Elizabeth was mourned, but many people were relieved at her death. She was the Last of The Tudors. This feeling did not last very long however, for within two dozen years of her death, her memory was being feted as the ruler of a golden age, an image that has carried on down the centuries to the present day. FOR SIGHTSEEING TOURS OF LONDON AND THINGS TO DO IN LONDON CLICK HERE How to Link to This PageIt will appear on your page as: FOR MORE INFO. ON THE TUDORS FOLLOW THIS LINKReturn from The Tudors To A-London-Tourist-Guide Home Page. Queen Elizabeth 1 Elizabeth Tudor Greenwich Palace Directory Narak
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Her body was taken to Whitehall, on a torchlit barge by night, down the River Thames.
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