TUDOR ENGLANDTUDOR ENGLAND/THE TUDOR FAMILY TREEThe Tudor Family Tree, can trace it's origins back to King Edward III, of the House of Plantagenet, through Lady Margaret Beaufort, the mother of the first Tudor monarch, King Henry VII. She was a great granddaughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the fourth son (third surviving son)of King Edward III, and John's third wife Katherine Swynford. Read More....
Catherine of Valois, was the Queen Consort of England from 1420 until the death of her husband, King Henry V in 1422, the father of her son, and future King, Henry VI of England. She was the daughter of King Charles VI of France and through her secret marriage to Owen Tudor after Henry's death, she would become the mother-in-law of Margaret Beaufort and the Paternal Grandmother of the Tudor Family Tree. Read More....
Greenwich Palace, was a favourite residence of The Tudors. King Henry VIII and his daughters, Queen Mary I of England and Queen Elizabeth 1 were all born here. Henry and Elizabeth Tudor, were both Christened here in the Church of the Observant Friars, which was right next to the Palace and Henry married two of his wives, Catherine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves here. Read More....
Margaret Beaufort, was a truly remarkable woman in every sense of the word. Although the Tudor Family Tree shows them to be descended from King Edward III through his son John of Gaunt and Gaunt's mistress Katherine Swynford, it is Margaret who must be considered the true matriarch of the House of Tudor. Read More....
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. Read More....
King Henry VIII, was the second son and third child of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, to be born into the House of Tudor. Born at Greenwich Palace on 28th June 1491, he was one of four children to survive infancy. Being second in line to the throne, after his brother Arthur, it is generally accepted that Henry was being groomed for a life in the Church and had an excellent education. Leading tutors of the day, such as John Skelton, the poet taught him. Read More....
Queen Mary 1, or Mary Tudor, was the eldest surviving daughter of King Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. On 18th February 1516 at Greenwich Palace in southeast London(on the site of the Old Naval College which is now part of the University of Greenwich)the future Queen Mary of England, the only child of King Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon to survive infancy was born. Read More....
Queen Elizabeth 1, was born Elizabeth Tudor, on 7th September, 1533 at Greenwich Palace. She was the second surviving child of King Henry VIII, her mother being Henry's second wife Anne Bolyn. When Anne Boleyn was executed in 1536, Elizabeth was declared illegitimate, losing her position in line to the throne. Read More....
The six wives of King Henry VIII were, in order of marriage, Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard (who was the first cousin of Anne Boleyn) and Katherine Parr. Two of his wives, Anne of Cleves and Katherine Parr survived him, Anne of Cleves being the last one to die. Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour each bore Henry one child which survived infancy, one son and two daughters, all of whom acceeded to the throne. They were King Edward VI, Queen Mary of England and Queen Elizabeth 1. Read More....
Katherine of Aragon, was the first of Henry VIII's six wives. Out of six Pregnancies, only one, the future Queen Mary of England, who was born at Greenwich Palace survived infancy. As was the custom of the age, soon after her birth, a suitable future husband was sought. Prince Arthur, the eldest son of King Henry VII of England was chosen. Read More....
Anne Bolyn, was born on a date which is disputed, a lack of parish records of the period has made it impossible to determine with accuracy. Some authorities on the subject put forward the year 1501, whilst others dispute this, favouring instead, 1507, others as late even as 1512. It is widely accepted however, that she was born sometime within the 1501-1507, eight year time span. Read More....
Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VIII, was married to him on 30th May 1536, just eleven days after his second wife had been executed on Tower Green, in the grounds of the Tower of London. Read More....
Anne of Cleves, was the fourth wife of Henry VIII of England. Of her three predecessors,two of them, Katherine of Aragon, who was Henry's first wife and Jane Seymour, his third, died natural deaths, Jane's being the result of childbirth, when she bore the King a male heir. Read More....
The date and place of Catherine Howard's birth are unknown, but it possibly took place in County Durham in the early 1520's ( most historians believe it to be closer to 1521). She was the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard, the son of the second Duke of Norfolk, which made her a first cousin of Anne Bolyn, the second of Henry VIII wives. Read More....
Katherine Parr, was the sixth and last of Henry VIII wives. The twice widowed Katherine, married Henry VIII of England on 12th July 1543 at Hampton Court Palace, after first breaking off a relationship she had entered into with Sir Thomas Seymour, the brother of the King's third wife Jane Seymour. Read More....
Sweating Sickness, was also known as the English Sweate, due to it seemingly only afflicting the English. It would mysteriously stop at the Borders with Scotland and Wales, except in the 1528 epidemic which spread throughout most of Europe. It first made its appearance at the very beginning of the reign of King Henry VII, although some sources claim that it was being spoken about before the Battle of Bosworth Field took place, shortly after Henry landed at Milford Haven. Read More....
Cardinal Wolsey, from very humble beginnings had a phenominal rise to power. Henry VIII of England on ascending the throne, took very little interest in the day to day affairs of state and, once Cardinal Thomas Wolsey had gained the King's favour, he was allowed a huge amount of freedom. Read More....
Thomas Cromwell, rose from obscurity, to enter the inner circle which surrounded King Henry VIII. From this position he became one of the King's most trusted advisors and was able to influence the whole course of English history. He was probably the strongest advocate of the English Reformation. Read More....
In 1534, during the reign of King Henry VIII, the English Parliament passed the first Act of Supremacy, with the aim of officially establishing the position of the English Monarch as the head of the Church in England, thereby removing all authority from the Pope in Rome. Read More....
The 1534 Act of Supremacy was repealed by King Henry VIII's daughter, Queen Mary I on her accession to the throne in 1554. It was however reinstated by his other daughter Queen Elizabeth 1 on her accession when Mary died. In this Second Act of 1559 however, Queen Elizabeth 1 declared herself to be the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, as opposed to the Supreme Head. Read More....
The Treasons Act 1534, was passed by the English Parliament soon after the first Act of Supremacy, also in 1534 had been made law, which declared that King Henry VIII, was the only Supreme Head on Earth, of the Church of England. Under this Act, it made it Treason, to disavow the Act of Supremacy and was punishable by death. It was for violating this Act that Sir Thomas More was tried, found guilty of high treason and executed on July 6th 1535. Read More....
The Pilgrim protesters and The origin of the grievances held by the Pilgrimage of Grace protesters, can be traced back to Henry VIII of England casting off his first wife, Katherine of Aragon and the way in which he did it. In 1531, Katherine had been banished from court amid immense public anger. Overwhelming public opinion, throughout the country, including London, was staunchly on her side. The Protestant Reformation had been rumbling on in Europe since 1517, when Martin Luther, had nailed his; Ninety Five Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences, to the door of the All Saints Church, in Wittenberg, Saxony. Read More....
Not much is known about William or Will Sommers, the Court Fool, but a lot of what has been written is fiction. It is known he was born in Shropshire and first appeared at King Henry's Court as a skinny youth with a pronounced stoop. He became the favourite Court Jester of Henry VIII of England after being presented to the King at Geenwich Palace in 1525, by Richard Fermor, a merchant of the staple at Calais. Read More....
Its first monarch was Henry Tudor, a descendant through his mother of a legitimized branch of the English royal House of Lancaster. The Tudor family rose to power in the wake of the Wars of the Roses, which left the House of Lancaster, to which the Tudors were aligned, extirpated. Read More.... 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 TUDOR ENGLAND FOLLOW THIS LINKRETURN FROM TUDOR ENGLAND TO A-LONDON-TOURIST-GUIDE HOME PAGE
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