The Tudor Monarchs

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The Tudor Monarchs
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The Tudors

• The Tudors reigned from 1485 until 1603.
• There were five Tudor kings and queens Henry
  VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Lady Jane Grey, Mary
  I and Elizabeth I.
• They were very powerful and are remembered for
  having lots of people executed (killed).

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Henry VII

• Henry VII was the first Tudor King.
• He became king by defeating Richard III at the
  Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.
• He ended the War of the Roses by marrying
  Elizabeth York, the daughter of his enemy.
• He died in 1509.

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Henry VIII

• Henry VIII was Henry VIIs son and became king
  when he died in 1509.
• Henry VIII is remembered for having had six
  wives.
• Henry VIII started the Church of England.
• He was born in 1491 and he died in 1547.

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Edward VI

• Edward was only 10 when he became king.
• He was ill for most of his life and died at the
  age of 16 in 1553.

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Lady Jane Grey

• Lady Jane Grey was chosen to be queen because she
  was Protestant (Church of England).
• She was not Henrys child and so had no right to
  the throne. This made the public angry.
• After just nine days she was forced to leave the
  throne and was later beheaded.

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Mary I

• Mary was the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine
  of Aragon.
• She tried to make England become Catholic again
  and was known as Bloody Mary because of all the
  Protestants she had killed.
• She married Philip of Spain. This made her
  unpopular as the English did not trust the
  Spanish.
• She died in 1558.

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Elizabeth I

• Elizabeth became queen in 1558, following her
  sister Marys death.
• She returned England to Protestantism.
• She never married.
• During her time as queen there was a great deal
  of exploration by England, including many parts
  of America.
• She died in 1603 and, because she had no
  children, the Tudor period ended.

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