Laura Nigten, Meritxell Ortiz, Cristina Bas, Paula
Espinal and Laia Gimeno
The Tudors
The Tudor period was between 1486
(when Henry VII won the war of the
roses and he became monarch of
England and Wales) and 1603 (When
Elizabeth I of England died, after that
the house of the Stuarts was the
regent in England). In the Tudor’s
dynasty there were only 5 monarchs
two of them were women.
Henry VII
Henry VII of England (22 August 1485 – 21 April 1509) was
King of England and Lord of Ireland from 22nd of August of
1485 until his death on 21st of April of 1509, as the first
monarch of the House of Tudor. Henry was married with
Elizabeth of York,. He founded the Tudor dynasty and, after
a reign of nearly 24 years, was succeeded by his son, Henry
VIII. Henry's principal problem was to restore royal authority
after the War of the Roses. In 1502, Henry VII's first son
and heir-apparent, Arthur Tudor, died very likely from a viral
respiratory illness. The King, was a reserved man. Henry VII
wanted to maintain the Spanish alliance. He therefore
arranged a papal dispensation from Pope Julius II for Prince
Henry to marry his brother's widow Catherine. In 1503,
Queen Elizabeth died in childbirth. Henry VII died at
Richmond Palace on 21 April 1509 of tuberculosis and was
buried at Westminster Abbey. He was succeeded by his
second son, Henry VIII.
Henry VIII
Henry VIII was born on the 28th of June of
1491; he was crowned king of England the
22th of April of 1509 till his death on the
28th January of 1547. Henry was the
second king of the Tudor’s dynasty and the
most famous. He had 6 wives, and he
created his own church after the
separation of England and the Roman
Catholic Church, his church is called the
Anglican Church. He had a brother Arthur
and a sister Mary. His brother Arthur was
the king till his death in 1502 after that he
became the king.
• His first wife was Catherine of Aragon, they got
married in 1509, they had more than 5 sons but the
only one who survived was Mary.
• His second wife was Anne Boleyn, they got married in
1533. They had 3 sons but the only one who survived
was Elizabeth.
• His third wife was Jane Seymour, they got married in
1537 and they had one son, Edward, she died in the
childbirth.
• His fourth wife was Anne of Cleves she was German,
they got married in 1540 but he decided to divorce
the same year because he thought she was ugly.
• His fifth wife was Catherine Howard they got married
in 1540.
• His sixth and last wife was Katherine Parr, they got
married in 1543 and they were married until his death
in 1547.
• Henry was a really smart man he used to compose
music and poetry
Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon was born in Spain on 16th of
December of 1485. She was the youngest son of
the 'Catholic Kings' of Spain and her parents were
King Fernando of Aragon and Queen Isabel of
Castille.
At the age of three, she was engaged to Prince
Arthur. But she was married with him only for 6
month because Arthur died.
Then Catherine of Aragon was engaged to Prince
Henry. When Henry became king in 1509 they got
married and they lived together for more than 20
years. Catherine was Henry’s first wife.
They had only one son, a girl called Mary, Henry
was desperate for a male son. Henry divorced
Catherine in 1533
Katharine was exiled from court. She died on 7th of
January of 1536.
Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn was born in 1501/1507, she had
two brothers George and Mary, Mary had a son
with Henry VIII before Anne married him. Anne
lived in France till 1522 then she moved to
England.
Anne and Henry met in 1522, in 1532 Anna
became maid of honour of queen Catherine, he
wanted Anne to be his lover, but she didn’t so
Henry divorced of Catherine of Aragon and then
married with Anne. She succeeded Catherine as
queen. In 1533 they had their first daughter
Elizabeth. Anne was protestant; this was one of
the reasons why Henry created his own church.
In 1536 Henry decided to behead Anne because
he thought she was adultery.
Jane Seymour
Jane Seymour was the third wife of the
king of England Henry VIII. She was queen
of England from 1536 to 1537. She
succeed Anne Boleyn, she was also her
half-second cousin. She became maid-ofhonor in 1532 to queen Catherine, she also
went to serve the queen Anne. She got
married with Henry VIII in 1536, 1 day
after Anne’s execution. They had a son
Edward VI, but she died of postnatal
complications. It’s said that she was the
wife that Henry loved the most.
Anne of Cleves
Anne of Cleves was the 4th wife of
Henry VIII. She was born on 22th
September of 1515 in Düsseldorf but
she also lived in England. She got
married on 6th of January of 1540 but
her marriage with Henry VIII was
dissolved on July of 1540. After her
marriage with Henry she didn’t get
married again. She died on 16th of July
1557 the cause of her death was most
likely to have been cancer. Anne didn’t
speak too much English.
Catherine Howard
Catherine Howard (1523 – 13 February 1542) was Queen of
England from 1540 until 1541, as the fifth wife of Henry
VIII. Catherine married Henry VIII on 28th of July of 1540.
Almost immediately after the annulment of his marriage to
Anne of Cleves was arranged. Catherine Howard was
beheaded after less than two years of marriage with Henry
on the grounds of treason for committing adultery while she
was married to the King. Catherine was daughter of Lord
Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpeper. She was a niece of
Elizabeth Howard, who was the mother of Queen Anne
Boleyn. Therefore Catherine Howard and Anne Boleyn were
first cousins. Catherine's uncle, The Duke of Norfolk, found
her a place at Court in the household of the King's fourth
wife, the German Anne of Cleves. Catherine was stripped of
her title as queen on 23 November because she committed
adultery. She died with relative composure, but looked pale
and terrified. Catherine's body was not one of those
identified during restorations of the chapel during Queen
Victoria's reign.
Katherine Parr
Catherine Parr was queen of England from 1543
to 1547, as the last of the six wives of Henry
VIII.
She was the first queen consort of
Ireland. She was also the most-married English
queen, she had four husbands. She used to
take care of Henry’s children Elizabeth, Edward
and Mary. She was protestant. She got married
with Henry VIII on 12th July of 1543. Six
months after Henry’s dead she got married with
her last Husband Thomas Seymour, Thomas
was the brother of Jane Seymour. The marriage
was short-lived , as she died in September of
1548, of complications of childbirth.
Edward VI
Edward VI was the King of England and Ireland.
Edward VI was born at Greenwich on the 12th of
October of 1537; he was the only son of Henry
VIII and Jane Seymour.
Edward VI became king at the age of nine when
his father died in January of 1547. Edward had
been brought up as a Protestant and he kept in
England the Protestants church. Protestants in
England were happy for the young king's
ascension to the throne, but the boy died in
1553 at the age of 15.
He only reigned six years and when he died, he
was succeeded by his oldest sister Mary I.
Mary I
Mary I was king’s Henry VIII daughter. She was
born on 18th November of 1516 in Greenwich,
London. She was Queen of England and Ireland
after Eduard’s VI dead, since 1554 to 1558. Her
father wanted to cancel the marriage with
Catherine, because she didn’t give him a male son.
But Pope Clement VII refused his request.
Mary was often sick, but it didn’t know exactly the
causes. Her father married Anne Boleyn in 1533
and then Mary was deemed illegitimate. However,
Mary in 1553 with the popular support became the
queen of England.
The first action as queen was to order the release of
the Roman Catholic Duke of Norfolk and Stephen
Gardiner from imprisonment in the Tower of
London. Mary did burn over 300 people, this is the
reason why people used to call her “Bloody Mary”.
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I of England was the daughter of
Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII. She was born
on 7th of September of 1533. She became
queen in 1558 after her sister Mary died.
Elizabeth was the 5th and the last queen of
the Tudors dynasty. She was queen till her
death on the 24th of March of 1603.
Elizabeth nickname was The Virgin Queen
because she never got married. Elizabeth
was protestant. Elizabeth is one of the
most famous queens of England for the
story of her family and the wars with Spain
and other countries.
There were lots of rebellions in the
north of England, the nobility there
was catholic and they didn’t want to
change their religion for the new
queen
because
they
thought
Elizabeth wasn’t the daughter of
Henry VIII. Lots of people tried to kill
Elizabeth during her reign but they
had no success.
Elizabeth’s reign is known as the
“Golden Age”.
Conclusion
The Tudors dynasty has been one of the most
important dynasties of England; the most important
member of the dynasty was the king Henry VIII, it
also includes his six wives, he divorced two of them
and also executed two, the other two wives Jane
and Katherine weren’t killed or executed. Jane died
for birth complications just like Katherine Parr. They
left the Catholic Church and created their own
church, the Anglican Church. Henry VIII and Mary
his older daughter executed lots of people because
of religion causes. After Henry VIII dead, the most
important member of the dynasty was Elizabeth his
younger daughter she became queen of England
after Mary’s dead. She was protestant, and made
lots of changes in England.