Henry VII
1485 – 1509
Henry Tudor fought Richard III. Richard
III died at the Battle of Bosworth. Henry
Tudor became the first Tudor king.
Rich men called Lords wanted to be king.
Henry VII wanted to stop them. He made
some new laws. Lords could not build
castles or have an army.
Henry VII needed money to be a strong
king. He made people pay him taxes. This
money made him rich.
Henry VII died in 1509. His son Henry
VIII became king.
Henry VIII
1509 – 1547
Henry VIII became king when his father
Henry VII died.
People in England were Catholic. Henry
VIII wanted a divorce. The Pope said no so
Henry started a new church. It was called
the Church of England. Henry was the head
of this church so he could now get divorced.
Henry VIII was married 6 times.
Henry VIII built many ships and his
favourite was a war ship called The Mary
Rose. It sank in 1545.
Henry died in 1547.
Edward VI
1547 – 1553
Edward was Henry VIII's son. His mother
was Jane Seymour.
When Edward became king he was only 9
years old! He had advisors to manage the
running of the country.
Edward caught tuberculosis and died in
1553.
Mary became queen.
Mary I
1553 – 1558
Mary was born in 1516. She was Henry
VIII's daughter and her mother was
Catherine of Aragon.
Mary was a Catholic and she made England
Catholic again. Protestants were treated
cruelly during her reign.
Mary married King Philip II of Spain in
1554. She had no children.
Elizabeth became queen when Mary died.
Elizabeth I
1558 – 1603
Elizabeth I was Henry VIII's daughter. Her
mother was Anne Boleyn. Elizabeth was a
protestant and she brought back the Church
of England again. Elizabeth did not marry.
Elizabeth had a catholic cousin called Mary
Queen of Scots. Mary wanted to be queen of
England so Elizabeth had Mary beheaded.
This made the catholic King Philip II of Spain
angry. In 1585 Spain and England went to war.
Spain sent lots of boats to England. They were
called the Spanish Armada. England's boats
won.
Elizabeth I died in 1603. She was the last
Tudor.