The Tudor Monarchs

1485 - 1603
 Henry VII
Henry Tudors
victory over
Richard III at the
Battle of Bosworth
The end of the
War of the Roses
 Henry VII
Married Elizabeth
of York
Three children:
Arthur
Margaret
Henry

Reigned from 1485

until his death in
1509
Who was next in line to the throne?

Arthur should have

been next but he died
young
His younger brother,
Henry, was next in line
Arthurs widow,
Catherine of Aragon
became Henrys first
wife
 Henry VIII
He wanted a son
and heir to the
throne
He married six times
Three children:
Mary
Elizabeth
Edward
 Edward VI
In 1547 he became king
when he was only nine
years old
He reigned with the help of
his advisors
During his reign Protestant
Reforms consolidate and
Lutheranism radicalizes in
England (Cranmers Book of
Common Prayer 1549)
Illness caused him to die
after only six years
 Lady Jane Grey
Great
granddaughter of
Henry VII
Edward VI wanted
her to be queen
She was for only
nine days
 Mary I
Unpopular. Because
her strong
catholicism and
persecution of
protestants she was
known as Bloody
Mary
Married Prince
Phillip of Spain
No children
Reigned for five
years (1533-1558)
 Elizabeth I
A strong ruler with
the courage of her
father
Some people think
she was the
greatest monarch
Never married
She ruled for 45
years
The end of the Tudor line
As Elizabeth had
no children, the
crown passed on to
the Stuart family
In 1603 James I,
son of her Catholic
cousin Mary Queen
of Scots, became
king of England
and Scotland
 Tudor monarchs
Strong monarchies:
=> policy of alliances
=> control of power limiting the power of
Church and nobility.
Court and patronage condition poetry and the
arts
New courtly ideal derived from humanism