The Drama of the Tudor Family

Henry VII28 January King Henry VII 1457 – 1509

An effective king who increased England’s power and wealth

Henry VIII 1491 – 1547• Broke from the

Catholic church and started the Church of England

• Strengthened England• Had two wives & Sir

Thomas More beheaded

• Married six times

King Henry VIII’s wives

Edward VI Son of the third wife of Henry VIII, Jane Seymour

Henry’s only son ruled from age 9 to 15Was young and sickly

Queen Mary I “Bloody Mary” 1516

– 1558•Daughter of Henry VIII’s first wife, Catherine of Aragon•Devout Catholic known for burning over 300 Protestants at the stake•Died childless

Queen Elizabeth I “The Virgin Queen”1533 – 1603

• Daughter of Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn

• Never married• Returned the Church of England• Defeated the SpanishArmada• Made England the most powerful country in the world• State of Virginia named for her• Died childless

Mary, Queen of Scots• Granddaughter of Margaret

Tudor—sister to Henry VIII.• Mary was next in line to the

English throne after her second cousin, Elizabeth I, who was childless. Yet, in the eyes of many Catholics, Elizabeth was illegitimate, thus making Mary the rightful queen of England.

• Mary plotted to have Elizabeth killed and was therefore tried for treason and beheaded.

James I (Stuart)1566-1625

• Son of Mary, Queen of Scots • Commissioned an accurate

translation of the Bible (King James Version)

• Jamestown, Virginia, named for him

• King during Shakespeare’s career (appears in Macbeth)

Charles I (Stuart)1600 – 1649

• Son of James I• Was disliked and

beheaded• England went for 11

years without a king or queen but was ruled by Parliament

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