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The Tudors

  • 1485

    Henry VII

    Henry VII
    Henry Tudor became King Henry VII in 1485. He became King after defeating Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. This battle end the Wars of the Roses.
  • 1509

    Henry VIII

    Henry VIII
    He became King in 1509 when he was 17 years old. He had 6 wifes and he killed two of them. He is the second son of Henry VII.
  • 1547

    Edward VI

    Edward VI
    He became King when he was nine years old because his father die. He was the only son of Henry VIII. He was know by as “The Boy King”. He died at the age of 16.
  • 1553

    Jane Grey

    Jane Grey
    She was the Queen only for nine days. She was the granddaughter of Henry VIII. Then Mary I became the Queen.
  • 1553

    Mary I

    Mary I
    Mary I was the first Queen Regnant (that is, a queen reigning in her own right rather than a queen through marriage to a king). People called her “Bloody Mary” because she killed a lot of people.
  • 1558

    Elizabeth I

    Elizabeth I
    Elizabeth was the last Tudor monarch. She was 45 years in the throme. Elizabeth I's rule is remembered as the Golden Age of English history.