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Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was proclaimed King, the dynasty of the Tudors began.
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1st son, Arthur Tudor, was born to Henry VII and Elizabeth of York.
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Henry VII married Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville. The marriage united the houses of Lancaster and York and ended the thirty-year conflict known as the Wars of the Roses.
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2nd son, Henry Tudor, was born to Henry VII and Elizabeth of York.
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Prince Arthur married Catherine of Aragon, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain.
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Prince Arthur, heir to the throne, died of an unknown illness.
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Henry VII died of tuberculosis. His son, Henry who took the throne as King Henry VIII, succeeded him.
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Henry VIII married his brother’s widow, Catherine of Aragon.
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A son, Henry, was born to Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.
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Henry VIII’s son died.
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A daughter, Mary, was born to Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.
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Henry VIII tried to persuade the Pope to allow him to divorce Catherine of Aragon.
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Henry persuaded the bishops to make him head of the Church in England.
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England became politically a Protestant Country.
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A daughter, Elizabeth Tudor, was born to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
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Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy to became law. Henry now could divorce from Catherine.
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Catherine of Aragon died.
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Henry VIII married Jane Seymour.
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Henry VIII and one of his assistants, Cromwell, closed 560 monasteries and other religious houses.
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A son, Edward, was born to Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. Henry was overjoyed that he had a son to continue the dynasty of the Tudors.
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Jane Seymour died from puerperal fever
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Henry VIII married Anne of Cleves.
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The marriage of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves was annulled.
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Henry VIII married Kathryn Howard.
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Henry VIII married Katherine Parr.
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King Henry VIII died.
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Edward VI died. As directed by Edward, Lady Jane Grey became Queen. She reigned for nine days, the shortest reign of the Tudors and all Kings and Queens to date.
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Henry VIII’s daughter Mary became Queen Mary I of England, Wales, and Ireland. She vowed to restore Catholicism to Britain.
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Mary I died disappointed that she had not had a child to keep the reign of the Tudors Catholic.
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Mary's sister, Elizabeth, who became Queen Elizabeth I of England, Ireland, and Wales, succeeded her.
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Most English people believed that to be a Catholic was to be an enemy of England.
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Elizabeth I died. The reign of the Tudors ended.
