....and now straight from the Tudor times its your Tudor...
MONARCHS
MONARCHS
Henry VII (1485 – 1509)
Henry VII was the man that in a way created the Tudors as before he was crowned he was called Henry TUDOR and that is where the name came from. He won the battle of Bosworth which happened because of an argument between England and Wales of who should be in charge that lasted for 30 years! When he won and he was crowned at Westminster Abbey.
Henry VIII (1509–1547)
Henry VIII is mostly known for his 6 wives! (That's right, 6!)
Henry became king when his older brother, Arthur, died aged at just 15!
He also put himself in charge of the church of England and brought the Catholic religion to England.
In English history, the time when he and his family lived is known as the Tudor age. Tudor was Henry's family name.
He died aged just 55.
Click here for the The Wives of Henry VIII song!
Edward VI (1547–1553)
Edward was Henry's only boy child but had very bad health problems and also died just 15. So instead he put lady Jane Grey in charge!
Lady Jane Grey (1553)
Henry VIII had said that his first daughter, Mary, should reign next in the event of King Edward VI dying young.
While Edward was still alive, however, his ministers persuaded him to make a will naming Lady Jane Grey (who had married the son of his Protector, the Duke of Northumberland) his successor to the throne. They wanted to keep England a Protestant country and Lady Jane Grey was a Protestant, unlike Mary who was a Catholic.
Lady Jane Grey was only 16 years old and did not want to be queen when her parents told her on the 10th July 1553. It is said she became sick with fright and fainted.
The people of England supported Mary and so she marched into London and took the throne nine days later on 19th July 1553.
Lady Jane Grey was then imprisoned in the Tower of London until Queen Mary had her executed the following year.
Mary I (1553 – 1558)
Queen Mary I was the first Queen Regent (who reigned in her own right rather than through marriage to a king).
She ruled for only five years between 1553 and 1558.
Mary was a Catholic and made it illegal for people to be Protestants (under King Edward VI the Act of Uniformity 1552 had made it law for everyone to be Protestant). In 1555 she banned English translations of the Bible and burned nearly 300 protestants when they refused to give up their religion. This made her very unpopular and gained her the nickname 'Bloody Mary'.
She made herself even more unpopular by marrying King Philip II of Spain and losing Calais, England's last possession in France in a war against them.
Elizabeth I (1558 – 1603)
Elizabeth was Queen of England, Ireland and Wales from 1558 to 1603. She gave her name to the 'Elizabethan Age'. It was an exciting time in English history.
This was the age of William Shakespeare's plays, Francis Drake's voyages, and the sea battles against the Spanish Armada.
Elizabeth I ruled England alone. She did not marry. So although she was queen, England had no king. This was unusual at the time.
I also found out that Elizabeth I made her own (strange) law.
So here it is!
1) A woolly hat had to be worn on a Sunday to support the wool trade.
2)A cloak can not be worn in case of an attack so that soldiers can draw there swords quicker.
3)Purple or clothes embroidered with gold or silver can only be worn by barons, viscounts or higher noble men.
However, there was no law against being naked!
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