The Beginning of Tudors' Era

15th January 1559

King Henry VII

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          Tudors' period began in 1485 after King Richard III's defeat on 22 August at Bosworth by King Henry VII (1457-1509). This battle was between a Yorkist king and a Lancastrian claiming as true heir to the throne. His victory is also the ending of the War of the Roses which started in 1455 because of marrying the Yorkist heiress, Elizabeth of York, King Edward IV's first born daughter.

Lady Jane Grey

          Their second son and heir, Henry, suceeded his father to the throne when he died, he older brother Arthur Prince of Wales died in 1502. He became King of England on 21 April 1509 and was crowned on 24 June 1509.

         He had six spouses, Catherine of Aragon (divorced) who gave him a girl, Mary I, Anne Boleyn (executed), mother of Elizabeth I, Jane Seymour (died of fever), mother of Edward VI, Anne of Cleves (divorced), Catherine Howard (executed) and Catherine Parr (survived).

King Henry VIII

          Then King Henry VIII died and his son, Edward became King of England but he also died on 6 July 1553. Lady Jane Grey, the Nine' Days Queen and Mary I succeeded him. The first born daughter of King Henry VIII, Mary, died on 17 October 1558 and her step-sister Elizabeth was proclamed Queen of England the same day, and today was her coronation.

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth I

           Even if Tudors' era is not finished, we could say during this period, England developed culturally and socially. The Tudors court played a prominent part in the cultural Renaissance taking place in Europe, nurturing all-round individual such as Cardinal Wolsey. The Tudors' period also saw the turbulence of two changes of official religion, resulting in the martyrdom of manyinnocent believers of both Protestantism and RomanCatholiscism. The fear of Roman Catholiscism induced by the Reformation was to last for several centuries and to play an influential role in history of Succession.

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