Tudor Family Tree – Tudor Family Facts

Prominent European royal house was the house of Tudor. From 1485 to 1603, Tudor family ruled the Kingdom of England. First monarch of this kingdom was Henry Tudor. Henry’s father and grand father was the rulers of the Welsh principality of Deheubarth and his mother belonged to a family which was in a legitimized branch of the English royal House of Lancaster. The information of tudor family tree and history and facts about tudor family is given below.

Tudor family was full of the most colorful people in history so that the Tudor family rose was red rose. Henry Tudor, Duke of Richmond defeats Richard III at Bosworth Field, and became Henry VII. Henry VII married Elizabeth of York and joined the two feuding families of the Yorks and the Lancasters. The Tudor family combined the Red rose of the Lancasters with the White rose of the Yorks to make the Tudor rose to symbolize the union of the Yorks and the Lancasters.

In 1542, the Tudors extended their power beyond England, achieving the full union of England and the Principality of Wales and successfully asserting English authority over the Kingdom of Ireland. For just over a century, five Tudor monarchs ruled their domains. During the Tudor era, Henry VII and Henry VIII of England was line male heir to live to the age of majority; and issues around the Royal succession became major political themes.

With the death of Elizabeth I of England, The Tudor line failed in 1603. Elizabeth died at Richmond Palace on 24 March 1603 without an issue. In the female line, only the Tudor dynasty was survived. For most of the following century she had occupy the English throne with the House of Stuart.

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Timeline of Tudor Empire:

Timeline of Tudor Empire is given below to show that which ruler had ruled in which year, like from 1485 to 1502, Henry VII ruled over the Kingdom of England.

• 1485: Henry Tudor, Duke of Richmond defeats Richard III at Bosworth Field, and becomes Henry VII.
• 1502: James IV of Scotland marries Margaret, daughter of Henry VII.
• 1503: Giuliano della Rovere becomes Pope Julius II.
• 1509: Henry VIII succeeds to the throne of England.
• 1515: Thomas Wolsey, Archbisop of York, is made Lord Chancellor of England.
• 1516: Mary Tudor born to Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.
• 1517: Martin Luther objects to the Church practice of selling indulgences in his “95 Theses.”
• 1521: Pope Leo X bestows title ‘Defender of the Faith’ (Fidei Defensor) on Henry VIII.
• 1523: Giulio de’ Medici becomes Pope Clement VII.
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