The Tudors: Rise to Power and Royal Family

Because he thought she was too old to have more children and he wanted a son to take over as king.

Jane Seymour

Because he was desperate to have a son, and Anne Boleyn only gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth.

<p>The first-born son became the next monarch, even if the daughters were older.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Margaret (Mary I), Elizabeth (Elizabeth I), and Edward (Edward VI), who ruled England from 1553-1558, 1558-1603, and 1547-1553, respectively.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Six times: to Catherine, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Wars of the Roses were a series of wars between the two sides of the Plantagenet family, the House of Lancaster and the House of York, which lasted for over 30 years and ended with the union of the two houses under the Tudor rose.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Henry Tudor, also known as Henry VII, was the leader of the House of Lancaster and became King of England by defeating the leader of the House of York, Richard, at the Battle of Bosworth and marrying Elizabeth, an important woman from the House of York.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Tudor rose.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Henry VIII, who became King of England in 1509 and had a significant impact on English history, including the English Reformation and the establishment of the Church of England.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Henry VIII married a Spanish princess named Catherine of Aragon, and they had a daughter, Mary, born in 1516.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Plantagenet family had ruled England since the 12th century, and their internal conflicts led to the Wars of the Roses and the eventual rise of the Tudor dynasty.</p> Signup and view all the answers