Class 5.2. The Six Wives of Henry VIII. The Tudor Monarchs. The Tudors Homework Help for kids. Five hundred years ago the world was a very different place. We were only just realizing that America existed and we had no idea about Australia. England (including the Principality of Wales) and Scotland were separate kingdoms, each with their own royal family. Who were the Tudors? The Tudors were a Welsh-English family that ruled England and Wales from 1485 to 1603 - one of the most exciting periods of British history. They ruled for 118 years. Henry VII 1485 - 1509 Henry VIII 1509 - 1547 Edward VI 1547 - 1553 Jane Grey 1553 - 1553 Mary I 1553 - 1558 Elizabeth I 1558 - 1603 Tudor England had two of the strongest monarchs ever to sit on the English throne: Henry VIII and his daughter Elizabeth I. The Tudors ruled England from 1485 to 1603. The first Tudor king was Henry Vll. They are famous for many things, including the Henry VIII and his six wives, the exploration of America and the plays of William Shakespeare.
During the sixteenth century, England emerged from the medieval world. Wars of the Roses. The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic wars for the throne of England. They were fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet, the houses of Lancaster and York. They were fought in several sporadic episodes between 1455 and 1487, although there was related fighting before and after this period. The conflict resulted from social and financial troubles that followed the Hundred Years' War, combined with the mental infirmity and weak rule of Henry VI, which revived interest in the alternative claim to the throne of Richard, Duke of York.
The final victory went to a Lancastrian claimant, Henry Tudor, who defeated the last Yorkist king, Richard III, at the Battle of Bosworth Field. Name and symbols[edit] The name Wars of the Roses refers to the Heraldic badges associated with the two royal houses, the White Rose of York and the Red Rose of Lancaster. Summary of events[edit] Summary of events - Wars of the Roses Origins of the conflict[edit] Battle of Bosworth - War of the Roses.
For thirty years, a bitter struggle for the English throne was waged between two branches on the same family, the House of York and the House of Lancaster, both descended from Edward lll. Each house was represented by a rose. The division between the two families became known as The Wars of the Roses. The first fighting broke out in May 1455. The War of the Roses ended when Henry Tudor, a Lancastrian, defeated King Richard III, a Yorkist at the battle of Bosworth Field on 22 August 1485. Richard III (on the right) and his flag bearer Tudor soldiers After the battle, Henry Tudor became King Henry Vll of England and Wales. Henry Vll (representing the Lancaster family) married Elizabeth of York (representing the York family). More information The Battle of Bosworth What do we really know about the battle? Back to the top. Wars of the Roses - Medieval England for Kids!
During the Hundred Years' War, the kings of England got into a big fight about who should be king, which caused a long civil war in England. One side was the Lancaster side, which took a red rose as its symbol. The other side was the York side, which took a white rose as its symbol. In 1399 AD, at the beginning of the civil war, Richard II was king of England - that was the Lancaster side. His cousin Henry - another of King Edward III's grandsons - killed Richard and made himself King Henry IV. That was the York side. Richard III Henry V's son Henry VI succeeded him in turn, but he suffered from mental illness and couldn't rule very well. Richard, Duke of York thought he would be a good choice - and, like Henry V, Richard was also Edward III's great-grandson.
But the Lancastrian cause was taken up by someone almost totally unrelated to any earlier king, from a new family: Henry VII, whose grandfather had been married to Henry V's widow. Henry VII Welcome to Kidipede! Or. History: Tudors. HORRIBLE HISTORIES - The Tudors Song.