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The Tudors
EDWARD VI
Edward VI was the third child (first male) of King Henry VIII of England and his third wife, Queen Jane Seymour. He was much awaited by his father as he guaranteed the male succession to the English throne and the continuity of the Tudor dynasty.
To protect him from possible infections and diseases, the king ordered many precautions. He also lived away from court, in Windsor, to avoid plague epidemics periodically raged in London.
He ascended the throne in 1547 under the regency of his uncle Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset. The difficult economic situation of the country, also troubled by religious conflicts, and above all the failure of Somerset's policy favored the revolt of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland who condemned the regent to death (1552) and took his place.
During Edward's reign the influence of Protestant doctrine grew and the Book of Common Prayer was published in 1549.
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During his reign was a product of the English Reformation following the break with Rome. It was used to shape the doctrine of the Anglican Church.
BLOODY MARY
She refused to abandon her traditional faith, she believed herself to be the agent of a Counter-Reformation.
Her attempts to restore papal obedience and her marriage to the Catholic Philip of Spain made her very unpopular.
Her illness will overthrow the sovereign; during 1558 Mary I will show an enlargement of her belly, which she initially mistook for the much desired pregnancy, and which later turns out to be a fatal ovarian tumor.
Mary I Tudor was born on 19 July 1516: she was the daughter of Henry VIII, and his wife Catherine of Aragon. The marital union between the two establishes an alliance, in the sign of the common Catholic faith of the two dynasties that reign over England and Spain.
Mary I Tudor was queen of Scotland and England from 1553 to 1558: Mary earned the not very reassuring nickname of Bloody Mary or Mary the Catholic .
The origin of this nickname is due to the harsh policy of repression that Mary implemented towards English Protestants.
HENRY VII
Henry, was born on January 28, 1457 and died on April 21, 1509. He succeeded in ending the Wars of the Roses and became king by conquest.
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Elizabeth I Tudor was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 to 24 March 1603, the day of her death. Emerged victorious from the war against Spain. .
During her reign were laid the foundations of the future commercial and maritime power of the nation and began the colonization of North America.
Her policy of full support to the Church caused religious conflicts that led to attempts of conspiracy against her.
She encouraged English sea captains in their piracy against the Spanish Armada. Supremacy at sea enabled her to lay the foundations for England's overseas colonies.
ELIZABETH I
Elizabeth was crowned at the age of 25 and she was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. People liked to call her, for example, Virgin Queen, Gloriana and Good Queen Bess. Her reign became a strong European force.
Elizabeth was born on 7 September 1533 at Greenwich Palace in London. Her father was Henry VIII and her mother was Anne Boleyn, the second of Henry’s six wives.
She had received an excellent education and spoke French, Latin and Italian with ease, and possessed extraordinary political skills.
Unfortunately, Henry did not want a daughter, but a son as heir. Although Elizabeth was declared illegitimate, she received excellent Protestant education.
CURIOSITIES
-Elizabeth survived a bout of smallpox,which killed many in England at the time. She carried the scars the rest of her life.
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Henry VIII Tudor was King of England and King of Ireland from 21 April 1509 until his death in 1547. He was the founder of the Anglican Church, born following the religious schism. During his lifetime Henry had 6 wives.
HIS WIVES
Anne Boleyn was the second wife of Henry VIII, they married in order to have a non-illegitimate child. Henry VIII asked the pope for an annulment of the first marriage so that he could remarry. The pope refused to declare the marriage invalid.
Henry broke with Rome and became the "Supreme Head on Earth of the Church of England" by means of the Act of Supremacy. This gave him the right to appoint bishops, decide on articles of faith and impose his will on the monasteries.
The first was Catherine of Aragon. Henry had 3 children with her, two of whom died.
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During his last marriage, with Jane Seymour, she died in childbirth, giving birth to Edward, so Henry looked for a replacement and married Anne of Cleves.
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He made use of a large council, that dealt with judicial matters.
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