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2 days ago · The House of Tudor ( / ˈtjuːdər /) [1] was an English and Welsh dynasty that held the throne of England from 1485 to 1603. [2] They descended from the Tudors of Penmynydd, a Welsh noble family, and Catherine of Valois. The Tudor monarchs ruled the Kingdom of England and the Lordship of Ireland (later the Kingdom of Ireland) for 118 years ...
- 1485; 538 years ago
- Henry VII (first Tudor king)
4 days ago · Firebrand, a new film from Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz, dramatizes the later years of Henry and Catherine’s marriage, when religious factions vied for dominance at the ailing king’s...
1 day ago · The Wars of the Roses were rooted in English socio-economic troubles caused by the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) with France, as well as the quasi-military bastard feudalism resulting from the powerful duchies created by King Edward III. The mental instability of King Henry VI revived Richard, Duke of York's interest in a claim to the throne.
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1 day ago · Poor Henry VII has been lost between Richard III (Now is the Winter of Our Discontent) and Henry VIII (divorced, beheaded, died. Divorced, beheaded, survived.) His claim to the throne, hence his over throw of Richard, can be traced back (via MSHist) to the marriage of Owen Tewdwr and the widow of Henry V, Catherine of Valois.
3 days ago · A few days after the marriage of the Protestant Henry of Navarre (Henry IV) to the Catholic Marguerite of Valois, sister of King Charles IX, the king and his mother, Catherine de Medici, ordered the murder of some of the Huguenot leaders, who had come to Paris for the wedding.
4 days ago · 'Firebrand' makes Henry VIII's final wife, Catherine Parr, more than the last line of a nursery rhyme. Stars Alicia Vikander and Jude Law tell EW about the movie that leans more into the...
4 days ago · While Charles butted heads with France, he also had a love-hate relationship with England’s Henry VIII, whose first wife Catherine of Aragon was a cousin. Charles craftily lured Henry VIII into alliances, promising the Tudor monarch support in the latter’s never-ending quest to take the French crown.
