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Date: the Tudors: History Worksheet 1A The Tudors: History Worksheet 1A Name: _____________________________ Date: ____________________ The Tudor Family Tree M King Henry Elizabeth of VII York Arthur Margaret King Henry Mary Tudor Tudor Tudor VIII M M M M M M M Catherine Jane Catherine of Aragon Seymour Howard Anne Anne of Catherine Boleyn Cleves Parr Queen Queen King Mary I Elizabeth I Edward VI Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2016 www.planbee.com The Tudors: History Worksheet 1B Name: _____________________________ Date: ____________________ I’m Henry VIII, one of the most famous Tudor monarchs. Have a look at my family tree and see if you can answer these questions about the Tudor family. 1. What was Henry VIII’s mother called? _________________________________________ 2. What was Henry VIII’s father called? __________________________________________ 3. How many brothers and sisters did Henry VIII have and what were their names? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Arthur Tudor and his brother Henry were both married to the same woman (although not at the same time!). What was her name? _____________________________________________________________________________ 5. How many wives did Henry VIII have? 6. How many children did Henry VIII have? 7. Who was Queen Mary I’s mother? 8. Queen Elizabeth I is one of Britain’s most famous queens. Who was her mother? _______________________________________________________________________________ 9. Who was Edward VI’s mother? _______________________________________________ 10. How old was King Edward VI when he died? 11. Queen Elizabeth I was the last of the Tudor kings and queens as she had no children. In what year did she die? __________________________________________ Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2016 www.planbee.com The Tudors: History Worksheet 1C Name: _____________________________ Date: ____________________ The Tudor Family Tree Name: Name: M Born: Born: Died: Died: Name: Name: Name: Name: Born: Born: Born: Born: Died: Died: Died: Died: M M M M M M M Name: Name: Name: Born: Born: Born: Died: Died: Died: Name: Name: Name: Born: Born: Born: Died: Died: Died: Name: Name: Name: Born: Born: Born: Died: Died: Died: Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2016 www.planbee.com The Tudors: History Worksheet 1D Name: _____________________________ Date: ____________________ I’m Queen Elizabeth I. I was the last of the kings and queens of the Tudor family. Can you use your timeline to answer these questions about the Tudor family? In what year did my grandfather, Henry VII, become king? In what year was my father, Henry VIII, born? I had an older half-sister. What was her name? I had a younger half brother. What was his name? My mother was Anne Boleyn. In what year was she beheaded? Who did Henry VIII marry after Anne Boleyn? How many times did Henry VIII marry altogether and how many children did he have? Who was queen before me? Why did the reign of the Tudor family end when I died? Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2016 www.planbee.com The Tudors: History Information Sheet The Tudor family were the kings and queens of England The Tudor from 1485 until 1603. The Tudors came to the throne Family after the Battle of Bosworth which was the last battle of the Wars of the Roses. The House of York and the House of Lancaster had fought about who should Henry VII rule the country. The House of York had a white rose as their symbol and the House of Lancaster had a red rose as their symbol. When Henry Tudor (a Elizabeth of Lancastrian) won the battle and became king, he York combined the roses to form the Tudor Rose. Henry Tudor was born in 1457. He married Elizabeth of York in 1483, two years before he became king. Elizabeth was born in 1466 and was nine years younger than Henry. Henry Tudor became King Henry VII on 22nd August 1485. Henry VII and Margaret Arthur Tudor Tudor Elizabeth of York had four children who survived beyond infancy. Their first child was a son named Arthur Tudor. He was born in 1486. He married Catherine of Aragon in 1501 but died in 1502 at the age of fifteen. Henry VII’s first daughter was named Margaret Tudor. She was born Henry VIII Mary Tudor in 1489 and died in 1541. The most famous of their four children, who later became King Henry VIII, was born in 1491. He became king in 1509 and ruled until his death in 1547. Henry had a younger sister called Mary Tudor (1496-1533). When Arthur Tudor died, his wife was betrothed to Henry. Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536) married Henry in 1509, just a few months after he became King Henry Catherine Jane Anne VIII. Catherine and Henry had a daughter called Mary of Aragon Seymour Boleyn who later became Queen Mary I. However, they divorced after more than twenty years of marriage as Catherine had not given Henry the son he wanted. Henry then married Anne Boleyn who was born around 1501 and they had a daughter together who later became Queen Elizabeth I. Anne Boleyn was beheaded in 1536. After Anne Boleyn’s death, Henry married Jane Seymour (1508-1537) and they had a son, Edward, who was born in 1537. However, Jane never recovered from the birth and she died twelve days after Edward was born. Henry next married Anne of Cleves (1515-1557) who was from Germany, but Henry disliked Anne of Catherine Catherine her instantly and they divorced after only a few months Cleves Howard Parr of marriage. Catherine Howard was next. She was Anne Boleyn’s younger cousin and was born in 1520. She followed the same fate as her aunt and was beheaded in 1542. Henry VIII’s sixth and final wife was Catherine Parr (born in 1512). She stayed married to Henry until his death in 1547 and then died a year later. Henry VIII had three surviving children with his six wives. His only son was Edward. He was nine years old when his father died and he became King Edward VI, but he died just six years later in 1553. Henry VIII’s first daughter, Mary, was born in 1516 and later became Mary I Elizabeth I Queen Mary I, also known as ‘Bloody Mary’ because of all the Protestants she put to death. She died from illness in 1558. Henry’s second daughter, Elizabeth (1533-1603) became queen in 1559 and ruled for forty-four years. Queen Elizabeth never married and had no children so when she died there were no more Tudors to rule England so the Stuart family came to power. Edward VI Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2016 www.planbee.com The Tudors: History Tudor Family Tree Name: _____________________________ Date: ____________________ The Tudor Family Tree M King Henry VII Elizabeth of York 1457 - 1509 1466 - 1503 Arthur Tudor Margaret Tudor King Henry VIII Mary Tudor 1486 - 1502 1489 - 1541 1491 - 1547 1496 - 1553 M M M M M M M Catherine of Jane Seymour Catherine Aragon Howard 1485 - 1536 1508 - 1537 1520 - 1542 Anne Boleyn Anne of Cleves Catherine Parr 1501 - 1536 1515 - 1557 1512 - 1548 Queen Mary I Queen King Edward VI Elizabeth I Born: 18th February th October Born: 7th September Born: 12 1516 1533 1537 Died: 17th November th July 1553 Died: 24th March 1603 Died: 6 1558 Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2016 www.planbee.com The Tudors: History Picture Cards King Henry VIII Arthur Tudor 1457 - 1509 1486 - 1502 Elizabeth of York Margaret Tudor 1466 - 1503 1489 - 1541 Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2016 www.planbee.com The Tudors: History Picture Cards King Henry VIII Mary Tudor 1491 - 1547 1496 - 1553 Catherine of Aragon Anne Boleyn 1485 - 1536 1501 - 1536 Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2016 www.planbee.com The Tudors: History Picture Cards Jane Seymour Anne of Cleves 1508 - 1537 1515 - 1557 Catherine Howard Catherine Parr 1520 - 1542 1512 - 1548 Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2016 www.planbee.com The Tudors: History Picture Cards Queen Mary I Queen Elizabeth I 1516 - 1558 1533 - 1603 King Edward VI 1537 - 1553 Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2016 www.planbee.com The Tudors: History Timeline Cards 1553 1536 1491 1543 Edward VI dies Anne Boleyn is Henry VII and Henry VIII marries and his sister beheaded and Elizabeth of York Catherine Parr Mary becomes Henry marries have a son, Queen Mary I Jane Seymour Henry (the future Henry VIII) 1540 1485 1537 1509 (April) Henry VIII marries Henry Tudor Henry VIII and Henry VII dies Anne of Cleves becomes King Jane Seymour and Henry VIII but divorces her Henry VII at the have a son, becomes king. a few months Battle of Boswell Edward. Jane later and marries dies after the Catherine birth Howard 1509 (June) 1547 1558 1533 (May) Henry VIII marries Henry VIII dies Queen Mary I Henry divorces his brother’s and his son dies and her Catherine of widow, become King sister Elizabeth Aragon and Catherine of Edward VI becomes marries Anne Aragon Queen Boleyn Elizabeth I 1533 (Sept) 1542 1516 1603 Henry VIII and Catherine Henry VIII and Elizabeth I dies Anne Boleyn Howard is Catherine of unmarried and have a beheaded Aragon, have a without children daughter, daughter, Mary so the reign of Elizabeth the Tudor family ends Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2016 www.planbee.com The Tudors: History Answers Worksheet 1B Name: _____________________________ Date: ____________________ I’m Henry VIII, one of the most famous Tudor monarchs. Have a look at my family tree and see if you can answer these questions about the Tudor family. 1. What was Henry VIII’s mother called? _________________________________________Elizabeth of York 2. What was Henry VIII’s father called? __________________________________________King Henry VII 3. How many brothers and sisters did Henry VIII have and what were their names? _______________________________________________________________________________He had one brother and two sisters called Arthur, Margaret and Mary.
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