Tudor dynasty

The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor (Welsh: Tudur) is a series of five monarchs of Welsh origin who ruled England from 1485 until 1603. The three main monarchs (Henry VII, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I) each played an important part in turning England from a European backwater still immersed in the Middle Ages into a powerful Renaissance state that in the coming centuries would dominate most of the planet.

Monarchs of England

The five Tudor monarchs were:

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• King Henry VII (1485-1509)
• his son, King Henry VIII (1509-1547)
• his son, King Edward VI (1547-1553)
• his elder half-sister, Queen Mary I (1553-1558)
• her younger half-sister, Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603)

Henry VII's great granddaughter, Lady Jane Grey also served as Queen for nine days before Mary I deposed her.

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