Tudors Flashcards
Who was king in Tudor times
Henry VII
How many wives did Henry have
6
Who was his first wife
Catherine of Aragon
Three facts about Catherine
She used to be Henry’s brothers wife
She was wed to them as a peace treating
She was catholic
Did Catherine of Aragon have a child
Yes Queen Mary
What gender child did Henry want
A boy
Who was Henry second wife
Anne Boleyn
What did Henry have to do to marry anne Boleyn
He had to break with the Roman Catholic Church so he could get a divorce
What else did Henry gain from breaking with the Roman Catholic Church
Land, power, and money
What is three facts about Anne Boleyn
They were married in secret
Had a baby girl
Executed for adultery and treason
It was Henry‘s third wife
Jane Seymour
Three facts about Jane Seymour
Queen for one year
Had a baby boy Edward VI
She died of puerperal fever
Who was Henry‘s fourth wife
Anne of cleves
Facts about anne of Cleves
Henry picked her from her portrait
He didn’t like what he ended up with
She married her for an alliance with the house of Cleves
Who was Henry’s fifth wife
Catherine Howard
Three facts about Catherine Howard
She was she was Anne Boleyn cousin
Having affairs
Daughter of Lord Edmund Howard
Who was Henry’s sixth wife
Catherine parr
Three facts about Catherine Parr
Henry VIII died when she was 35
She was married three times
She died one year after Henry did
What church did Henry start
Protestant church
When Henry died who became king
His nine-year-old son Edward VI
What did he do to the Protestant church
Took away all of the decorations and most importantly alter
When King Edward died who became Queen for nine days
Lady Jane grey
Why was she queen for nine days
Because Queen Mary felt that she should be queen so she killed her
Why was Queen Mary referred to as bloody Mary
She was called bloody Mary because she used to burn Protestants at the stakes
Does she deserve the name bloody Mary
Her way of killing people was brutal and in-human like but compared to her father and brother she wasn’t bloody
Her father killed 72,000 people her brother killed 5000+ people and she killed around 280 people.
