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Fact 1 - How did the Tudors start? The powerful Tudor family started when Owen Tudor married Catherine of Valois, the widow of Henry VI. Their son was Edmund Tudor and their grandson was Henry Tudor who became King Henry VII, the first Tudor King Fact 2 - How did the Tudors start? Henry Tudor defeated King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field which started the House of Tudor Fact 3 - When did the Tudors start? The Lancastrian Henry Tudor's victory over the Yorkist Richard III was in 1485 Fact 4 - How many Tudors ruled Britain? Five - Three Kings and Two Queens Fact 5 - Who were Kings and Queens of the Tudors dynasty? The royal dynasty of the Tudors were: King Henry VII (1457 - 1509) King Henry VIII (1491 - 1547) King Edward VI (1537 - 1553) Queen Mary I (Bloody Mary - 1516 - 1558) Queen Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603) Fact 6 - How long did the Tudors rule? 1485 - 1603. The Tudor period started with the reign of Henry VII in 1485 and ended with the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603 Fact 7 - On 18 January 1486 Henry VII married Elizabeth of York, the daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville uniting the Houses of York and Lancaster, ending the Wars of the Roses Fact 8 - What was the Tudor family emblem? The Tudor Rose Fact 9 - Why was the Tudor rose formed? To represent the fusion of the Lancastrian and Yorkist noble factions. The Tudor rose was formed by combining the red rose which was the emblem of the House of Lancaster and the white rose which was the emblem of the House of York Fact 10 - The father of King Henry VII, Edmund Tudor, died before he was born and Henry was raised by his uncle Jasper Tudor Fact 11 - Edmund Tudor married Margaret Beaufort who was a descendent of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford Fact 12 - The Lancastrian rebellion against the Yorkist King Richard III followed the disappearance of the Princes in the Tower ( the two young brothers of Elizabeth of York)
Five hundred years ago the world was a very different place. The Tudors ruled England from 1485 to 1603. The first Tudor king was Henry VII. He became king after the battle of Bosworth field, which ended the War of the Roses. The Tudors were famous of many things, but including the Henry VIII and his six wives, the exploration of America and the plays of William Shakespeare. In Tudors times Life had many problems. Towns were getting overcrowded. The roads where getting very very mudddy and it was getting destroyed Tracks and travelling was getting difficult. During 118 years of Tudor rule, England became richer than ever before. During the sixteenth century, England emerged from the medieval world. The Tudors and Queen Elizabeth I they had to wear woolly hats every Sundays.
Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth 1 loved lots of plays by Shakespeare. Her favourite one was 'Titus Andronicus'. Which Roman Emperor Titus serves up a unusual pic to one unfortunate women. The pic is made out of her 2 sons. That is strange and funny!!! . Her father Henry 8 had six sorry wives.
I found out that Queen Elizabeth I told people to wear woolly hats on Sundays because she wanted Sundays to be fun and happy especially to make people smile as they see each other when they walk past!!!
Queen Elizabeth was born on the 7th September 1533 Greenwich,England.
1.Queen Elizabeth was mostly pictured with extremely white skin although it was a famous fashion then, she also did it for covering up scars from the small pocks.
2.She was Shakespeare In Love but she would never attend at the Globe Theatre, instead she bought the theatre to her, she had people perform plays at court.
3.Since Queen Elizabeth didn't marry or have any children, she was known as "The Virgin Queen". As she had no children there was no one else to take the throne, so instead the title went to the King of Scotland, James VI, who had some family link to Elizabeth somehow.
4.When she was getting old, she wasn't afraid of her own relfection so she kept mirrors in nearly every room.
1.Tudors are famous for lots of things including King Henry VIII and his six wives, new religious ideas and exploring different countries. 2. There were few books in Tudor schools, so pupils read from Horn books instead. 3. In the Tudor times they did not eat with a fork, they ate with spoons, knives and with their hands. 4.On Sundays Queen Elizabeth had said for people to where woolly hats. 5. King Henry's warship had 186 guns. 6.Queen Elizabeth called the Duke of Alencon her little frog. 7. Shakespeare and his actors performed too Elizabeth on Christmas 8. Elizabeth swore at people and spat at them. She also picked here black teeth in public.
The Tudors are one of the most famous families ever to rule England from 1485 to 1603. The 1st tudor king was Henrry viii ,who became king after the battle of Bosworth Field . During the Tudor's ruled time the Tudor family became very famous for reasons such as Henrry viii who married six wives and two of them were beheaded.The people on that time wore very colorful clothes. There was lots of rush down the city .Traveling was very difficult because most of the roads were muddy tracks also people were suffering from many diseases . England became richer than ever before during tudor ruled.beautiful houses were built and schools and colleges were set up, arts and crafts flourished.
Queen Elizabeth I: 1. Elizabeth was named after both her grandmas, Elizabeth Howard and Elizabeth of York. 2.The Tudors were a ruling family from 1485-1603. 3. The last Tudor was Queen Elizabeth I who died in 1603 that was when it was the end of the Tudors. 4. It was called the Tudor family because King Henry VII otherwise known as Henry Tudor won the thrown after the battle of Bosworth field. 5. Edward VI (Henry VII's son) only ruled for a little while when dying with bad health at the age of 15. 6. The Tudors are famous for Henry VIII's six wives, new religion ideas and explorations of different countries. 7.Henry VII's second son Henry VIII, became king after his older brother Arthur died at the age of 15. 8. The Tudor rose was made after Henry VII ended the war of roses. He joined the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster which created the Union rose or Tudor rose and is still used as the floral emblem of England today! 9. The Tudors liked eating different types of meat but did not have fridges or freezers to store them in so they rubbed salt on them so that they could be preserved. 10. People in Tudor times did not use forks, instead they used knives, spoons and their fingers.
Tudor 1.Queen Mary of Scots is all so called Bloody Mary. 2.Queen Elizabeth was the last Tudor. 3.The Tudors were Welsh-English people that ruled both England and Wales. 4.Queen Elizabeth was a fan of William Shakespeare. 5.On Sunday they would wear willy hats 6.During 118 years of Tudor rule, England became richer than ever before. 7.Long hours studying and working didn't stop Tudor children having fun and playing games
Why is Queen Elizabeth famous? Elizabeth was queen of England,Ireland and Wales from 1558 to 1603.She gave her name to Elizabethan age. It was an exciting time in England history. This was the age of William Shakespeare's plays, Francis Drakes Voyages,and the sea battles against the Spanish Armada👏
1. The Tudors only washed about one or two times a year but Queen Elizabeth I washed about four times a year. 2. Anne Boleyn was accused of witchcraft, it is said that she had 11 fingers. 3. Henry VIII had a fondness of fart jokes and other less sociable body functions. 4. It is said that even though Henry VIII was a large man he had a high pitched voice. 5. The Tudors played football with a pig’s bladder. 6. The Tudors sometimes put toast in beer. 7. If you were caught not wearing a woolly hat on Sundays you would be put in the stocks and public would throw rotten eggs and rubbish at you. 8. When Henry VIII ruled around 35 people were beheaded each week. 9. Human poo mixed with honey was used by Tudor dentists to take out rotten teeth. 10. There was so much head lice back then that everyone had to wear hats.
Queen Elizabeth I ascended to the throne of England on November 17, 1558 and ruled until her death in 1603.Elizabeth I is the ninth-longest serving British monarch in history. Her rule brought about stability and peace in Britain, and is often mentioned as one of the best periods in the history of the UK.
1. In tudor times they only washed about one or two times a year but Queen Elizabeth washed about three or four times a year because they didn't have anything to wash with. 2.In the tudor the times the average age to live was about 35 years old. 3. Queen Elizabeth loved Shakespear plays in her spair time she would go to the globe thearte and watch one of his plays. 4. There were six Tudor monarchs the first one was king Henry VII and the last was Queen Elizabeth I. 5.Religion was very important in Tudor times. Everyone had to go to church and it was the best if you went to the same ones as the king and queens. 6. Queen Mary had 280 people killed because of their religion that is why she is named bloody Mary.
1.Henry VIII had a fondness for fart jokes. 2.Henry built a 2 story lavatory at Hampton court palace. 3.Henry did a lot of gambling and lost £3250 on cards. 4.By the end of his life Henrys life his waistline measured 4 and a half feet he had mechanical devices to get him in and out of bed. 5.Anne Boleyn had dogs and she had a greyhound and a poodle . 6.sadly her poodle fell out of a window and died just weeks before Annes death. 7.Anne Boleyn had 11 fingers. 8.Henry died because he blew up. 9.Mary got her name bloody mary because she ordered 277 deaths. 10.Henry employed someone to wipe his bottom.
•Elizabeth I was the daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn. •Elizabeth was named after both her grandmothers, Elizabeth Howard and Elizabeth of York. •Elizabeth’s mother Anne Boleyn was executed when Elizabeth was just two years old.
Queen Elizabeth was queen of England. The song ring - a - ring - a - roses represent the ring on there arms the part when they start blowing there noses the poses made them start sneezing when we all fall down is when the die.Mary queen of scots was Elizabeth's cuzen Mary's name also means bloody Mary.
Elizabeth was Queen of England, Ireland and Wales from 1558 to 1603. She was born in November, 7, 1533 in Greenwich, London, died in March 24, 1603, Richmond Palace, London and buried in Henry VII Chapel.
Elizabeth was a daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn. She was born a princess, but lost this status when Henry decided to have Anne's head chopped off, when Elizabeth was just over 2 and a half years old. After this and until she was "Queened" she was Lady Elizabeth.
Queen Elizabeth I never married and never had any children. For this reason, she is sometimes known as The Virgin Queen. As she didn't have any children, there was no heir to the throne in her family line (the Tudors), so the title went to the King of Scotland, James VI, who had some family link to Elizabeth somehow.
Queen Elizabeth I would sometimes wear a frog-shaped earring, given to her as a gift from Francois, the Duke of Anjou. This was probably because Elizabeth called Francois her "frog".
Queen Elizabeth I is sometimes pictured as wearing thick white makeup. Although this look was apparently fashionable at the time, Elizabeth did it to cover up scars left from a bout of smallpox.
Elizabeth could understand several languages: English, Latin, Greek, Italian, French, Spanish, Welsh and apparently even Cornish, a language which is now only spoken by about 2,000 people in Cornwall.
Queen Elizabeth I made a law that on Sundays Tudors had to wear woolly hats because she wanted everyone to smile and be happy days. If you were caught not wearing woolly hats on Sunday you will be sent to prison and people will throw rubbish and horrible object at you.
Fun Facts
1. She had the smallpox in 1562 and survived. 2. Elizabeth I loved pictures painted of herself. 3. After becoming Queen she loved dressing in fancy gowns and clothes. 4. She was a huge fan of Shakespeare's plays. 5. Her nicknames were Good Queen Bess and The Virgin Queen. 6.Some people say that she became sick by putting chalk and chemicals on her face to make her look pale, it was the fashion in the Tudor times.
Leonardo da Vinci was born on 15 April 1452 near the Tuscan town. Leonardo da Vinci died on the 2 May 1519.Leonardo da Vinci panted lots and lots of pictures like Mona Lisa in 1517 , The last supper in 1498, Virgin of the Rocks in 1486, Ginevra de' Benci in 1478 , The Baptism of Christ in 1475 and The lady with an Ermine in 1490. Leonardo Da Vinci was in Milan until the city was invaded by the French in 1499. In about 1483, he moved to Milan to work for a engineer, sculptor, painter and architect.
Fact 1 - How did the Tudors start? The powerful Tudor family started when Owen Tudor married Catherine of Valois, the widow of Henry VI. Their son was Edmund Tudor and their grandson was Henry Tudor who became King Henry VII, the first Tudor King
ReplyDeleteFact 2 - How did the Tudors start? Henry Tudor defeated King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field which started the House of Tudor
Fact 3 - When did the Tudors start? The Lancastrian Henry Tudor's victory over the Yorkist Richard III was in 1485
Fact 4 - How many Tudors ruled Britain? Five - Three Kings and Two Queens
Fact 5 - Who were Kings and Queens of the Tudors dynasty? The royal dynasty of the Tudors were:
King Henry VII (1457 - 1509)
King Henry VIII (1491 - 1547)
King Edward VI (1537 - 1553)
Queen Mary I (Bloody Mary - 1516 - 1558)
Queen Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603)
Fact 6 - How long did the Tudors rule? 1485 - 1603. The Tudor period started with the reign of Henry VII in 1485 and ended with the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603
Fact 7 - On 18 January 1486 Henry VII married Elizabeth of York, the daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville uniting the Houses of York and Lancaster, ending the Wars of the Roses
Fact 8 - What was the Tudor family emblem? The Tudor Rose
Fact 9 - Why was the Tudor rose formed? To represent the fusion of the Lancastrian and Yorkist noble factions. The Tudor rose was formed by combining the red rose which was the emblem of the House of Lancaster and the white rose which was the emblem of the House of York
Fact 10 - The father of King Henry VII, Edmund Tudor, died before he was born and Henry was raised by his uncle Jasper Tudor
Fact 11 - Edmund Tudor married Margaret Beaufort who was a descendent of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford
Fact 12 - The Lancastrian rebellion against the Yorkist King Richard III followed the disappearance of the Princes in the Tower ( the two young brothers of Elizabeth of York)
Five hundred years ago the world was a very different place.
ReplyDeleteThe Tudors ruled England from 1485 to 1603.
The first Tudor king was Henry VII. He became king after the battle of Bosworth field, which ended the War of the Roses.
The Tudors were famous of many things, but including the Henry VIII and his six wives, the exploration of America and the plays of William Shakespeare.
In Tudors times Life had many problems.
Towns were getting overcrowded.
The roads where getting very very mudddy and it was getting destroyed Tracks and travelling was getting difficult.
During 118 years of Tudor rule, England became richer than ever before.
During the sixteenth century, England emerged from the medieval world.
The Tudors and Queen Elizabeth I they had to wear woolly hats every Sundays.
Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth 1 loved lots of plays by Shakespeare. Her favourite one was 'Titus Andronicus'. Which Roman Emperor Titus serves up a unusual pic to one unfortunate women. The pic is made out of her 2 sons. That is strange and funny!!! . Her father Henry 8 had six sorry wives.
ReplyDeleteI found out that Queen Elizabeth I told people to wear woolly hats on Sundays because she wanted Sundays to be fun and happy especially to make people smile as they see each other when they walk past!!!
ReplyDeleteQueen Elizabeth, interesting facts
ReplyDeleteQueen Elizabeth was born on the 7th September 1533 Greenwich,England.
1.Queen Elizabeth was mostly pictured with extremely white skin although it was a famous fashion then, she also did it for covering up scars from the small pocks.
2.She was Shakespeare In Love but she would never attend at the Globe Theatre, instead she bought the theatre to her, she had people perform plays at court.
3.Since Queen Elizabeth didn't marry or have any children, she was known as "The Virgin Queen". As she had no children there was no one else to take the throne, so instead the title went to the King of Scotland, James VI, who had some family link to Elizabeth somehow.
4.When she was getting old, she wasn't afraid of her own relfection so she kept mirrors in nearly every room.
Terrible Tudors
ReplyDelete1.Tudors are famous for lots of things including King Henry VIII and his six wives, new religious ideas and exploring different countries.
2. There were few books in Tudor schools, so pupils read from Horn books instead.
3. In the Tudor times they did not eat with a fork, they ate with spoons, knives and with their hands.
4.On Sundays Queen Elizabeth had said for people to where woolly hats.
5. King Henry's warship had 186 guns.
6.Queen Elizabeth called the Duke of Alencon her little frog.
7. Shakespeare and his actors performed too Elizabeth on Christmas
8. Elizabeth swore at people and spat at them. She also picked here black teeth in public.
The Tudors are one of the most famous families ever to rule England from 1485 to 1603. The 1st tudor king was Henrry viii ,who became king after the battle of Bosworth Field . During the Tudor's ruled time the Tudor family became very famous for reasons such as Henrry viii who married six wives and two of them were beheaded.The people on that time wore very colorful clothes. There was lots of rush down the city .Traveling was very difficult because most of the roads were muddy tracks also people were suffering from many diseases . England became richer than ever before during tudor ruled.beautiful houses were built and schools and colleges were set up, arts and crafts flourished.
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ReplyDelete1. Elizabeth was named after both her grandmas, Elizabeth Howard and Elizabeth of York.
2.The Tudors were a ruling family from 1485-1603.
3. The last Tudor was Queen Elizabeth I who died in 1603 that was when it was the end of the Tudors.
4. It was called the Tudor family because King Henry VII otherwise known as Henry Tudor won the thrown after the battle of Bosworth field.
5. Edward VI (Henry VII's son) only ruled for a little while when dying with bad health at the age of 15.
6. The Tudors are famous for Henry VIII's six wives, new religion ideas and explorations of different countries.
7.Henry VII's second son Henry VIII, became king after his older brother Arthur died at the age of 15.
8. The Tudor rose was made after Henry VII ended the war of roses. He joined the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster which created the Union rose or Tudor rose and is still used as the floral emblem of England today!
9. The Tudors liked eating different types of meat but did not have fridges or freezers to store them in so they rubbed salt on them so that they could be preserved.
10. People in Tudor times did not use forks, instead they used knives, spoons and their fingers.
Hi Ali, your facts are really nice especially your first fact.
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ReplyDelete1.Queen Mary of Scots is all so called Bloody Mary.
2.Queen Elizabeth was the last Tudor.
3.The Tudors were Welsh-English people that ruled both England and Wales.
4.Queen Elizabeth was a fan of William Shakespeare.
5.On Sunday they would wear willy hats
6.During 118 years of Tudor rule, England became richer than ever before.
7.Long hours studying and working didn't stop Tudor children having fun and playing games
Why is Queen Elizabeth famous?
ReplyDeleteElizabeth was queen of England,Ireland and Wales from 1558 to 1603.She gave her name to Elizabethan age. It was an exciting time in England history. This was the age of William Shakespeare's plays, Francis Drakes Voyages,and the sea battles against the Spanish Armada👏
Ten “Horrible” Facts about Tudors
ReplyDelete1. The Tudors only washed about one or two times a year but Queen Elizabeth I washed about four times a year.
2. Anne Boleyn was accused of witchcraft, it is said that she had 11 fingers.
3. Henry VIII had a fondness of fart jokes and other less sociable body functions.
4. It is said that even though Henry VIII was a large man he had a high pitched voice.
5. The Tudors played football with a pig’s bladder.
6. The Tudors sometimes put toast in beer.
7. If you were caught not wearing a woolly hat on Sundays you would be put in the stocks and public would throw rotten eggs and rubbish at you.
8. When Henry VIII ruled around 35 people were beheaded each week.
9. Human poo mixed with honey was used by Tudor dentists to take out rotten teeth.
10. There was so much head lice back then that everyone had to wear hats.
Queen Elizabeth I ascended to the throne of England on November 17, 1558 and ruled until her death in 1603.Elizabeth I is the ninth-longest serving British monarch in history. Her rule brought about stability and peace in Britain, and is often mentioned as one of the best periods in the history of the UK.
ReplyDeleteweird facts top 3.
1.Elizabeth I was terrified of MICE.
2.she survived smallpox.
3.she used alot of chemicals to make her pale.
1. In tudor times they only washed about one or two times a year but Queen Elizabeth washed about three or four times a year because they didn't have anything to wash with.
ReplyDelete2.In the tudor the times the average age to live was about 35 years old.
3. Queen Elizabeth loved Shakespear plays in her spair time she would go to the globe thearte and watch one of his plays.
4. There were six Tudor monarchs the first one was king Henry VII and the last was Queen Elizabeth I.
5.Religion was very important in Tudor times. Everyone had to go to church and it was the best if you went to the same ones as the king and queens.
6. Queen Mary had 280 people killed because of their religion that is why she is named bloody Mary.
1.Henry VIII had a fondness for fart jokes.
ReplyDelete2.Henry built a 2 story lavatory at Hampton court palace.
3.Henry did a lot of gambling and lost £3250 on cards.
4.By the end of his life Henrys life his waistline measured 4 and a half feet he had mechanical devices to get him in and out of bed.
5.Anne Boleyn had dogs and she had a greyhound and a poodle .
6.sadly her poodle fell out of a window and died just weeks before Annes death.
7.Anne Boleyn had 11 fingers.
8.Henry died because he blew up.
9.Mary got her name bloody mary because she ordered 277 deaths.
10.Henry employed someone to wipe his bottom.
•Elizabeth I was the daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn.
ReplyDelete•Elizabeth was named after both her grandmothers, Elizabeth Howard and Elizabeth of York.
•Elizabeth’s mother Anne Boleyn was executed when Elizabeth was just two years old.
FUN FACTS ON QUEEN ELIZABETH I:
ReplyDelete*Queen Elizabeth I would sometimes wear a frog-shaped earring, given to her as a gift from Francois, the Duke of Anjou.
* Henry VIII suffered from bipolar, a mental condition.
*She wore the first wrist hatch to appear in England!
*Despite her vanity Elizabeth didn't spend much of her money on clothes.
Queen Elizabeth was queen of England. The song ring - a - ring - a - roses represent the ring on there arms the part when they start blowing there noses the poses made them start sneezing when we all fall down is when the die.Mary queen of scots was Elizabeth's cuzen Mary's name also means bloody Mary.
ReplyDeleteQueen Elizabeth facts
ReplyDeleteElizabeth was Queen of England, Ireland and Wales from 1558 to 1603.
She was born in November, 7, 1533 in Greenwich, London, died in March 24, 1603, Richmond Palace, London and buried in Henry VII Chapel.
Elizabeth was a daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn. She was born a princess, but lost this status when Henry decided to have Anne's head chopped off, when Elizabeth was just over 2 and a half years old. After this and until she was "Queened" she was Lady Elizabeth.
Queen Elizabeth I never married and never had any children. For this reason, she is sometimes known as The Virgin Queen. As she didn't have any children, there was no heir to the throne in her family line (the Tudors), so the title went to the King of Scotland, James VI, who had some family link to Elizabeth somehow.
Queen Elizabeth I would sometimes wear a frog-shaped earring, given to her as a gift from Francois, the Duke of Anjou. This was probably because Elizabeth called Francois her "frog".
Queen Elizabeth I is sometimes pictured as wearing thick white makeup. Although this look was apparently fashionable at the time, Elizabeth did it to cover up scars left from a bout of smallpox.
Elizabeth could understand several languages: English, Latin, Greek, Italian, French, Spanish, Welsh and apparently even Cornish, a language which is now only spoken by about 2,000 people in Cornwall.
Queen Elizabeth I made a law that on Sundays Tudors had to wear woolly hats because she wanted everyone to smile and be happy days. If you were caught not wearing woolly hats on Sunday you will be sent to prison and people will throw rubbish and horrible object at you.
ReplyDeleteFun Facts
1. She had the smallpox in 1562 and survived.
2. Elizabeth I loved pictures painted of herself.
3. After becoming Queen she loved dressing in fancy gowns and clothes.
4. She was a huge fan of Shakespeare's plays.
5. Her nicknames were Good Queen Bess and The Virgin Queen.
6.Some people say that she became sick by putting chalk and chemicals on her face to make her look pale, it was the fashion in the Tudor times.
Leonardo da Vinci was born on 15 April 1452 near the Tuscan town. Leonardo da Vinci died on the 2 May 1519.Leonardo da Vinci panted lots and lots of pictures like Mona Lisa in 1517 , The last supper in 1498, Virgin of the Rocks in 1486, Ginevra de' Benci in 1478 , The Baptism of Christ in 1475 and The lady with an Ermine in 1490. Leonardo Da Vinci was in Milan until the city was invaded by the French in 1499. In about 1483, he moved to Milan to work for a engineer, sculptor, painter and architect.
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