Hamlet The Tudor Family
House of Tudor Henry VII defeated Richard the III ending the war of Roses which was waged for 100 years. Henry had Arthur and Arthur was Prince of Wales. Father (Henry VII) engaged Arthur to Catherine of Aragon - daughter of Ferdinand and Isabelle of Spain. Spanish Armada
Catherine of Aragon
King Arthur
Henry VII decided to marry Henry VIII to Catherine. Leviticus 20:21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
Henry at 17 King 1509
Henry Vii asks the Pope for dispensation for marriage on grounds that Arthur never consummated the marriage. With Henry Viii the first seven children died in childbirth. Eventually they had Mary “Bloody Mary” Catholic Henry 8 decides he wants to marry Catherine’s lady in waiting - Anne Bolen.
Princess Mary
Henry the VIII says that Arthur and Catherine must have had sex and the curse of Leviticus is on him and he wants the Pope to undo the dispensation. The Pope would have agreed, except Prince Philip of Spain surrounded the Vatican and said he would declare war – so the Pope won’t let him divorce.
1534 Act of Supremacy – Break from the church
Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn Anne of 1000 Days Boy dies Elizabeth 1533
Jane Seymor 1536 Anne’s lady in waiting. Hampton court to await beheading
Anne of Cleves 1540 Jane has Edward, hemorrhages, and dies on the way to the Baptism. Henry marries Anne of Cleves. Pretty picture, not pretty in person.
Anne of Cleves - divorced
Catherine Howard -adulteress beheaded 1540
Katherine Parr until death do us part . . . 1543
King Henry Dies 1547 Syphilis Leaves 12 year Edward King
King Edward
Lady Jane Grey
Mary Bloody Mary 1553
Young Elizabeth
Elizabeth’s coronation 1558
Queen Elizabeth – Virgin Queen
Queen Elizabeth