The Tudor Monarchs

Catherine of Aragon

Anne Boleyn

Jane Seymour

Henry VIII

(1509-1547)

Jane Seymour

Edward VI

(1547-1553)

Catherine of Aragon Anne Boleyn

Mary Tudor

(1553-1558)Elizabeth I

(1558-1603)

Henry VIII

• “Defender of Faith”• Act of Supremacy• Convents and monasteries

closed, lands seized• At odds with the Pope over

his refusal to annul his marriage

• Loyal Catholics executed for treason

Edward VI

• Advisors were Protestants

• Parliament passed new laws that brought Protestant reforms

• Book of Common Prayer

• Uprisings harshly suppressed

Mary Tudor

• Catholic• Protestants burned at

the stake

Mary’s husband King Philip II of Spain

Elizabeth I

• Compromise between Protestants & Catholics

• Restored unity to England

• England firmly became a Protestant nation