CONvergence 2023 “Tudors: Fact & Fiction” Panel – Helpful Resources

Tudor Family Tree

https://www.hrp.org.uk/media/2935/tudor-dynasty-family-tree-school-resource.pdf

Tudor Timeline

  • 1485: Battle of Bosworth, Henry Tudor’s army defeats King Richard III. Richard is killed; Henry becomes King Henry VII.
  • 1509: Henry VII dies and is succeeded by his second son as Henry VIII. The new king marries Catherine of Aragon, his deceased older brother’s wife.
  • 1516: the future Mary I is born to Henry and Catherine
  • 1533: Henry VIII divorces Catherine of Aragon and marries Anne Boleyn; the future Elizabeth I is born 
  • May 1536: Anne Boleyn is charged with treason and executed; Henry marries Jane Seymour 11 days later
  • October 1537: Jane Seymour gives birth to Henry’s first legitimate son, the future Edward VI; Jane dies 12 days later of complications
  • January 1540: Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves
  • July 1540: Henry divorces Anne of Cleves and marries Catherine Howard
  • 1542: Catherine Howard is executed for treason
  • 1543: Henry VIII marries Katherine Parr
  • 1547: Henry VIII dies; his only legitimate son, Edward VI, becomes king at age 9
  • 1553: Edward VI dies after naming his cousin Jane Grey as queen; Jane reigns 11 days before Mary I regains the throne
  • 1554: Mary makes an unpopular marriage with the future Philip II of Spain
  • 1558: Mary I dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I 
  • 1587: Mary, Queen of Scots is executed on Elizabeth’s orders
  • 1588: Elizabeth’s navy defeats the Spanish Armada led by her former brother-in-law, Philip II of Spain
  • 1603: Elizabeth I dies, ending the Tudor dynasty

The Queens of SIX and Their Pop Influences

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-45739935

https://www.allmusic.com/blog/post/six-the-musical-how-henry-viiis-six-wives-reflect-the-influences-of-contemp

https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/six-the-musical-which-modern-day-pop-stars-are-the-queens-inspired-by.html/

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