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Tudor Family Timeline

  • Jun 11, 1509

    Henry VIII Marries Catherine of Aragon

    Catherine of Aragon
  • Period: Jun 11, 1509 to

    Tudor Monarchy

  • Feb 18, 1516

    Henry+Catherine have daughter, Mary Tudor

  • Jan 1, 1533

    Henry desires a son-king heir to throne as opposed to a daughter-Queen heir to throne; divorces Catherine out of disappointment

  • Jan 1, 1533

    Mary Tudor is sent away

  • May 3, 1533

    Marries Lady in Waiting, Anne Boleyn

  • Sep 7, 1533

    Henry+Anne have daughter, Elizabeth Tudor

  • Mar 18, 1536

    Once again, Henry is disappointed that child is not a son; has Anne beheaded

  • Mar 20, 1536

    Henry sends for Mary Tudor to return as a wet nurse for her half-sister, Elizabeth

  • Mar 30, 1536

    Henry Marries Lady in Waiting, Jane Seymor

  • Oct 24, 1537

    Henry+Jane have son, Edward Tudor; Jane dies during childbirth, but Henry is satisfied with a son

  • Oct 26, 1537

    Mary Tudor wants throne, so convinces church that Edward will be an illegitimate heir to the throne and she would have rightly been first in line to the throne; King Henry sends Mary away

  • Jan 6, 1540

    Henry marries Anne of Cleaves;

  • Jul 9, 1540

    Henry+Anne of Cleaves unable to have children (at this point, Henry is already quite old); Henry divorces Anne of Cleaves

  • Jul 28, 1540

    Henry marries Katheryn Howard

  • Feb 13, 1542

    Katheryn beheaded for treason

  • Jul 12, 1543

    Henry marries Katherine Parr; Katherine+Henry unable to have children

  • Jan 28, 1547

    Henry dies of old age; Edward crowned King

  • Jul 6, 1553

    Edward dies 6 years later; Mary becomes Queen

  • Nov 17, 1558

    Mary dies 5 years later; Elizabeth becomes Queen

  • The virgin Queen Elizabeth has no heirs; end Tudor family