The tudor family

House of Tudor Family Tree

"Allegory of the Tudor Succession", c. 1572. Attr. to Lucas de Heere. Sudeley Castle.

Mary, Queen of Scots family tree.

Tudor Family Tree

1567 - Portrait of William Brooke, Lord Cobham and family. English School. Collection: Longleat House.

The House of Tudors is one without shortage of fascinating stories that never ceases to captivate history buffs. See our list here of the best books about Tudor history.

The 6 Wives

The Tudor Rose

Elizabeth Tailboys was the Tudor monarch's illegitimate lovechild who would have changed the course of English history had the King, pictured acknowledged her as his at the time.

In Nicholas Orme's snapshot of Tudor children in his new book on the subject, we see 1500s illustrations of toddlers in their wheeled walking frames, and they all look like little wizened old men.

Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Days'Queen was Queen of England and Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553.

Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn

Celebrate the holiday in style, the way Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn did. Learn the customs from the Tudor dynasty. Some of their celebrations may seem very familiar.

The painting to the right is a very interesting artifact of the Tudor era. According to the Latin inscription in the upper right corner, it's a portrait of Cornelia Burch, age two months. It was painted in 1581 by an unknown artist. We don't know who Cornelia was. It's been theorized that she was the daughter of Thomas, Lord Burgh, who was the English ambassador to Scotland, but there's no proof of it. The painting is interesting for several reasons. Relatively few Tudor era infant portraits…

"We're one of a kind, no category. Too many years lost in his story. We're free to take our crown and glory. For five more minutes. We're SIX."

"Under These Restless Skies" is a novel set during the reign of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. The site explores topics and people of the Tudor age.