The Tudor Family

House of Tudor Family Tree

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.

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

Take this Wives of Henry VIII Quiz to determine which of the six wives of King Henry VIII you are most like.

Detail from Henry VIII’s First Interview with Anne Boleyn by Daniel Maclise, c.1835

Ugliest wife, or luckiest wife? Anne of Cleves is known to history as being the “ugly” fourth wife of King Henry VIII, but we have reasons to believe this is mostly a case of historical slander. Anne grew up in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of what is now Germany. She was the daughter of a

Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn and half-sister to Mary I. The painting is attributed to William Scrots and was painted in the last years of Henry’s reign. This was painted at a time when Elizabeth and her sister enjoyed a friendly relationship, prior the days when it would become incredibly strained on grounds of religion and politics (and to some degree parentage).

Did Queen Elizabeth have a lover? Did they conspire to murder his wife so that they would marry? The Tudor era is genuinely fascinating - read about Robert Dudley and his role in the queen's life.

Many of our Christmas festivities come from Tudor Christmas traditions. Do you recognize any of these in your modern traditions?

There's something about tragic figures in history that catches our interest and contributes to our desire to learn as much as we can about their life and the