Queens of England in 1500s

Queens of England in the 1500s

Top Row Left to Right: Elizabeth of York, Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, and Anne of Cleves

Bottom Row: Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr, Jane Grey, Mary Tudor, Elizabeth Tudor.

Elizabeth of York Plantagenet
Born: Feb 11, 1466
Died: Feb 11, 1503
Reigned: Jan 18, 1486 - Feb 11, 1503
Wife of Henry VII, daughter of King Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville. Is technically the true ruler of England as the oldest heir. Is Also 5th cousins with Henry. She had red gold hair and may have had a height of 5' 9" as she was reported to be tall and her father was 6' 4".

Catalina/Katherine of Aragon Trastámara, Infante
Born: Dec 16, 1485
Died: Jan 7, 1536
Reigned: June 11, 1509 – May 23, 1533
Wife of Henry VIII, daughter of Isabella I Queen of Castile and Ferdinand II King of Aragon, and descended from King Edward III of England through his son John of Gaunt who she is descended twice from his two daughters Catherine and Philippa which makes her 4th cousins with Henry VIII. She had reddish-auburn hair.

Anne Boleyn, Marquess of Pembroke
Born: 1507
Died: May 19, 1536
Reigned: May 28, 1533 – May 17, 1536
Wife of Henry VIII, daughter of Thomas Boleyn Earl of Wiltshire and Elizabeth Howard. Is Descended from King Edward I of England twice through his daughter Elizabeth Rhuddlan by his 1st wife Eleanor of Castile and through his Son Thomas Earl of Norfolk by his 2nd wife Marguerite of France. She is also 8th cousins with Henry VIII

Jane Seymore
Born: 1508
Died: Oct 24, 1537
Reigned: May 30, 1536 - Oct 24, 1537
Wife of Henry VIII, daughter of Sir John Seymour and Margery Wentworth. She is actually Anne’s 2nd cousin through their Great Grandmother Elizabeth Cheney. Through Cheney’s second marriage to Sir John Say while Anne is from Cheney’s 1st marriage to Sir Frederick Tilney. She is also descended from Edward III King of England through his son Lionel of Antwerp and is both 7th and 10th cousins with Henry VIII, but is also his 6th cousin through Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville de Raby (he is the grandfather of The earl of westmorland, and is jane's ancestor via his daughter Margaret). According to a description she was of Middle height, was no beauty, had pale blonde hair, and not very intelligent. She did not have as high an education as KOA and Anne, she could read and write and was taught household management and needlework. From the look of her portrait on wikipedia her eye color looked to be a hazelish brown.

Anne of Cleves
Born: Sep 22, 1515
Died: Jul 16, 1557
Reigned: Jan 6- July 9, 1540
Wife of Henry VIII, daughter of John III La Marck Duke of Cleves and Maria Jülich-Berg. She is descended from King Edward I of England through his daughter Margaret from his first wife Eleanor of Castile. This makes her 9th cousins with Anne and Henry VIII

Catherine Howard
Born: 1520 (between 1518 and 1524)
Died: Feb 13, 1542
Reigned: Jul 28, 1540 – Nov 23, 1541
Wife of Henry VIII, daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpeper, she is Anne Boleyn’s cousin and 8th cousins with Henry VIII

Catherine Parr
Born: 1512
Died: Sep 5, 1548
Reigned: July 12, 1543 - Jan 28, 1547
Wife of Henry VIII, daughter of Sir Thomas Parr and Maud Green, is also descended from King Edward III of England through his son John of Gaunt’s daughter Joan Beaufort and thus 8th cousins with Henry VIII. But she was also the great great great granddaughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmorland who was also the great great grandfather of Henry VIII making them also 5th cousins.

Jane Grey
Born: 1536
Died: Feb 12, 1554
Reigned: July 10, 1553 – Jul 19, 1553
Granddaughter of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon. She was said to have hair that was nearly red.

Mary I Tudor, Bloody Mary
Born: Feb 18, 1516
Died: Nov 17, 1558
Reigned: Jul 19, 1553 - Nov 17, 1558
Daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, she married her second cousin Philip II Habsburg King of Spain July 25, 1554 and co-ruled Spain from Jan 26, 1556. The marriage was childless. She was said to have had Auburn hair but it was apparently red gold at one point from her portrait when she was 6 years old and betrothed to Charles V, so it darkened.

Elizabeth I Tudor, Glorianna
Born: Sep 7, 1533
Died: Mar 24, 1603
Reigned: Nov 17, 1558 - Mar 24, 1603
Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Marquess of Pembroke. She had red-gold hair like her paternal grandmother Elizabeth of York, and was reported to have been 5' 10" in height, although she may have actually been 5' 6"


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