England’s Royal Family

Henry VIII and his kiddies…

Absolutism

• What does it mean to have absolute power?

• What does divine right mean?

Dysfunctional Family Dysfunctional Family Tree…Tree…

1. Catherine of Aragon

(Divorced-Daughter Mary)

2. Anne Boleyn

(Executed-daughter Elizabeth)

3. Jane

(Died giving birth to Edward)

4. Anne

(Divorced)

5. Kathryn

(Executed)

6. Katherine

(Widowed)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en_szNM4Dp4 (8:25)

Henry VIII• Devout Catholic• Needs a male heir, so needs

a divorce from wife #1 • Pope says NO!• Act of Supremacy- King not

Pope became head of the Church of England

• Dies and his son (child #3) comes to rule

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EGzHsye71c (7:13)

King Edward VI• Mommy was Henry VIII’s 3rd

wife: Jane Seymour (died giving birth)

• He was raised Protestant (like Daddy)

• Took power when Henry died at age 10 in 1547

• Died at 16 from tuberculosis• He never wanted his sisters to

rule so he picked Lady Jane Grey as his heir making his sister, Mary, furious

• Mary’s supporters get Grey out of office in 9 days and turn the crown to her…A CATHOLIC YIKES!!

Queen Mary I (Bloody Mary)• Mommy was Henry’s 1st wife• Raised Catholic and spent lots of her

childhood in Spain (get it? A Catholic country!!)

• 1553 became queen after her half brother dies and marries in 1554 King Philip II of Spain (joins two powerful countries together)

• British Parliament (government) won’t acknowledge Philip as leader so he is just a figurehead

• She thinks she is pregnant but actually has a cancerous tumor growing (gross…we know!)

• Gets her “bloody” name for persecuting Protestants, actually burning 300 at the stake

• She dies in 1558 without naming an heir so her half sister becomes queen even though Mary never wanted this to happen

Elizabeth I: Queen of England• Protestant (like daddy)• Strong educated woman• Believed in advancing the country

especially economically, exploring the new world, and through the arts (like Shakespeare)

• Compromises between Catholics and Protestants- relative peace

• Built up military-Defeated the Spanish Armada

• Never married…she married her country and devoted her life to her people until her death in 1603

Elizabeth I

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HujNLAoixXw (Her dating 3:56)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BegQ3WOgFhM&list=UUAiABuhVSMZJMqyv4Ur5XqA&index=31&feature=plcp (Music video 2:28)

MOVIE TIME!!

You need a handout called “The Tudor Family of England”

Complete the movie questions and if there is time return to this powerpoint for the notes on the

back

Domestic Policies(At Home)

• Compromised between the Protestants and the Catholics

• 45 years of Stability • Prosperity

• Increased Literacy and Expanded the Arts

•Encouraged Scientific Thinking

•Loved by the People

Foreign Policies(Abroad)

• Built a strong military• Encouraged explorers (coasts of North and

South America)• Defeated Spanish Armada• Protected England against invasions

Elizabeth I Quotes“I have already joined myself in marriage to

a husband, namely the kingdom of England.”

“Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.”

“Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind.”

Never married nor produced a child to be the heir to the throne. Who would be the next monarch??????