Look at the family tree of the Tudors (1485-1603). Write information about the British Royal family.

The Tudor Age

Exercises

Working with language.

Use these words to join the sentences together.

So because but when

a). Henry divorced Catherine of Aragon (because) she didn’t him a son.

b). Henry was very strong and handsome. but He was young.

c). Katherine Howard had lovers. when Henry sent her to the Tower of London.

d). Edward become King of England. so He died when he was only fifteen.

Put together these beginnings and endings of sentences.

a) Jane Seymour had a baby boy.h

b). Men fell in love with Anne Boleyn.e

c). Henry married Catherine Howard.g

d). Margaret didn’t know much about King Henry.f???????????????????????

e). when they looked into her eyes.

f). because she came from a small village.

g). after he divorced Anne Cleves.

h). and then she died.

Choose the correct beginning or ending.

1). The Tudor family came to power … after the Wars of the Roses.

after the Hundred Years’ War

after the War with Ireland

after the Wars of the Roses

2). By 1521 Henry 8^th had written an Anti-Lutheran book for which a grateful Pope awarded him the title of … Supreme Head of his new church.

Supreme Head of his new church

Defender of the Faith

Hammer of the Scots

3). Henry 8^th closed the monasteries because … he wanted to get their wealth and lands.

he wanted to get their wealth and lands

he was an atheist

he quarreled with his wife

4). Henry 8^th wanted to divorce Catherine of Aragon because … she didn’t give him a son.

she loved his brother

she didn’t give him a son

she had a nasty character

5). Henry 8^th had his second wife, Anne Boleyn, executed because … she didn’t give him a son.

she didn’t give him a son

she had six fingers on her hand

she was the mother of Elizabeth, who later became the greatest monarch England had ever known

6). Henry 8^th broke away from the Catholic Church because … the Pope refused to allow Henry to divorce Catherine of Aragon.????

the Pope refused to allow Henry to divorce Catherine of Aragon

the Pope told Henry that his marriage to Catherine was s sin

Henry wanted to become a Protestant

7). All in all Henry 8^th had … six wives.

eight wives

five wives

six wives

8). Henry 8^th wanted to have a son because … He thought that England would be weak if there were no King to follow him.

He thought that England would be weak if there were no King to follow him

He hated girls

He wanted to have somebody to play football with:D

9). After Henry’s death … His son Edward came to the throne.

His daughter Elizabeth

His wife Anne Boleyn

His son Edward

10). Elizabeth …. Became the greatest monarch England has ever known.

Mary

Elizabeth

Edward, Prince of Wales

King Henry 8^th quiz.

Look at the family tree of the Tudors (1485-1603). Write information about the British Royal family.

a). King Henry 7^th / Prince Henry 8^th.

King Henry 7^th was Prince Henry 8^th ’s father.. Prince Henry 8^th, the second monarch of their dynasty, became king when he was 17.

b). Queen Elizabeth of York / King Henry 7^th.

Queen Elizabeth of York was King’s Henry 7^th wife and queen of England. King Henry 7^th married on Princess Elizabeth, heiress of the House of York (1485)

c). Arthur, Prince of Wales Henry 8^th.???????

d). Mary 1^st and Elizabeth 1^st / King Henry 8^th.

Mary 1^st and Elizabeth 1^st were daughters of King Henry 8^th. Mary 1^st was daughter from Catherine of Aragon; Elizabeth 1^st was daughter from Anne Boleyn

e). Prince Edward 6^th / King Henry 8^th and Queen Jane Seymour.

King Henry 8^th and Queen Jane Seymour were Prince Edward 6^th’s parents. He died of consumption in 1553 aged 15 years.

2. Read the information about King Henry 8^th. Put his wives in chronical order in which they were his wives. The following rhyme may help you: “Divorced( Catherine of Aragon), beheaded( Anne Boleyn), died( Jane Seymour)

Divorced( Anne of Cleves ), beheaded( Catherine Howard), survived( Catherine Parr) ”

3. Prisoners at the Tower. Only seven people were executed on Tower Green: William, Lord Hastings (1483),1 Queen Anne Boleyn (1536), Margaret Countess of Salibery (1541), 1Queen Catherine Howard (1542), Jane, Viscountess Rochford (1542), Lady Jane Grey (1554) and Robert Devereux, 2^nd Earl of essex (1601). Which of the prisoners were King Henry 8^th’s wives?

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