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English Kings and Queens

The Tudor Line

The Stuart Line


The Tudor Line of Kings and Queens
Descendants of Henry Tudor VII, King of England

 1   Henry Tudor VII, King of England 1471 - 1509
..  +Elizabeth of York 1471 -
............. 2   Margaret Tudor 1489 - 1541
.................  +James Stuart IV, King of Scotland 1488 - 1513
............................ 3   James Stuart V of Scotland 1512 - 1542
................................  +Mary Guise 1515 - 1560
                 See the rest of this line in the Stuart lineage below.
............. 2   Arthur Tudor 1491 - 1502
.................  +[1] Catherine of Aragon 1485 - 1536
............. 2   Henry Tudor VIII, King of England 1491 - 1547
.................  +Jane Seymour 1509 - 1537
............................ 3   Edward VI - 1553
                                  King for only a short time as a youth, died young
.............  *2nd Wife of Henry Tudor VIII, King of England:
.................  +[1] Catherine of Aragon 1485 - 1536
............................ 3   Bloody Mary 1516 - 1558
                                   Queen for 5 years, Catholic, killed hundreds of protestants
................................  +Phillip II of Spain
                                    The King of Spain, who sent the Armada to England, to meet drastic defeat by Elizabeth
.............  *3rd Wife of Henry Tudor VIII, King of England:
.................  +Anne Boleyn 1501 - 1536
............................ 3   Elizabeth I 1533 - 1603
                                  Queen Elizabeth - succeeded Bloody Mary, ruled for 40 years
.............  *4th Wife of Henry Tudor VIII, King of England:
.................  +Anne of Cleves 1515 - 1557
.............  *5th Wife of Henry Tudor VIII, King of England:
.................  +Kathryn Howard 1521 - 1542
.............  *6th Wife of Henry Tudor VIII, King of England:
.................  +Katherine Parr 1512 - 1548

          2  Mary Tudor 1496 - 1533
              ..  +Louis XII, King of France 1461 -
                 *2nd Husband of Mary Tudor:
                  ..  +Charles Brandon, First Duke of Suffolk 1484 -
                ............. 3   Frances Brandon 1517 -
                .................  +Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk
             ............................ 4   Jane Grey 1537 - 1554
                                            This is the teenage Queen of England for nine days and then executed by Bloody Mary.
                                              See web page
            ................................   +Guilford Dudley
 

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The Stuart Line of Kings and Queens

The Stuart line, beginning with Jame IV, King of Scotland
 

 1   James Stuart IV, King of Scotland 1488 - 1513
..  +Margaret Tudor 1489 - 1541
            Margaret was the sister of King Henry Tudor VIII
......... 2   James Stuart V of Scotland 1512 - 1542
.............  +Mary Guise 1515 - 1560
.................... 3   Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots 1542 - 1587
                          This Mary was executed by Elizabeth in 1687
........................  +Bothwell
....................  *2nd Husband of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots:
........................  +Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley 1545 - 1567
............................... 4   James Stuart I, King of Britain 1566 - 1625
                                       Already the King of Scotland, he succeeded Elizabeth I in 1603 to the throne of Britain
...................................  +Anne Oldenburg, of Denmark 1574 - 1619
........................................... 5   Charles Stuart I 1600 - 1649
                                                    Charles I was beheaded in 1649 by Cromwell, the Puritan winner of the Civil War
...............................................  +Henrietta de Bourborn 1609 - 1669
...................................................... 6   Charles Stuart II 1630 - 1685
                                                             Charles II succeeded to the crown after Cromwell died, returning the tide to the Catholics
...................................................... 6   James Stuart II 1633 - 1701
                                                              James II succeeded his brother, more Catholic tendencies, dethroned by his nephew and
                                                                daughter, with more Protestant tendencies.
..........................................................  +Anne Hyde
................................................................. 7   [2] Mary Stuart II, Queen of Britain 1662 - 1694
.....................................................................  +[1] William Stuart, King of Britain 1650 - 1702
                                                                            These two first cousins marry and take the throne from James II, peacefully
................................................................. 7   Anne Stuart, Queen of Britain 1665 - 1714
                                                                        The last of the Stuart monarchs, from 1602-1714
......................................................  *2nd Wife of James Stuart II:
..........................................................  +Mary Beatrice Eleanorna d'Este 1658 - 1718
................................................................. 7   James Francis Edward Stuart 1688 - 1766
.....................................................................  +Maria Casimire Clementina Sobieska 1702 - 1735
............................................................................ 8   Bonnie Prince Charlie Stuart 1720 - 1788
                                                                                  Returned to England in an attempt to retake the throne, defeated at Culloden
...................................................... 6   Mary Henrietta Stuart 1631 - 1660
..........................................................  +William de Nassau, of Orange
................................................................. 7   [1] William Stuart, King of Britain 1650 - 1702
.....................................................................  +[2] Mary Stuart II, Queen of Britain 1662 - 1694

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