Tudor History Quiz

Richard I, known as Coeur-de-lion (The Lionheart), was King of England from 1189 until 1199!

Richard II was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed by Henry IV in 1399!

Richard III was King of England in 1485, having usurped the crown from his young nephew, King Edward V. Richard III was killed in the battle and Henry Tudor seized the throne. Richard III was the last English king to die in battle.

Elizabeth Woodville was the wife of King Edward IV and the mother of the Princes in the Tower, King Edward V and his younger brother, Prince Richard.

Elizabeth was the daughter of King Edward IV and his wife, Elizabeth Woodville. They were on the Yorkist side of the Wars of The Roses. Henry was on the Lancastrian. Their marriage merged the two houses.

Anne Neville was the wife of King Richard III!

Henry VIII was actually the third child, and second son, of Henry VII and his wife Elizabeth Of York! He was born on the 28 June 1491 in Placentia Palace, Greenwich.

Margaret, who became Queen of Scotland on her marriage to King Jame IV of Scotland in 1503, was Henry VII's second child. Her son, King James V of Scotland, was the father of Mary, Queen Of Scots.

Prince Arthur, born in 1486, was Henry VII's eldest child. As the first born son, he was heir to the throne and was expected to succeed his father. He married Catherine of Aragon in 1501 but died less than a year later. This made Henry's second son, Prince Henry, heir to the throne!

Hampton Court Palace had not yet been built! It was built by Cardinal Wolsey in the reign of King Henry VIII!

Richmond Palace was built by King Henry VII and it was here that he died. His grandaughter, Queen Elizabeth I, also died here.

It was King Henry VIII, not his father, King Henry VII, who died at Whitehall Palace!