Tudor Dynasty. The period witnessed the high point of the english renaissance. Henry tudor ruled 1485 1509 traced his royal blood through his mother margaret beaufort who was a descendant of john of gaunt the younger son of edward iii ruled 1327 1377.
A history in portraits the wars of the roses a dynastic struggle between the houses of lancaster and york had divided england for decades but they finally seemed to be over when the popular king edward iv was on the throne.
The tudors passed into history. The tudor dynasty or house of tudor welsh. The tudor dynasty was a series of kings and queens of england this line of rulers started in 1485 and lasted until 1603. Living to nearly 71 years of age she was a royal confidante and friend mother in law to a king s sister a politican and a reviled widow in her time.