Queen Henry I Research Paper

Female monarchs back in the 16th century being the sole ruler of a country was an unheard occurrence that rarely ever happened. But two queens in this time defide those who would rather see them in the background of history. Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth Tudor I were the rare queens that did just that, their long family line, personal and intertwined history had after effects in history in Scotland’s and England’s future monarchs. Prior to the reign of Henry VIII, Elizabeth and Mary, one ruled before all of them, henry’s father, Henry VII. Henry’s rise to power created a new dynasty within war torn England. Henry then married Elizabeth of York, which both strengthened his resolve to the throne, but also was the ending of the War of the Roses with their marriage in 1486. Their marriage brought peace to …show more content…
Henry VII reign was built on restoring England from the thirty years of war it had to endure. His first order of business was to rebuild, in essence, the English government and appointed Privy Council members who were loyal to him. Henry revived old legislations and added two more judicial powers in his Council and appointing a law to Parliament giving it the powers to handle cases of dress, maintenance or civil unrest. Arthur died before taking the throne in 1502 at the age of 16, leaving Henry as heir to the powerful English throne. Arthur had been married to Catherine of Aragon, now widowed, is made to marry his younger brother, Henry VIII. The reason for Henry and Catherine’s union was to keep the Spanish alliance in England. They had one daughter, Mary Tudor, but no sons and the lack of no male heir from