House of Stuart
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The House of Stuart, originally spelled Stewart, also known as the Stuart dynasty, was a royal house of Scotland, England, Ireland and later Great Britain. The family name comes from the office of Hig
Monument to the Royal Stuarts in St. Peter's Basilica – Work of Antonio Canova.
Armorial tablet of the Stewarts at Falkland Palace, Fife
Robert II Stewart
King James I of Scotland
House of Tudor
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The House of Tudor was an English and Welsh dynasty that held the throne of England from 1485 to 1603. They descended ultimately from Ednyfed Fychan and the Tudors of Penmynydd, a Welsh noble family,
House of Stuart
…marrying King Henry VII's daughter, Margaret Tudor. The birth of their son, later James V, brought the House of Stewart into the line of descent of the House of Tudor, and the English throne. Margaret Tudor later married Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and their daughter, Margaret Douglas, was the mother of…
King Henry VII, the founder of the royal house of Tudor
Henry VIII of England: Henry's quarrels with the Pope led to the creation of the Church of England
Catherine of Aragon: the Church of England annulled her marriage after she failed to produce a male heir to the Tudor dynasty
Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, Henry VIII's chief minister responsible for the dissolution of the monasteries