The Tudors consisted of five kings and queens as well as Lady Jane Grey. The family lineage began when King Henry V died and his wife later remarried a man named Owen Tudor. The Tudors were known as the most powerful, feared, and inspiring line of people to have lived in their time. Owen Tudor worked for the king within his court as a Welsh landlord. Around the time of Owen's marriage, Owen and the Queen ended up having a son named Edward and he was rumored to be next in line to the throne, but he died before he could take the throne. So next in line was Henry VII ("Project Great Britain; British Life and Culture" King Henry VII was next in line to take the throne, but he couldn't, because Richard III was king at that time. The August 22, 1485 Henry changed all that, at the Battle of Bosworthfield, Henry killed Richard and became King of England (Meyer, GJ pg114). the York family and the Lancaster family This war was known as the Wars of the Roses and had been going on for centuries, but Henry changed that on January 18, 1486, Henry of the Lancaster family and Elizabeth of the York family were married, because of their marriage the war was over and this brought peace to England King Henry and Elizabeth ended up having four children, Arthur, Margaret, Henry and Mary. The next king was King Henry VIII, the son of Henry VII. Henry was known as one of the most feared kings in England. He also initiated the separation of the Pope and the Church, also known as the Reformation. Henry became king in 1509, shortly after his father's death, so late...... middle of paper ......arch/tudors.html.• History on the Net. History on the Net, November 2000; January 7, 2014. www.Historyonthenet.com/Tudors/monarchs.htm.• Tudors: The History of England from Henry VII to Elizabeth I. Ackroyd, Peter. Thomas Dunne Books, 2013.• The Tudors. Meyer, GJ New York: Bantam, 2011.• England under the Tudors. Innes, Arthur Donald.• The War of the Roses and the Days of the Tudors in the West. Rogers, William Henry Hamilton.• The Tudors: an English royal dynasty. Wilde, Robert, 2014; January 14, 2014, www.europeanhistory.about.com/od/ukandireland/p/Tudors.htm.• “The Tudors: a real drama”. Mail Sunday, September 1, 2013: 36. North Richland Hills Library, North Richland Hills, Texas. January 19, 2014.• “Elizabeth of York Alisonweir” Sunday Mail, Lisle, Leanda De, December 1, 2013: p48. North Richland Hills Library, North Richland Hills, Texas. January 19, 2014