The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor is a series of five monarchs who ruled England from 1485 until 1603. The three main monarchs each played an important part in turning Britain from a European backwater still immersed in the Middle Ages into a powerful Renaissance state that would soon dominate most of the planet.
The five Tudor monarchs were:
- [1485]-[1509]
- [1509]-[1547]
- [1547]-[1553]
- [1553]-[1558]
- [1558]-[1603]