The Tudor Dynasty was one of the greatest in Europe, after the Wars of the Roses, the Lancasters and the Yorks were one, King Henry the Seventh called himself the heir of the Tudors bringing the name into the kingdom. By marrying Elizabeth of York, King Edward the Fourths daughter, King Henry cemented himself as royal, though no one dare say that he was any less of royal blood than his wife. King Henry the Seventh made the Tudor emblem by combining the red rose of the Lancaster house and the white rose of his wife's house of York. It is rumoured that he left red and white roses for her in her chambers. They had eight children, four who survived infancy. The eldest Arthur was set for the throne, alas he died, allowing Henry, now known as Henry the Eighth to become King of Great Britain. King Henry had six wives in his lifetime but only three children, the rest were lost to miscarriage and stillbirth. Henry's wives even had a slight poem written about them, to memorize how the marriage with the tyrant king ended: Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived. Catherine of Aragorn, his deceased brother's widow could not produce Henry a suitable heir for the throne, only giving him Princess Mary (later Queen Mary I), he believed it was a sign from God that he had sinned as it says in the bible to marry a brother's widow is a sin. He asked the Pope to annul his marriage as he increasingly became infatuated with Anne Boleyn, who refused to be a mistress, but the Pope declined fearful of Charles the Fifth, Holy Roman Emperor at the time, Catherine's nephew. King Henry decided to create the Church of England and quickly divorced his first wife and separated from the Catholic Church. He soon after married Anne Boleyn, but legally his marriage was considered bigamous as he had not fully divorced Catherine. His marriage to Anne lasted three years, where she had birthed Princess Elizabeth (later known as Queen Elizabeth I). Anne had another pregnancy but as she heard news of a jousting accident Henry had it caused her to miscarry, giving birth to a stillborn son. Seeing this as yet another sign from God about divorcing his first wife Henry became uneased with his marriage with Anne. The court did not like Queen Anne, and many began telling the king that she was incestual as well as trying to commit treason against him and some suspected Elizabeth was not his child. Anne was sentenced to beheading when Elizabeth was only two/three years of age. Eleven days after Anne's death Henry married Jane Seymour who birthed him a suitable heir for the throne, Prince Edward (Later King Edward VI), his two daughters were bastardized. Shortly after giving birth Jane died due to complications. Two years later he married Anne of Cleves, which was a six month long strategic marriage to Germany's Duke of Cleves. Out of two sisters Henry chose Anne but was disappointed by her looks, he tried to not marry her but it was too late. Six months later they peacefully divorced, Anne taking a settlement and living the rest of her days as the "Kings Sister." His next wife Catherine Howard was wed to the king the same month as he divorced Anne. Catherine was a nineteen year old lady-in-waiting to Anne. They had a two year marriage which ended in Catherine being executed for being less than faithful to the king. A year after Catherine's death Henry married for the last time. His new wife Catherine Parr became a stabilizer to the house Tudor. She convinced Henry to reconcile with his daughters, in which he allowed them to once more be his successor's. Catherine outlived the gorish king, who was once a handsome, athletic man, he had turned into a grotesque, sickly, overweight man. It is rumoured you could smell the king before you saw him. When Henry died his son, Edward, now King Edward the Sixth became King at nine years old. However Edward was sick and lasted six years as the king. Queen Mary the First then proceeded to become queen, Mary was also known as the Bloody Queen. Mary, unlike Edward and Elizabeth was a Roman Catholic, and tried to bring England back into the Roman Catholic Church which caused many deaths to Protestants and even led to her jailing her own sister in the London Tower, in the same rooms her mother was held in before her execution, putting Elizabeth into a great deal of psychological stress. Mary also married a Spanish Prince, who many feared would bring a Spanish invasion. Mary's husband left to become king, he did not return to England. After there was no evidence to keep Elizabeth jailed she was placed under house arrest. In January of 1559 however Elizabeth returned once more to the tower on happier circumstances, it was customary the royals spend time in the Tower before their coronation. The time that Elizabeth ruled she was known as the "Golden Queen" she was loved by most, even by those who opposed her mother. Elizabeth had much to fix within her politics due to the unrest Mary I had caused. She brought back all the hard work her father created, that Mary I sought to destroy. Elizabeth banned Roman Catholicism in fear of a rebellion. The Queen Elizabeth I is also known as the "Virgin Queen" as she did not marry nor birth any heirs to the Tudor throne. A distant cousin however, Mary Queen of Scots (who Elizabeth had executed), had a son named James the Sixth of Scotland had now become King James the First, bringing an end to the Tudor dynasty.