The Tudor's Influence Throughout History

The Tudor dynasty began in 1484 when the war of the roses had ended, Richard III Killed at the battle of Bosworth by a young Henry Tudor who made a political alliance to marry Elizabeth of York. This was a political manoeuvre to secure the land. During the history of the Tudor dynasty, Elizabeth of York is a hugely influential figure in the early modern period not just because of her name and title but because of her own hereditary claim to the throne and her own status within society. Elizabeth of York was the eldest daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, sister to the princes in the tower and future King Edward V, niece to Richard III and later Queen Consort to Henry Tudor and the late mother to Henry VIII. Her influence through her
bloodline was definitely influential within Henry Tudor’s reign as King because it was greater than his own. Elizabeth of York was the Yorkist claimant to the throne and could have been Queen Regent in her own right.
Elizabeth of York throughout history gets very limited credit for her time as both Queen consort and Henry Tudor’s wife and for this reason Elizabeth own influence is highly underestimated within history. Her own marriage to Henry Tudor was much more powerful than realised as it brought stability and restored her own good name because of the issues of the war of the roses but most importantly it united two feuding families in a way in which has not been done for thirty years and the marriage brought both peace and harmony to the land. Throughout Elizabeth’s own life evidence to suggest her own influence during politics of the time, her own marriage to Henry VII and especially that of her own children seem limited from the outset. However, evidence suggests she is much more than a mere Queen consort and wife to Henry VII and in fact had much more influence than first appears. The influence which she had been a pivotal role within her own life but also was the repercussions of the earlier years. Elizabeth of York’s influence is actively seen throughout her own children’s alliances with both her son and daughter and the upbringing which she
had. Furthermore, she was willing to disagree with her husband in aid for her children this shows the influence which she accumulated throughout the years. Furthermore, Henry VII and Elizabeth of marriage was influential in displaying the united front necessary to show the country was in fact reunited. The marriage was symbolic and showed the coming together of the two houses with both the Lancastrians and Yorkist which was necessary to shows stability of the country but also was symbolic in the way the Tudor rose and combining the white and the red rose which represented both houses. The Tudor rose is still used as an England emblem and therefore shows its influence as well as significance today.