The Tudor Rose

I call myself LadyTudorRose. Do you know about the Tudor Rose? The Tudor Rose was a symbol of the Tudor dynasty founded in 1485. Henry VII, the first Tudor king, was a member of the Lancaster family. He married Elizabeth of York, the daughter of the Yorkist king Edward IV.

During the War of the Roses, the Lancasters, symbolized by the red rose, and the Yorks, symbolized by the white rose, fought for the throne. When Henry Tudor took the throne and married Elizabeth of York, the Tudor Rose was taken to symbolize the Tudor dynasty. It had red and white petals, symbolizing both the York and Lancaster families and the end of the war between them.

You can see the Tudor Rose present in many portraits of members of the dynasty, including Henry VII, Henry VIII, and Elizabeth I, not to mention the many other members of the Tudor family.