  the tudor dynasty or house of tudor was a royal house of welsh origin,http://www.britannica.com/ebchecked/topic/608456/house-of-tudor house of tudor. (2010). in encyclopÃ¦dia britannica. retrieved 6 march 2010, from encyclopÃ¦dia britannica online descended in the male line from the tudors of penmynydd, which ruled the kingdom of england and its realms, including their ancestral wales and the lordship of ireland, later the kingdom of ireland, from 1485 until 1603. its first monarch was henry vii, a descendant through his mother of a legitimised branch of the english royal house of lancaster. the tudor family rose to power in the wake of the wars of the roses, which left the house of lancaster, to which the tudors were aligned, extinct. henry tudor was able to establish himself as a candidate not only for traditional lancastrian supporters, but also for the discontented supporters of their rival house of york, and he rose to capture the throne in battle, becoming henry vii. his victory was reinforced by his marriage to elizabeth of york, symbolically uniting the former warring factions under a new dynasty. the tudors extended their power beyond modern england, achieving the full union of england and the principality of wales in 1542 (laws in wales acts 1535â1542), and successfully asserting english authority over the kingdom of ireland. they also maintained the nominal english claim to the kingdom of france; although none of them made substance of it, henry viii fought wars with france trying to reclaim that title. after him, his daughter mary i lost control of all territory in france permanently with the fall of calais in 1558. in total, five 
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