16th-century Irish monarchs

Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last and longest reigning monarch of the House of Tudor. Her eventful reign, and its effect on history and culture, gave name to the Elizabethan era.

Henry VIII was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. After the Pope refused to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, Henry passed legislation that severed England and Ireland from the Roman Catholic Church and established the monarch as Supreme Head of the Church of England, initiating the English Reformation. He subsequently married five more times; two marriages were annulled, and two wives were executed.

King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598

Queen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558

king of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553

Queen of England and Ireland in July 1553

1st Earl of Tyrone

Irish chieftain

Irish earl

last independent ruler of the O'Sullivan Beara sept