House of Tudor Yorkist claim by the marriage of Henry VII to the heiress of Edward IV. Numerous feature films are based on Tudor history. Queen Elizabeth has been in special favorite for filmmakers for generations. According to Elizabeth A. Ford and Deborah C. Mitchell, images of Elizabeth I move: House of Tudor The House of Tudor was an English royal house of Welsh origin, descended in the male line from the Tudors of Penmynydd. Tudor monarchs 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,
The Merry Monarch (musical) The Merry Monarch (musical) The Merry Monarch is an 1890 comic opera that debuted at the Broadway Theatre in New York City. It is an English adaptation of L'étoile by J. Cheever Goodwin, with new music by Woolson Morse. Presented by actor-manager Francis Wilson and his company, which also featured Marie Jansen, "The Merry Monarch" debuted on August 18, 1890, and ran for 49 performances, through October 4. Though this was not considered a long run for the time, the show was turning large profits, and crowds were being turned away from every performance. The "New York Times" reported on