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Comparing the true of ages of the real Tudors with their characters on the series The 4 seasons of the series cover the years from 1519 - 1547 (28 years) Click EasyEdit to add to this page! Don't see the EasyEdit button above? <a href="/#signin" target="_self">Sign in</a> or <a href="/accountnew" target="_self">Sign up </a> |
Average life expectancy at birth in Tudor times was only 35. (So only half of all people born lived to be 35). However many of the people born died while they were still children. Out of all people born between 33% - 50% died before the age of about 16. There were Black Death Pandemics in 1535 and 1543 and many women died of 'child bed' fever. However if you could survive to your mid-teens you would probably live to your 50s or early 60s. Even in the 16th century some people did live to their 70s or 80s. "It is important to remember that during Henry's reign, at least half of his subjects were under the age of eighteen. Henry's court swarmed with young people - pages, scullery maids, and the like. English culture celebrated youth; tournaments, hunts, glorious warfare were all the province of the young and strong. And while Henry was young, he joined these events with a gusto sadly lacking in his father or son. But time does not stop, not even for a despotic monarch determined to have his way in all things. During his 'great matter', Henry was in his thirties and changing from 'Bluff King Hal' into an overweight and balding hypochondriac." [source: englishhistory.net] |
Season 1 (filmed in 2006 & broadcast in 2007) Covered the time period from 1519 - 1530 - 11 years |
Character | born | 1519 The year Henry's mistress gave birth to his illegitimate son | 1526 The year Henry began his love affair with Anne | 1530 The year of Wolsey's death | Actor's age in 2006 |
King Henry VIII | 1491 | 28 | 35 | 39 | Jonathan Rhys Meyers (aged 29) |
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk | c.1484 | 35 | 42 | 46 | Henry Cavill (aged 23) |
Queen Katherine of Aragon | 1485 | 34 | 41 | 45 | Maria Doyle Kennedy (aged 42) |
Princess Mary Tudor | 1516 | 3 | 10 | 14 | Bláthnaid McKeown (age unknown) approx 8 |
Elizabeth Blount | 1502 | 17 | 24 | 28 | Ruta Gedmintas (age unknown) |
Henry Fitzroy | 1519 | birth | 7 | 11 (died in 1536 aged 17) | Zak Jenciragic (age unknown) approx 6/7 shown dying at this age in season 1 |
Anne Boleyn | 1501 (disputed but generally the accepted birthdate) | 18 | 25 | 29 | Natalie Dormer (Aged 24) |
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey | 1471/75 | 48/44 | 55/51 | 59/55 death | Sam Neill (aged 59) |
Sir Thomas More | 1478 | 41 | 48 | 52 | Jeremy Northam (aged 45) |
Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex | 1485 | 34 | 41 | 45 | James Frain (aged 38) |
Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire | 1477 | 45 | 52 | 56 | Nick Dunning (aged 47) |
Princess Margaret Tudor (Queen of Scotland) | 1489 | 38 | 45 | 49 (died 1541 aged 52) | Gabrielle Anwar (aged 36) *Plays an amalgamation of these characters but mostly based on Mary dies in Season 1 |
(Princess) Mary Tudor (Queen of France) | 1496 | 23 | 30 | 34 (died 1533 aged 37) |
Season 2 (filmed in 2007 & broadcast in 2008) Covered the years from 1531 - 1536 - 5 years |
Character | born | 1531 Henry separates from Katherine & banishes her | 1533 Marriage annulled and Henry marries Anne | 1536 Deaths of Anne and Katherine | Actor's age in 2007 |
King Henry VIII | 1491 | 40 | 42 | 45 | Jonathan Rhys Meyers (aged 30) |
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk | c.1484 | 47 | 49 | 52 | Henry Cavill (aged 24) |
Anne Boleyn | 1501 | 30 | 32 | 35 death | Natalie Dormer (aged 25) |
Queen Katherine of Aragon | 1485 | 46 | 48 | 50 death | Maria Doyle Kennedy (aged 43) |
Princess Mary Tudor | 1516 | 15 | 17 | 20 | Sarah Bolger (aged 16) |
Princess Elizabeth Tudor | 1533 | - | birth | 3 | Kate Duggan (age unknown) approx 6 |
Sir Thomas More | 1478 | 53 | 55 | died 1535 aged 57 | Jeremy Northam (aged 46) |
Thomas Wyatt | c.1503 | 28 | 30 | 33 | James King AKA Jamie Thomas King (aged 26) |
Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex | 1485 | 46 | 48 | 51 | James Frain (aged 39) |
Jane Seymour | c.1508 | 23 | 25 | 28 | Anita Briem (aged 25) |
Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire | 1477 | 54 | 59 | 62 | (aged 48) |
| c. 1512 | 18 | 20 | 23 death | David Alpay (aged 27) |
George Boleyn | c.1500/4 | 31/27 | 33/29 | 36/32 death | Padraic Delaney (aged 31) |
Jane Boleyn | c.1505 | 26 | 28 | 31 | Joanne King (aged 24) |
Edward Seymour | 1506 | 25 | 27 | 30 | Max Brown (aged 26) |
John Seymour | 1474 | 57 | 61 | 64 | John Brennan (age unkown) |
Season 3 (filmed in 2008 & broadcast in 2009) Covered the years from 1536 - 1540 - 4 years |
Character | Born | 1537 Jane dies & Edward is born | 1538 | 1540 | Actor's age in 2008 |
King Henry VIII | 1491 | 46 | 47 | 49 | Jonathan Rhys Meyers (aged 31) |
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk | c.1484 | 53 | 54 | 56 | Henry Cavill (aged 25) |
Jane Seymour | c.1508 | 29 death | - | - | Annabelle Wallis (aged 24) |
Princess Mary Tudor | 1516 | 21 | 22 | 24 | Sarah Bolger (aged 17) |
Anne of Cleves | 1515 | 22 | 23 | 25 | Joss Stone (aged 21) |
Katherine Howard | c.1521/24 | 15/13 | 16/14 | 18/16 | Tamzin Merchant (aged 21) |
Princess Elizabeth Tudor | 1533 | 4 | 5 | 7 | Claire MacCauley (age Unknown) approx 9/10 |
Prince Edward Tudor | 1537 | birth | 1 | 3 | |
Jane Boleyn | c.1505 | 32 | 33 | 35 | Joanne King (aged 25) |
Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex | 1485 | 52 | 53 | 55 death | James Frain (aged 40) |
Edward Seymour | c.1506 | 31 | 32 | 34 | Max Brown (aged 27) |
Francis Bryan | c.1490 | 47 | 48 | 50 | Alan Van Sprang (aged 37) |
Robert Aske | c.1500 | 37 death | - | - | Gerard McSorley (aged 58) |
Cardinal Von Waldburg | 1514 | 23 | 24 | 26 | Max Von Sydow (aged 79) |
Reginald Pole | 1500 | 37 | 38 | 40 | Mark Hildreth (age 30) |
Lady Salisbury | 1473 | 64 | 65 | 67 | Kate O'Toole (aged 46) shows her dying in Season 3 but she didn't die till 1541 |
Earl of Shrewsbury | 1468 | 69 | deceased | deceased | Gavin O'Connor (aged 36) |
Season 4 (filmed in 2009 & broadcast in 2010) Covered the years from 1541 - 1547 - 6 years |
Character | born | 1542 The year Katherine H was executed | 1545 Charles Brandon dies | 1547 Henry dies | Actor's age in 2009 |
King Henry VIII | 1491 | 51 | 54 | 56 death | Jonathan Rhys Meyers (aged 32) |
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk | c.1484 | 58 | 61 death | - | Henry Cavill (aged 26) |
Princess Mary Tudor | 1516 | 26 | 29 | 31 | Sarah Bolger (aged 18) |
Catherine Parr | 1512 | 30 | 33 | 35 | Joely Richardson (aged 44) |
Katherine Howard | c.1521/1524 | 21/18 death | - | - | Tamzin Merchant (aged 22) |
Jane Boleyn | c.1505 | 37 death | - | - | Joanne King (aged 26) |
Princess Elizabeth Tudor | 1533 | 9 | 12 | 14 | (age 13/14) |
Thomas Culpepper | c.1514 | 28 death | - | - | Torrance Coombs (aged 25) |
Edward Seymour | c.1506 | 36 | 39 | 41 | Max Brown (aged 28) |
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey | 1517 | 25 | 28 | 30 death | David O'Hara (aged 44) |