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The Best Episodes of The Tudors Season 3

Every episode of The Tudors Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Tudors Season 3!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Tudors Season 3 Episode 4 - The Death of a Queen
    8.2/10(746 votes)

    S3:E4

    The leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace uprising are put to death, but Brandon is disturbed by the cruelty and mercilessness of the suppression; Henry celebrates the birth of a son but his joy is short-lived as Queen Jane dies within days.

    Director:Ciarán Donnelly
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Tudors Season 3 Episode 8 - The Undoing of Cromwell
    8.0/10(761 votes)

    S3:E8

    Henry moves swiftly to annul his loveless marriage to Anne of Cleves, and beds a new mistress, 17-year-old Katherine Howard; Princess Mary falls in love with Duke Philip of Bavaria; Cromwell's fall from favor is sudden and dramatic.

    Director:Jeremy Podeswa
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Tudors Season 3 Episode 1 - Civil Unrest
    7.9/10(820 votes)

    S3:E1

    King Henry marries for the third time, taking as his queen the demure noblewoman Jane Seymour. A growing number of his subjects protest the king's decision to abandon the Catholic Church.

    Director:Ciarán Donnelly
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Tudors Season 3 Episode 3 - Dissention and Punishment
    7.9/10(735 votes)

    S3:E3

    Henry reconciles with his estranged daughters Mary and Elizabeth in time for the Christmas holidays, but betrays and brutally suppresses the rebellion against him after making conciliatory promises to the uprising's leaders.

    Director:Ciarán Donnelly
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Tudors Season 3 Episode 2 - The Northern Uprising
    7.8/10(743 votes)

    S3:E2

    The uproar over the king's break with the Catholic Church turns into a full-blown rebellion that comes to be known as "The Pilgrimage of Grace." Immobilized by an old jousting injury, Henry sends Charles Brandon to deal with the uprising and focuses his attention on the Lady Ursula Misseldon.

    Director:Ciarán Donnelly
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Tudors Season 3 Episode 7 - Protestant Anne of Cleves
    7.6/10(695 votes)

    S3:E7

    War looms with France and Spain aligning against England with backing from Rome, so Henry agrees to a politically fortuitous marriage with Anne of Cleves (Joss Stone), a plain and unsophisticated German aristocrat he has never met.

    Director:Jeremy Podeswa
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Tudors Season 3 Episode 5 - Problems in the Reformation
    7.5/10(739 votes)

    S3:E5

    Henry remains in seclusion while mourning the queen's death, an opportunity that enemies of the crown seize to murder several friends of the court; Cromwell is disturbed when Henry doesn't resist his new church's similarities to Catholicism.

    Director:Jeremy Podeswa
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Tudors Season 3 Episode 6 - Search for a New Queen
    7.5/10(704 votes)

    S3:E6

    Matchmaking begins in earnest as Cromwell schemes to secure the Reformation by marrying Henry to a Protestant wife - but the king's marital reputation precedes him; the condition of Henry's wounded leg turns life-threatening.

    Director:Jeremy Podeswa
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Death of a Queen" is the best rated episode of The Tudors season 3. It scored 8.2/10 from 746 votes. Directed by Ciarán Donnelly and written by Unknown, it aired on April 26, 2009. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Undoing of Cromwell".