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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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The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Tudors Season 3 Episode 1 - Civil Unrest
    7.9/10(768 votes)

    #1 - Civil Unrest

    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.

    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Tudors Season 3 Episode 2 - The Northern Uprising
    7.8/10(691 votes)

    #2 - The Northern Uprising

    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.

    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Tudors Season 3 Episode 3 - Dissention and Punishment
    7.9/10(688 votes)

    #3 - Dissention and Punishment

    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.

    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Tudors Season 3 Episode 4 - The Death of a Queen
    8.2/10(700 votes)

    #4 - The Death of a Queen

    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.

    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Tudors Season 3 Episode 5 - Problems in the Reformation
    7.5/10(689 votes)

    #5 - Problems in the Reformation

    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.

    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Tudors Season 3 Episode 6 - Search for a New Queen
    7.6/10(658 votes)

    #6 - Search for a New Queen

    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.

    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Tudors Season 3 Episode 7 - Protestant Anne of Cleves
    7.6/10(651 votes)

    #7 - Protestant Anne of Cleves

    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.

    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Tudors Season 3 Episode 8 - The Undoing of Cromwell
    8.0/10(713 votes)

    #8 - The Undoing of Cromwell

    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.

    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Civil Unrest" is the best rated episode of "The Tudors" season 3. It scored 7.9/10 based on 768 votes. Directed by Ciarán Donnelly and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/5/2009. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Northern Uprising".