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Contradicting the Act of Succession 1544, which restored Mary and Elizabeth to the line of succession, Edward named Northumberland's daughter-in-law Lady Jane Grey, the granddaughter of Henry VIII's younger sister Mary, as his successor. Lady Jane's mother was Frances Brandon, Mary's cousin and goddaughter.
Louis was more than 30 years her senior. Mary was the fifth child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the youngest to survive infancy. Following Louis's death, Mary married Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. Performed secretly in France, the marriage occurred without the consent of Mary's brother Henry VIII.
Henry VIII of England had one acknowledged illegitimate child, and is suspected to have fathered several others by his various mistresses.. Henry acknowledged his paternity of Henry FitzRoy (15 June 1519 – 23 July 1536), the son of his mistress Elizabeth Blount, and granted him a dukedom; FitzRoy married Lady Mary Howard, but had no issue.
Mary is the daughter and only surviving child of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. Mary's early years are full of happiness, receiving love and adoration from both her parents, and she is at various times betrothed to the Dauphin of France , her cousin, Charles V of Spain, and Francis I's youngest son, the Duke of Orléans.
Sisters to the King: the tumultuous lives of Henry VIII's sisters – Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France. London: Andre Deutsch. ISBN 0233050906. (primarily on his wife, Mary Tudor) Read, Evelyn (1962). Catherine, Duchess of Suffolk: a portrait. London: Jonathan Cape. (primarily on his wife, Catherine) "Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk".
It confirmed the line of succession as one living male and six living females. It began with Henry's three children, Edward, Mary and Elizabeth, followed by the three daughters of Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, who was the second child and eldest daughter of Henry VIII's younger sister, Princess Mary.
Mary I: Since Elizabeth I never designated an heir, the succession was disputed among heirs of Henry VII by cognatic primogeniture and the heirs established under the will of Henry VIII. The document placed the granddaughters of the king's younger sister Mary after his children, while also disinheriting the descendants of his elder sister Margaret.
Jane was 28 and Henry was 44. As Queen, Jane was known for her peaceful nature. She managed to repair the fraught relationship between Henry and his daughter Mary. Almost a year and a half after marriage, Jane gave birth to a male heir, Edward, but then died twelve days later from postpartum complications. Jane was the only wife to receive a ...