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Mary's household was dissolved; [34] her servants (including the Countess of Salisbury) were dismissed and, in December 1533, she was sent to join her infant half-sister's household at Hatfield Palace, Hertfordshire. [35] Mary determinedly refused to acknowledge that Anne was the queen or that Elizabeth was a princess, enraging King Henry. [36]
The Bill of Rights 1689 established that, whichever of the joint monarchs, William III and Mary II, died first, the other would reign alone. As Mary II died first, on 28 December 1694, William III became sole remaining monarch. On the day of Mary's death, the line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones was:
1 January 1511 Son born to king Henry VIII: Henry Tudor, Duke of Cornwall: Heir apparent Son 1 January 1511 Born 22 February 1511 Died Margaret, Queen of Scotland [9] [10] Heiress presumptive Sister 22 February 1511 Nephew died 18 February 1516 Daughter born to king Mary Tudor: Heiress presumptive Daughter 18 February 1516 Born 23 March 1534
(1) Mary de Bohun Arundel Castle 27 July 1380 6 children (2) ... King James VI of Scotland, succeeded to the English throne as James I in the Union of the Crowns.
Lady Jane Grey was the eldest daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and his wife, Frances Brandon.The traditional view is that she was born at Bradgate Park in Leicestershire in October 1537, but more recent research indicates that she was born somewhat earlier, possibly in London, sometime before May 1537 [8] [9] or between May 1536 and February 1537. [10]
Mary I died in November 1558 and was succeeded by her Protestant half-sister Elizabeth. Walsingham returned to England and through the support of one of his fellow former exiles, Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, he was elected to Elizabeth's first parliament as the member for Bossiney, Cornwall, in 1559. [13]
Mary I of England had died without managing to have her preferred successor and first cousin, Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, nominated by parliament.Margaret Douglas was a daughter of Margaret Tudor, and lived to 1578, but became a marginal figure in discussions of the succession to Elizabeth I, who at no point clarified the dynastic issues of the Tudor line. [4]
Mary I, Elizabeth's half-sister, became queen in 1553. She reversed the religious innovations introduced by her father and brother. Under Mary's rule, England returned to the Catholic Church and recognised the pope's authority. Mary died in November 1558 without a Catholic heir, leaving the throne to the Protestant Elizabeth. [11]