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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.
On the day of Henry VIII's death, 28 January 1547, the line of succession was governed by the Third Succession Act: 1. Edward, Prince of Wales (born 1537), only legitimate son of Henry VIII 2. Lady Mary (born 1516), elder daughter of Henry VIII 3. Lady Elizabeth (born 1533), younger daughter of Henry VIII
Henry VIII was first married to Catherine of Aragon, by whom he had a daughter named Mary. His second marriage, to Anne Boleyn, resulted in a daughter named Elizabeth. Henry VIII had a son, Edward, by his third wife, Jane Seymour. The Succession to the Crown Act 1533 declared Mary illegitimate; the Second Act in 1536, did the
Mary was born on 18 February 1516 at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, England. She was the only child of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, to survive infancy. Before Mary, her mother had three miscarriages and stillbirths and one short-lived son, Henry, Duke of Cornwall. [3]
King Edward VIII Duke of Windsor 1894–1972 r. 1936: King George VI 1895–1952 r. 1936–1952: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1900–2002: Mary, Princess Royal 1897–1965: Henry Lascelles 6th Earl of Harewood 1882–1947: Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester 1900–1974: Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester 1901–2004: Prince George, Duke of ...
Mary was probably born at Blickling Hall, the family seat in Norfolk, and grew up at Hever Castle, Kent. [5] She was the daughter of a wealthy diplomat and courtier, Thomas Boleyn, later Earl of Wiltshire, by his marriage to Elizabeth Howard, the eldest daughter of Thomas Howard, then Earl of Surrey and future 2nd Duke of Norfolk, and his first wife Elizabeth Tilney. [4]
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c. 7). The Act followed the conviction and execution of Anne Boleyn, and removed both her daughter, Elizabeth I, and Mary I, Henry's daughter by his first wife, from the line of succession. It superseded the First Succession Act, which had declared Mary to be illegitimate and Elizabeth to be heir presumptive. This new act declared that ...