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The Funeral of Queen Mary the First, First Look (Beyond Shakespeare Exploring Session) Historians discuss the pageantry of the funeral; Mary I: Westminster Abbey; Mariana Brockmann, "Mischievous Marys: Rituals of Queenship in Sixteenth-century England and Scotland", PhD thesis, Royal Holloway University of London, 2017, chapter 4
Upon his death, leading politicians proclaimed Mary's and Edward's Protestant cousin, Lady Jane Grey, as queen instead. Mary speedily assembled a force in East Anglia and deposed Jane, who was eventually beheaded. Mary was—excluding the disputed reigns of Jane and the Empress Matilda—the first queen regnant of England.
Death and funeral of Queen Mary may refer to: Death and funeral of Mary I of England (1516–1558), queen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558; Funeral of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587), queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567, queen consort of France from 1559 to 1560; Death and funeral of Mary of Teck (1867–1953), queen consort of the ...
Protestants were executed in England under heresy laws during the reigns of Henry VIII (1509–1547) and Mary I (1553–1558), and in smaller numbers during the reigns of Edward VI (1547–1553), Elizabeth I (1558–1603), and James I (1603–1625). Most were executed in the short reign of Mary I in what is called the Marian persecutions.
Elizabeth I reigned from 1558 until her death in 1603 as the last Tudor monarch. ... and first fell for Lord ... Mary, Queen of Scots (a plotline in the 2018 film Mary Queen of Scots starring ...
The death certificate lists the Queen’s full name – Elizabeth Alexander Mary Windsor – occupation, “Her Majesty the Queen”, date of birth, April 21 1926, and her marital status as widowed.
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:
A series of coded operations have been triggered by the death of the Queen. While Operation London Bridge is the process between the death of the Queen and her funeral, a series of other ...