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Sep 8, 2023 · Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022 Born third in the line of succession, Elizabeth became the presumptive heir to the throne in 1936, following the abdication of her uncle Edward VIII and the...
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Catherine of Aragon (also spelt as Katherine , historical Spanish: Catharina, [1] now: Catalina; 16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until its annulment on 23 May 1533.
As the first Queen of Henry VIII, Katherine of Aragon’s reputation as the dowdy wronged wife has endured for 500 years, but Tracy and Elizabeth call this into question. They reveal that Katherine’s iron-will was both her strength and arguably her undoing.
- Queen of England
- Arthur Prince of Wales, Henry VIII
Nov 8, 2022 · Katherine was the elder of two surviving sisters of Lady Jane Grey, the ill-fated ‘Nine Days’ Queen’ who had been executed at the Tower in 1554. From the moment she came to the throne, Elizabeth made it clear that she ‘could not abide the sight of her’.
Katherine Grey's maternal grandparents were Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and Mary Tudor, Dowager Queen of France, youngest surviving daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. [3] Through their grandmother , the Grey sisters had a close claim in the line of succession to the English throne .
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Feb 4, 2015 · Katharine of Aragon, 1532. The youngest surviving child of the ‘Catholic Kings’ of Spain, Catherine of Aragon – (Katharine) – was born on 16 December 1485, the same year that Henry VII established the Tudor dynasty. At the age of three, she was betrothed to his infant son, Prince Arthur. In 1501, shortly before her sixteenth birthday ...
May 9, 2022 · Joanne Paul chronicles the meteoric rise and deadly fall of the Dudleys. Published: May 9, 2022 at 3:49 PM. Queen Elizabeth I was resplendent, the crimson red of her wig offset by flowing white and the flash of steel, as she spoke to the troops assembled at West Tilbury on 19 August 1588.
