Disputed successions?
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- Created on: 16-09-18 17:39
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- Only one succession in the period 1509-88 that was disputed was: Jane Grey
- Disputed successions?
- Line of succession was changed at least 3 times during the reign of Henry VIII; Mary and Elizabeth were *******ised and later legitimised.
- For Henry, it was essential to produce a male heir.
- This explains his actions towards his two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth.
- Henry's first marriage: Catherine of Aragon on 11 June, 1509 made possible by a papal dispensation.
- Catherine was able to get pregnant, she suffered miscarriage and stillbirth every time.
- This became a theological problem for Henry.
- He wanted the Pope to overturn the dispensation and annul the marriage, allowing him to marry again.
- This became a theological problem for Henry.
- Elizabeth princess was born in September 1533. Marriage was not legitimate, so neither were the children that came from it.
- Mary was removed from the succession and called a '*******'
- Anna had been unable to produce a male heir.
- On 29 January 1536 Anne miscarried a male child, and by May 1536 she was dead, executed by the King for treason and adultery.
- On 30 May 1536, Henry VIII married Jane Seymour.
- Mary and Elizabeth were removed from the line of succession.
- 12 October 1537 Henry's only legitimate son Edward was born. This secured the succession.
- Edward inherited the throne in 1547. He was strongly Protestant.
- He aimed to protect and advance Protestantism in England rather than to obey his father's last will.
- They failed as he became ill, he tried to prevent England returning to Catholicism by removing Mary from the succession.
- He aimed to protect and advance Protestantism in England rather than to obey his father's last will.
- Edward inherited the throne in 1547. He was strongly Protestant.
- 12 October 1537 Henry's only legitimate son Edward was born. This secured the succession.
- Mary and Elizabeth were removed from the line of succession.
- Catherine was able to get pregnant, she suffered miscarriage and stillbirth every time.
- For Henry, it was essential to produce a male heir.
- Line of succession was changed at least 3 times during the reign of Henry VIII; Mary and Elizabeth were *******ised and later legitimised.
- Disputed successions?
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