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WHO WAS QUEEN BEFORE ELIZABETH? WHAT IS HER LEGACY? //Answer prepared by Maddy W// Before Elizabeth came into power, the royal dynasty added many new queens. Henry VII and Catherine Aragon birthed Mary Tudor. Mary was the only child, a girl. Henry VII needed to have a boy to be king next. When Catherine did not provide a boy he remarried to Anne Boleyn, the second queen. With Mary’s mother no longer queen she lost her position as princess, and would soon be titled a bastard since her mother never produced a male. After king Henry married then divorced many ladies he did the unthinkable (in Mary’s mind) and married a woman who was six years younger than Mary. Finally a baby boy was to be born, Edward. King Henry died in 1547, leaving Edward to rule. Edward soon contracted a disease believed now to be tuberculosis. After much controversy Mary became the queen. L.K Alchin, the creator of “Elizabethan Education,” said that “Edward died at the age of 15 and was succeeded, for a brief nine days, by the tragic, Protestant, Lady Jane Grey, who was beheaded. Edward's eldest sister Mary then succeeded to the throne.” Jane Dunn, the author of __Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens stated that, Queen Mary__, was a Catholic who believed that everyone should be of the Catholic religion. In this time period England would be the same religion as the royal family at the time. Due to her beliefs she gained the nickname Bloody Mary. Elizabeth succeeded her sister, Mary, and then became queen. Works Cited Books: Dunn, Jane. //Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens//. Vintage, 2005. Print.

Sheavyn, Phoebe. //The Literary Profession In the Elizabethan Age//. Kessinger Publishings LLC, 2006. Print.

Websites: Alchin, L.K. "Elizabethan Education." William Shakespeare Site-Map. 25 Febuary 2009. 4 Apr 2009 .





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