The Elizabethan Period
King Henry VIII was born in Greenwich on the 28th of January 1491 ( The British Monarchy, pg.1 ). King Henry VIII became heir to the throne after the death of his elder brother, Prince Arthur in 1502 and succeeded in 1509 ( The British Monarchy, pg.1 ).King Henry VIII was very intelligent and often was described as a man of many words, and very religious. In King Henry VIII's reign, he wrote a book that attacked Martin Luther and supported the Roman Catholic Church, which had become a best seller ( The British Monarchy, pg.1 ). In 1521, King Henry VIII was given the title of "Defender of the Faith", by the Pope ( The British Monarchy, pg.1 ). In the year of 1509, King Henry VIII married his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon ( The British Monarchy, pg.2 ). King Henry VIII's wife, Catherine had only produced one living child, a girl who was named Princess Mary ( The British Monarchy, pg.2 ). Princess Mary was born in 1516 ( The British Monarchy, pg.2 ). King Henry VIII's wife was in her forties in the 1520s and he was very desperate for a son ( The British Monarchy, pg.2 ). The Tudor dynasty had been established by conquest in 1485 while King Henry VIII was only it's second monarch
( Compendium of Common Knowledge, pg. 1). Mary spent 19 years in England, with various jailers at various houses. Elizabeth wouldn't agree to see her until Mary had been cleared of accusation of murdering her husband, but Mary claimed that a foreign court had no right to try her, but nothing was ever resolved in the investigation ( Compendium of Common Knowledge, Mary, Queen of Scots, was originally known as Mary Stuart ( Compendium of Common Knowledge, pg. 1). Mary was the daughter of James V of Scotland and Marie de ( Compendium of Common Knowledge, pg. 1). Mary became the Queen of Scots from the time she was six days old ( Compendium of Common Knowledge, pg. 1). Mary was not Bloody Mary, that was her sister, and Mary was a staunch until she died ( Compendium of Common Knowledge, pg. 1). Mary became Queen of France and Scotland by marrying the French heir, Francis II. Mary was widowed in 1560 at the age of 18 and returned to Scotland the following year ( Compendium of Common Knowledge, pg. 1). In 1566, Mary married Henry Stuart Lord Darnley, son of the Countess of Lunnox, a granddaughter of Henry VIII ( Compendium of Common Knowledge, http://www.royal.gov.uk/links/index.htm Elizabeth I was born on the 7th of September in 1533, and was the last of the Tudor monarch ( The British Monarchy, pg.5 ). Her chances of succeeding to the throne were very slim since she had a half-brother, Edward, and her were behind the Roman Catholic sister Princess Mary ( The British Monarchy, pg.5 ). Elizabeth succeeded to the throne after the deaths of her half-brother and her her-sister ( The British Monarchy, pg.5 ). Queen Elizabeth had a glorious reign, besides settling with the church and pope, she also saved England from religious wars. Also to Queen Elizabeth's credit, she established an East India trading company in 1600 which made a big profit ( The British Monarchy, pg.5 ). Queen Elizabeth made at least 25 progresses during her reign and also attended the first performance of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Although many people become confused over which Mary was the infamous "Bloody Mary", the real "Bloody Mary" was
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