Later Queen Elizabeth jailer her in 1567 for many attempts of assassination. Mary then went on to marry Charles Brandon, the Duke of Suffolk. Mary was raised as a Catholic and was considered as the rightful heir to the throne of England by many Roman Catholics. ![]() After his death, Mary returned to Scotland in 1561. The king died within the same year that they were married. Mary, her other aunt became the Queen of France after marrying King Louis XII of France. Other Family of Elizabeth IĮlizabeth’s cousin Margaret Tudor became the Queen of Scots after marrying King James IV of Scotland and they had six children together, including the future James V of Scotland. King Henry VIII also had illegitimate relation with Elizabeth Blount and they bore a half sibling to Queen Elizabeth who later came to be known as Henry Fitzroy. Unfortunately, she never married and never had children so the Tudor dynasty ended with her. Elizabeth was perhaps the most popular of the Tudor monarchs and had a glorious reign and was much beloved of her people. Her brother Edward inherited the throne at only nine years of age and died of tuberculosis before he reached adulthood. Mary became known as ‘Bloody Mary’ through the ruthless way that she dealt with those of the protestant faith, as well as the number of people’s blood she had on her hands as a result. Siblings of Queen Elizabeth IĪll three of Henry VIII children would go on to take the English throne, though not all of them were popular with the general population. Arthur, Prince of Wales died in 1502, shortly after his marriage to Katherine of Aragon, making Henry the new heir. The other children that did not survive were Elizabeth, Edmund, Edward, and Katherine. Margaret Tudor was born in 1489, followed by Henry (Later to become Henry VIII) in 1491 and Mary Tudor was born in 1496. Together, Henry and Elizabeth had eight children, however many of them died while still very young.Īrthur, Prince of Wales was their first born child in 1486 and destined to take the throne as heir. He was crowned king in October 1485 within Westminster Abbey, where he married Elizabeth of York the following year. He claimed the title of King of England in 1484 following the death of King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field. Henry VII, formerly Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond was born in January 1457 in Pembroke Castle, Wales. Queen did not have any children as she was unmarried as well she left no descendants after her. She considered herself to be married to her country only. Queen Elizabeth was also known as the Virgin Queen as she was never married. ![]() She claimed the throne after the death of her half-sister Mary Tudor. ![]() She gave one of her most famous speech referred to as “Golden Speech” in the parliament in the year 1601. Despite this difficult phase, she never failed to show her devotion to her people and country. Queen ElizabethĮven after being a successful Tudor, Elizabeth had faced many challenges and troubles in her final years of reign as the country was going through unemployment, inflation, failed crops which gave rise to riots, food shortages, and rebellion. Under her reign, the Spanish Armada in 1588 by the order of King Philip II of Spain was badly defeated. Queen Elizabeth was the one who was responsible for the establishment of Protestantism in England. The reigning period of Queen Elizabeth was known as the Golden Age in the English History as the people experienced peace and Prosperity in this era as well the art in different form flourished to its maximum.
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