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On February 18, 1516 Queen Mary I was born in Greenwich. King Henry VIII and Katharine of Aragon were her parents.
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When Mary was about four and a half years old, she entertained a visiting French delegation with a performance on the virginals.
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King Henry VIII falls in love with her mother's lady-in-waiting Anne Boleyn. Katharine of Aragon is not loved by King Henry VIII anymore.
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Anne Bolyn becomes pregnant to Elizabeth which will be Queen Mary's half sister.
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The parents of mary divorsed by Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury who gives them permission and King Henry VIII maries Anne Boleyn. Katherine of Aragon becomes Princess Dowager of Wales whom she didn't want to be called. She and Mary were separated.
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Elizabeth, Mary's half sister was born. Her parents were Anne and King Henry VIII.
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The Act of Succession said that only children of Anne and King Henry VIII could be te hiers of the throne. Princess Mary, at the time, became Lady Mary.
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Katharine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle. Mary was sad. On May 19th Queen Anne Boleyn was executed on Tower Hill after being accused of treason, incest, and witchcraft. On May 30th, 1536 King Henry VIII married Jane Seymour
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Jane Seymour dies after the birth of King Edward VI and Mary's half-brother. Princess Mary and Elizabeth are looked down apon.
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King Henry VIII dies and Prince Edward VI is now King Edward VI.
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King Edward VI dies leaving the throne to Protestant Lady Jane Grey and her heirs male' instead of Mary.
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Lady Jane Grey is Queen of England. The people of England support Mary, as the rightful heir. She was 37 years old.
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Lady Jane Grey was no longer Queen and Mary takes the crown as Queen Mary I of England. The people of England are more satisfied.Lady Jane Grey is later excecuted.
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Mary sends Princess Elizabeth to the Tower under suspicion of being involved in the Wyatt rebellion. However, she is later released in May.
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Queen Mary I marries Philip of Spain. She was eleven years older than Philip. England is forced to be to Roman Catholicism by the Queen Mary.Her hatred of Protestants leads to their persecution and 300 are burnt at the stake leading to her later nickname of Bloody Mary.
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Mary gained weight, and felt nauseous in the mornings. The whole court, including her doctors, everyone, thought she was pregnant.
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Mary's symptoms of pregnancy stopped when her abdomen receded. There was no baby and people relized she was never really pregnant.
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Queen Mary reluctantly accepts Princess Elizabeth as heir to the throne.Philip II leaves Mary to return to Spain, after trying to get Queen Elizabeth to fall in love with him.
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Thomas Cranmer, former Archbishop of Canterbury who divorsed Mary's parents, is burned at the stake.
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Spanish and English troops in alliance defeat the French.
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Queen Mary I dies at St. James's Palace in London
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Queen Mary's body is interred in Westminster Abbey
