Interesting Facts about her Family
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- Aug. 22, 1485 - Henry Tudor, grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I, wins battle of Bosworth becoming Henry VII
- Henry VII cemented his succession and settled the friction between the Yorkists and Lancastrians by marrying the Yorkist heir, Elizabeth of York
- Jan 16, 1486 - Marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV
- Jun 28, 1491 - Birth of Prince Henry, future Henry VIII
- 1509 - Accession of King Henry VIII - father of Queen Elizabeth I,
- 18 February, 1516 - Mary, daughter of Henry and Katharine of Aragon is born
- January 25th 1533 Henry marries Anne Boleyn - mother of Queen Elizabeth I,
- 7 September 1533 Queen Elizabeth I the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, is born
- May 15th 1536 Anne Boleyn tried for treason, adultery and incest in the Great Hall of the Tower of London
- May 19th 1536 Anne Boleyn executed on Tower Hill. Anne's body and head were buried in an unmarked grave in the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula
- Within 24 hours of Anne Boleyn's execution, Jane Seymour and Henry VIII were formally betrothed
- Edward VI born 12 October, 1537
- July 28th 1540 - 49 year old Henry married 19 year old Catherine Howard
- 13th February 1542 - Catherine Howard is executed for adultery
- King Henry VIII dies 28 January, 1547
- Edward VI (Henry's son by Jane Seymour) becomes King of England
- 6 July, 1553 King Edward VI dies of tuberculosis
- 6 July 1553 - Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, is proclaimed Queen of England
- Queen Mary I dies on November 17, 1558
- November 17, 1558 - Accession of Queen Elizabeth
Photos of her Family Tree
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