Permanent historical factsheet

Legitimacy

England · House / House of Tudor. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1536–1652Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1536

Elizabeth IJuly 1536

House / House of Tudor

Mary & Elizabeth are bastardized, succession going to Jane Seymours son Edward VI

Mary I1536

House / House of Tudor

Coerced into signing an agreement that her parents marriage was invalid

1652

Elizabeth IOctober 1652

House / House of Tudor

The Commons reverse the divorce of Catherine of Aragon, Mary is no longer illegitimate

Names involved

Elizabeth IMary I

Provenance

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