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Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, was a prominent nobleman during the reigns of Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. He also had royal blood through his descent from Anne of York, sister to Edward IV and Richard III. Indeed, at one point following the deaths of Edward VI in 1553, and the Earl of Devon in 1556, he was the heir presumptive, through being the senior male line descendant of Richard, 3rd Duke of York. What scenario would need to come about for him to succeed to the throne as Henry IX? Would both Mary and Elizabeth need to die by 1558? Or merely Elizabeth?
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