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Queen Elizabeth, the Motherly Queen
Henry VIII of England (28/6/1491–28/1/1547) m. 1509, a) Catherine of Aragon (16/12/1485–7/1/1536), b) 1533, Anne Boleyn, Queen Regent (c. 1501–14/11/1546). % Mistress Elizabeth Blount
1a) Unnamed daughter (31/1/1510)
2a) Stillborn
3a) Henry, Duke of Cornwall (1/1/1511-22/2/1511)
4a) Unnamed son (17/9/1513)
5a) Unnamed son (12/11/1514)
6a) Lady Mary of Greenwich (18/2/1516-17/11/1554) [1] m. 1536, Duke Frederick III of Legnica (22/2/1520–15/12/1570) [2]
1) Frederick III (23/10/1538–3 March 1588) m. 1558, Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim (30/6/1540–8/2/1594)
1) Frederick (30/11/1559-8/8/1564)
2) Henry (3/2/1563-4/8/1572)
3) Frederick IV (12/6/1564-16/7/1633) m. Erdmuthe of Brandenburg (26/6/1561–13/11/1623)
4) Henry (9/7/1566-23/10/1638) m.
2) Catherine (b. 15/11/1541–7/8/1542)
3) Sophie (7/11/1542–3/9/1569) m. 1558, John Frederick II, Electorate of Saxony [2a]
4) George (29/10/1543–15/1/1551)
5) Maria (15/10/1546–16/9/1583) m. 1562, John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania (27/8/1542-9/2/1600)
7a) Unnamed daughter (10/11/1518)
8%) Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (15/6/1519-23/7/1536) m. 1533, Lady Mary Howard (c. 1519–7/12/1557)
9b) Elizabeth I of England (7/9/1533–r. 28/1/1547-24/3/1603) m. 1549, John of Nassau-Dillenburg (22/11/1536–8/10/1606) [3]
1) Henry IX of England ( 13/3/1550–25/1/1611) m. 1569, Elisabeth of Prussia (20/5/1551–19/2/1596).
2) Princes John, Duke of York (7/6/1551–27/9/1613) m. Elizabeth of Wiltshire and Ormond (28/11/1551-16/1/1623)
3) Prince William, Duke of Normandy (1/9/1552–9/8/1613) m. Anne Cecil of Burghley (5 December 1556 – 5 June 1588)
4) Princess Anne (24/1/1554–5/5/1611) m. 1572, Henry III of Navarre and IV of France (13/12/1553–14/5/1610)
5) Princess Margaret (6/10/1555–4/10/1620) m. 1568, Sebastian of Portugal (20/1/1554–4/8/1578)
6) Prince George, Duke of Gloucester (1/10/1556–3/9/1585) m. 1577, Mary de Vere of Oxford ( 1560-24/6/1624)
7) Princess Juliane (12/11/1558–25/10/1625) m. 1574, Philip William, Prince of Orange (19/12/1554–20/2/1618)
8) Princess Mary (29/9/1559–19/12/1576) m. 1575,
9) Princess Elizabeth (27/12/1560–10/5/1625)
10) Prince Francis (24/01/1562-21/2/1563)
11) Prince Thomas, Duke of Suffolk (22/12/1562–2/6/1632) m. 1580, Lady Margaret Howard (c. 1562–19/8/1591)
12) Prince Francis, Duke of Richmond (20/4/1564-) m.
13) Princess Henrietta (15/12/1566–12/9/1604) m. 1583, James VI of Scotland (19/6/1566–27/3/1625)
10b) Henry, Prince of Wales (25/12/1534-14/1/1546) [4]
11b) Edward, Duke of York (29/1/1536-14/1/1546) [4]
12b) Princess Anne of England (15/8/1539-25/3/1594) m. 1556, Frederick II of Denmark (1/7/1534–4/4/1588)
1) Princess Elizabeth of Denmark (25/8/1557-19 June 1615)
2) Princess Anne of Denmark (1/2/1559-2/6/1619)
3) Christian IV, King of Denmark and Norway (4/12/1560-28/3/1631)
4) Prince Henrik of Denmark, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein (30/10/1562-27/3/1608)
5) Princess Dorothea of Denmark (4/8/1564-2/5/1616)
6) Hedwig of Denmark (5 August 1565 26 November 1641)
7) Frederick of Denmark, Duke of Lolland (9/7/1567-28/10/1602)
13b) Henry, Duke of Cornwall (14/11/1546-17/11/1546)
[1] Catherine was demoted to Dowager Princess of Wales (a title she would have held as Arthur's widow), and Mary was deemed illegitimate. She was styled "The Lady Mary" rather than Princess, and her place in the line of succession was transferred to her newborn half-sister, Elizabeth, Anne's daughter. Following the birth of a healthy male heir, Queen Anne, wanted Mary, married away from England, keeping any chances of Mary and her heirs from usurping her children.
Many suitors were sort after, but Anne had strict restrictions, no King or Prince, no English lord or any foreign lord who could invade England in a succession war.
She died on 17the November 1554, of a heavy bleed following a miscarriage.
[2] The marriage came in the form of 16 year old, Frederick, eldest son of Duke
Frederick II of Legnica in
Silesia (1480–1547), a strong supporter of the Reformation and founded in 1526 the first Protestant University in Legnica; however, because of the controversies between Luther and Caspar Schwenckfeld, it wasn't until 1530 that the University finally opened. Despite his own conversion to Protestantism, Frederick II allowed his subjects to choose their own religion.
Mary was happy that she was still able to attend mass but wasn't overly happy in her marriage or the fact that her children were protestant. It also upset her that Frederick III was sided against the rule of Emperor Charles V, joining the Coalition of Protestant rebel princes and using her dowry and English aid to allow him to not be deposed of by the Holy Roman Emperor. England would be a massive supporter of the Schmalkaldic League, especially after the Treaty of Toledo.
In 1546, England would join the forces with the League in the
Schmalkaldic War.
Frederick would marry again, this time to Barbara of Hesse (8 April 1536 – 8 June 1597)
[2a] Following the Leauge victory in the Schmalkaldic War, John Frederick I retains the electoral dignity.
[3] In 1547, when 13 year old, Elizabeth succeeded her father, Henry VIII, the discussions of marriage began.
[4] Similar to Henry VIII's brother, during an epidemic of the sweating sickness, the two young princes died, the Duke of York first, followed by his older brother about an hour later, not heeding from history, Henry VIII, in his frail health tried to conceive a new male heir with his wife Anne, however she died in childbirth and the frail prince died three days later.