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In 1488, a 15 year old boy led an army against his father.
On 11th of June, the father accepted battle - lost and fell. The boy was King James IV, and a parricide.

From 1536 to 1537, there was a rebellion against another king. Who at the point had no living son, one toddler daughter declared a bastard by himself and everyone else and a daughter aged 20-21 who was regarded as legitimate by most save himself.

Suppose Henry is killed in Pilgrimage of Grace. How would Queen Mary rule as a 20...21 year old parricide? Especially if she was not (unlike James IV) in the rebel camp before killing her father?

Edward was begotten in January 1537. Pilgrimage continued beyond that. And even Mary acknowledged Jane Seymour Henry´s lawful wife, because Catherine was naturally dead before Jane married.

If Henry is killed in Spring 1537, with Jane pregnant, would Mary call herself queen or not? If Jane´s child is another daughter then Mary is the elder... or else the English Crown goes into abeyance between coheiresses.
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