Reign+BEfore+the+Great-+Shrader

media type="custom" key="5200977"Many people know of King Henry the great and his daughter Queen Elizabeth who rose to power after being an exiled princess but very few know of those who reigned England in between these two greats. It all begins with the death of King Henry VIII. His final wife, Kathryn Parr, ruled bravely until her death in 1549, and the crown was passed on to the one male heir of Tudor, Edward VI. He took the crown at age ten and he couldn't offer much. Edward was more of a figure head and the country was run mostly by his Uncles. As he grew older her showed great potential but before he could become a great king he died at the age of 15. The Tudor Males ended with Edward. Now the country was on edge not wondering who exactly was to take the throne. Parliament appointed Lady Jane Grey, a prestiges member of court, to be the queen. Sadly she reigned for only nine days and was beheaded for a crime that she did not commit. Parliament had made it's decision and Princess Mary I was to become queen. She and her husband were coroneted and things began to change. Mary had been raised Catholic and so as Queen she took it upon herself to change from Protastentism back into Catholic. Thousand of Protastants were killed and tortured and she received the name "BLOODY MARY." but Mary's reign, like so many others, did not last lang. She became pregnant, or so she thought, and when nine months came and past and no baby arrived they discovered that it was not a child but a tumor. Mary died of cancer in 1558. After her death, Elizabeth became queen and the legacy was born.



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