Tudor Monarchs

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Tudor Monarchs After Henry
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Edward VI
1547 - 1553
Edward VI was the son of Henry VIII and Jane
Seymour. He was nine years old when he became
King. He was a Protestant. Edward was very ill
and he died at the age of 16. He said that Lady
Jane Grey, Henry VIIs
great-granddaughter, should be Queen. He did not
want his sister Mary to become Queen because she
was a Catholic.
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Lady Jane Grey
The Nine Day Queen
Lady Jane Grey became Queen of England in 1553.
She was a Protestant. She was only Queen for nine
days because she was forced off the throne by
Edwards sister Mary. She was thrown into prison
and then beheaded.
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Mary I
1553 - 1558
Mary I was the daughter of Henry VIII and
Catherine of Aragon. She wanted a Catholic
Church in England. Protestants were put in
prison or killed. She married the Catholic
Prince Philip of Spain. They had no children.
She died in 1559 and was followed by her sister,
Elizabeth I.
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