Mary And Elizabeth
Mary Stuart, best known as Mary Queen of Scots, was the Queen from when she was just five days old. Even though she was not mentioned in Henry VIII's succession will, she was related to the Tudor line and had some claim to the throne, she was Henry VII's Great Granddaughter. Although most English Catholics recognized Elizabeth's rule, the Catholic world officially denied the legality of Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn, since they did not recognize the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Under the Catholic interpretation, this made Elizabeth illegitimate and unfit to rule. If Elizabeth was not correctly qualified by lineage to rule England, Mary Queen of Scots, who was a Catholic, had one of the strongest claims to the throne. Also having claims to the throne were Catherine Grey (whose sister Jane Grey was the nine days queen who was beheaded by Mary I), Mary Grey, and Henry Stuart (Lord Darnley). Elizabeth Came to the throne in 1559, after her half sister Mary......
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