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After the death of King Edward VI, Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed Queen of England. Edward VI's eldest sister Mary refused to surrender her claim to the throne, and within a few days had an army of supporters willing to fight for her cause. Queen Jane's father-in-law John Dudley, an adviser to the late king, began to gather troops to scatter Mary's army. Meanwhile, the leading councilors to the throne balked at the mounting tension and proclaimed Mary the rightful Queen of England.
Queen Elizabeth I's coronation took place on January 15, 1559. Elizabeth I faced several threats to her country and her throne during her time as queen. She was forced to execute her cousin Mary Queen of Scots in 1587 when a plot arose to kill Elizabeth and place her catholic cousin on the throne. Furthermore, Queen Elizabeth's naval fleet decimated the Spanish Armada that threatened England's peace in 1588, gaining fame for herself and England's naval prowess.
King Henry VIII's reign lasted thirty eight years. During his time as king, Henry had six wives, three of which he had children with. One of his most notable actions as King of England was his Act of Supremacy, which allowed him to seize the Catholic church's wealth and officially name himself the Head of the Church of England. While king, Henry spend money lavishly and left a bankrupt England for his successor.
Queen Mary I was the only surviving child of King Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Once she was proclaimed Queen, Mary worked to eliminate the Protestant Reforms that occurred under her brother King Edward VI and restore Catholicism to England. She was viewed favorably by her people in her early years as Queen for creating policies that repaid much of the debt left behind by King Henry VIII and King Edward VI. That being said, public opinion shifted when her elimination of Protestantism for England reached fanatical heights.
Crowned at the age of ten, King Edward VI was the son of Henry VIII and his third wife. It was under King Edward VI that England's Protestant Reformation occurred. In order to protect the religious changes he made to England, Edward VI named Lady Jane Grey his successor at the time of his death. This action sparked conflict, because Edward VI's catholic sister Mary expected to rule after his death.
Though she was a devout Protestant, Elizabeth I was also a firm believer in religious tolerance. Her primary concern as queen was the peace and stability of her kingdom. The Church of England the queen established, while primarily Protestant in tone, was tolerant of Catholic views as well. This meant that by the end of the queen's reign in 1603, England's people were united by a more tolerant faith than allowed under the previous monarchs.
The English Reformation began under the reign of King Henry VIII. King Henry VIII created the Act of Supremacy and named himself the Head of the English Church in order to grant himself the power to divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and marry his mistress Anne Boleyn. With this action, King Henry VIII sparked a pattern of constant religious change within England that would not be settled until the reign of his daughter, Queen Elizabeth I.
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