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16th-century queens regnant

  • Elizabeth IElizabeth was born on the 7th of September 1533 at Greenwich Palace. Her mother Anne Boleyn had been Henry VIII's second wife.
  • Mary I of EnglandMary Tudor entered the world on the 18th of February 1516 at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich. She was the only child of King Henry VIII and his first…
  • Mary, Queen of ScotsOn the 8th of December 1542, a baby girl was born at Linlithgow Palace in West Lothian. Her father, King James V, died six days later on the 14th of December.
  • Lady Jane GreyJane Grey sat in the presence of her father or mother, speaking, keeping silence, sitting, standing, going, eating, drinking, merrily or sadly.