... History of the Norman Kings The Reign of Stephen would not be complete without a history of the Norman Conquest. In 1066, William Duke of Normandy defeated Edward the Confessor ending the reigns of the Anglo-Saxon Kings. The Battle of Hastings was fought on Saturday, October 14 from morning until dusk and marked the ... tell us that Jane probably had little sympathy for the English Reformation. The second was that she was able to produce Henry's only male heir, the future Edward VI. Edward was born on October 12, 1537, and to Henry's genuine sorrow, Jane died twelve days later. Jane's fa...

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... of Anne's execution Henry announces his betrothal to Jane Seymour and marries her less than two weeks later. Jane provided Henry a son, Elizabeth's half-brother Edward. With his long awaited heir, Henry saw little need for keeping Elizabeth as a legitimate heir. Henry then stripped her of the title of Princess and declared ... after her father's passing Elizabeth would go to live with Katherine who had taken a liking to her step-daughter. Elizabeth and her half-brother Edward, the new king, were said to have embraced and cried over the loss of their father. Though some believed that thes...

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... Henry's wives, in order of marriage were as follows: 1) Catherine Argon (Mother of Mary Queen of Scots) 2) Anne Boleyn (Queen Elizabeth's Mother) 3) Jane Seymour (Mother of Queen Elizabeth's half-brother Edward VI) 4) Anne of Cleves (Divorced) 5) Katherine Howard (Beheaded) 6) Catherine Parr (Remarried to Thomas Seymour) 3 King Henry VIII divorced Catherine of Argon because she didn't bear him a son. Elizabeth's birth was ... ...

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