HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Question
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What was the name of Henry VIII’s first daughter who killed Protestants and re-established Catholicism as the religion in England?
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Mary
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Elizabeth
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Catherine
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Anne
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The only surviving child of Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, Mary took the throne after the brief reign of her half-brother, Edward VI. She sought to return England to the Catholic Church and stirred rebellions by marrying a Spanish Habsburg prince.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mary died on 17 November 1558, possibly from cancer, leaving the crown to her half-sister Elizabeth. Mary is buried beneath Elizabeth I in Westminster Abbey. King James I arranged for Elizabeth I to be dug up from elsewhere in the abbey three years after her death and moved into Mary’s grave.
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