ELIZABETH
AND MARY
Cousins, Rivals, Queens
JANE DUNN
In memory of a much loved father
DAVID ROLF THESEN
1923–2002
‘out of the strong came forth sweetness’
CONTENTS
7 Raison de Coeur: Raison d’État
12 The Consequence of the Offence
| 1457 | 28 JAN | Henry VII born |
| 1485 | 15 DEC | Catherine of Aragon born |
| 1486 | 19 SEPT | Arthur, Prince of Wales, born |
| 1489 | 29 NOV | Margaret Tudor born (grandmother of Mary Queen of Scots) |
| 1491 | 28 JUNE | Henry VIII born |
| 1501 | 14 NOV | Catherine of Aragon marries Arthur, Prince of Wales |
| 1501 | Possible year of Anne Boleyn’s birth | |
| 1502 | 2 APRIL | Arthur, Prince of Wales, dies (aged 15) |
| 1509 | 22 APRIL | Henry VII dies (aged 52); Henry VIII ascends t the throne (aged 17) |
| 11 JUNE | Catherine of Aragon marries Henry VIII | |
| 1512 | 10 APRIL | James V of Scotland born |
| 1515 | 20 NOV | Mary of Guise born |
| 1516 | 18 FEB | Mary I born |
| 1520 | 13 SEPT | William Cecil, Lord Burghley, born |
| 1532 | 1 SEPT | Anne Boleyn becomes Countess of Pembroke |
| 1533 | 25 JAN | Anne Boleyn marries Henry VIII |
| 23 MAY | Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, pronounces marriage between Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII invalid | |
| 28 MAY | Cranmer pronounces Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn married | |
| 1 JUNE | Anne Boleyn crowned | |
| 11 JULY | Henry VIII excommunicated | |
| 7 SEPT | Elizabeth I born; possible date of birth of Robert Dudley | |
| 10 SEPT | Elizabeth baptized at Greenwich | |
| 1534 |