Young Queens Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Orphaned from infancy, Catherine de’ Medici endured a tumultuous childhood. Married to the French king, she was widowed by forty, only to become the power b...

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1st October 1553
Mary Tudor was crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony conducted by Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester.

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28th September 1553
Mary Tudor, eldest daughter of King Henry VIII, made her way by barge to The Tower of London in preparation for her coronation. Accompanying Mary, was her half-sister, Elizabeth Tudor.
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3rd August 1553
Mary Tudor, daughter of King Henry VIII & Katherine of Aragon, entered London as Queen.

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8th July 1553
Mary Tudor, daughter of King Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon proclaimed herself Queen of England at Kenninghall, Norfolk.

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Catharina-Amalia

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#CrownPrincess #Catharina-Amalia was injured when falling off a horse. AFTER MAJOR surgery, she showed up; in pain wearing a soft cast in order to be photographed with the cavalry regiment which will bear her name. She will one day be #TheNetherlands #QueenRegnant.