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Edward's mother, Mary Anne, nee Carless ( or Carlos ), had noble ancestry, descending through her father, William, then residing near Birmingham, from the same Colonel William Carless who had assisted the future Charles II as he hid from his enemies in the branches of the Royal Oak after the Battle of Worcester, 1651, the last of the English Civil War.
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Edward's and mother
Some time before October 1563 Edward's mother married Charles Tyrrell, a Gentleman Pensioner of much lower rank.
* Encomium Emmae Reginae, encomium to Edward's mother
Edward's claim on the French throne was based on his descent from King Philip IV of France, through his mother Isabella.
Edward's elder sister, acting upon instructions from their mother, had met Princess Alexandra at Strelitz in June ; the young Danish princess made a very favourable impression.
However, in the winter of 1871, a brush with death led to an improvement both in Edward's popularity with the public as well as in his relationship with his mother.
Later sources of questionable reliability address the identity of Edward's mother.
Osbern writes that Edward's mother was a nun at Wilton Abbey whom the king seduced.
Together these various accounts suggest that Edward's mother was probably a noblewoman named Æthelflæd, surnamed Candida or Eneda —" the White " or " White Duck ".
The contradictions regarding the identity of Edward's mother, and the fact that Edmund appears to have been regarded as the legitimate heir until his death in 971, suggest that Edward was probably illegitimate.
A near-contemporary Miniature ( illuminated manuscript ) | miniature showing the future Edward III of England | Edward III giving homage to Charles IV under the guidance of Edward's mother, and Charles ' sister, Isabella, in 1325.
From Edward's death in 1910 until her own death, she was the queen mother, being a dowager queen and the mother of the reigning monarch, George V, though she was more generally styled Her Majesty Queen Alexandra.
Edward's mother, Emma of Normandy, was William's great aunt.
" The English were mostly hostile to Magnus ; Sweyn was made welcome there, although Edward's mother, Emma, curiously favored Magnus and in 1043 the king confiscated her property, with which by one report she had promised to assist Magnus.
A near-contemporary Miniature ( illuminated manuscript ) | miniature showing the future Edward III of England | Edward III giving homage to Charles IV under the guidance of Edward's mother, and Charles ' sister, Isabella of France | Isabella, in 1325.
Cnut subsequently married Æthelred's widow Emma of Normandy, Edward's mother, and had a son with her, Harthacanute.
In 1796 De Quincey's mother, now a widow, moved to Bath and enrolled him at King Edward's School, Bath.
Edward's father was killed during the Wars of the Roses, thus ending the above-mentioned conflict and the throne of England reverted to Richard III's successor, Henry Tudor, a descendent of Edward III of England through his mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort.
However, the Charter retained the mansion and grounds of the Duke of Suffolk, known as Suffolk Place and Southwark Place ; these had been assigned to Edward's mother by Henry VIII.
The identity of his mother is uncertain ; the most likely candidate appears to be the " wanton wench " Elizabeth Wayte, although the historical record is spotty on this issue, and it is not entirely clear that Wayte is distinct from another of Edward's mistresses, Dame Elizabeth Lucy.
Edward's claim to the throne was based on his descent from Malcolm III's daughter Edith, the wife of Henry I of England, whose daughter Adelaide ( aka Matilda ) had been the mother of Edward's great-grandfather, Henry II of England.
Edward's mother, Ellen Sheriff ( 1844 – 1912 ), was born in Pennsylvania ; and both her parents were born in England.
At the time of Charles IV's death in 1328, Edward was his nearest male relative through Edward's mother Isabella of France.
Edward's and Mary
Mary set about trying to restore Roman Catholicism by making sure that: Edward's religious laws were abolished in the Statute of Repeal Act ( 1553 ); the Protestant religious laws passed in the time of Henry VIII were repealed ; and the Revival of the Heresy Acts were passed in 1554.
Accordingly, at the time of the Glorious Revolution, the English Parliament acted of its own authority to name a new king and queen ( joint monarchs Mary II and William III ); likewise, Edward VIII's abdication required the approval of the parliament in each of Edward's six independent realms.
For most of Edward's reign, Mary remained on her own estates, and rarely attended court.
Mary repeatedly refused Edward's demands that she abandon Catholicism, and Edward repeatedly refused to drop his demands.
This extended to Edward's elder sister, the daughter of Catherine of Aragon, Mary Tudor, who was a pious and devout Catholic.
When Edward VI became ill in 1553, his advisers looked to the possible imminent accession of the Catholic Lady Mary, and feared that she would overturn all the reforms made during Edward's reign.
Edward's successor, Mary Tudor, re-established Roman Catholicism in England and restored the Mass in all the churches.
Both depict the Royal Cypher of William and Mary and the mace of the House of Commons, one also shows a representation of the St Edward's Crown and another the Crown of Scotland.
# Lady Mary Tudor ( 1673 – 1726 ), married Edward Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Derwentwater ; after Edward's death, she married Henry Graham, and upon his death she married James Rooke.
In late 1891, Edward's eldest son, Albert Victor, was engaged to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck.
Upon the death in 1553 of Henry VIII's successor, Edward VI, Edward's Catholic half-sister Mary I became queen.
Edward responded warmly, and in the Spring of 1466 sent his brother-in-law, Lord Scales, to Burgundy, where Scales made a formal offer of Margaret's hand in marriage to Charles, and put forward Edward's own proposal of a reciprocal marriage between Charles ' daughter Mary and Edward's brother, George, 1st Duke of Clarence.
Sir Thomas Gresham ( c. 1519 – 21 November 1579 ), sometimes called Thomas Gresham the Elder, was an English merchant and financier who worked for King Edward VI of England and for Edward's half-sisters, Queens Mary I and Elizabeth I.
On the accession of Mary he preached at Paul's Cross commending the " true doctrine taught in King Edward's days ," and warning his hearers against " pestilent Popery, idolatry and superstition.
King Edward's half-sister, Mary Tudor, de facto had licence to continue hearing mass in private.
Mary totally disregarded Edward's personal interest in the issue and fell into " an almost hysterical fear and hatred " of John Dudley.
So Judge Montague remembered in his petition to Queen Mary ; he also recalled that, in Edward's chamber, the Lords of the Council declared it would be open treason to disobey their sovereign's explicit command.
This uncritical stance may have played a decisive role in Northumberland's decision to implement Edward's succession device, as it did in his attitude towards Mary when she had become Queen.
Under the reign of Edward VI in England and Wales, the Protestant Anglicanism was declared to be the state religion, and under the Reformation many maypoles, such as the famous Cornhill maypole of London, were destroyed, however when Mary I ascended the throne after Edward's death, she reinstated Roman Catholicism as the state faith, and the practice of maypoles was reinstated.
Radclyffe's prominence in the kingdom was shown by his inclusion among the signatories to the letters patent of 16 June 1553 settling the crown on Lady Jane Grey as Edward's successor ; but he nevertheless won favour with Queen Mary, who employed him in arranging her marriage with Philip II of Spain, and who created him Baron Fitzwalter in August 1553.
In July 1553, after King Edward's death, Dudley was one of the signatories of the letters patent that set Lady Jane Grey on the Throne of England, and took arms against Mary Tudor, alongside his father.
Lady Jane was to ascend the English throne after the King's death, according to Edward's will, headed " My Devise for the Succession ", in which he bypassed his half-sisters Mary and Elizabeth.
It was a time of great religious upheaval in the country as Edward's successor, his sister Mary I, reintroduced Roman Catholicism, before Anglicanism was once again reimposed under Elizabeth I.
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