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the suffolk claim

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  • throne should pass to Henry VIIIs younger sister, Mary, the Duchess of Suffolk
  • her granddaughter, Lady Jane Grey has already been executed for being put on the throne after Edward, but there was still Lady Catherine and Lady Mary
  • both were protestants and potential heirs
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the stuart claim

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  • Mary Queen of Scots had a stronger claim, she was a descendant from Henry VIIIs older sister who had married into the scottish family
  • mary was catholic and brought up in france
  • elizabeth wanted her to marry Robert Dudley (childhood friend) but she married Lord Darnley
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how was the succession crisis resolved

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  • obvious heir was the scottish king, James VI, only child of Mary QoS
  • he had a double strong claim, as both his mother and father were grandchildren of Elizabeth’s aunt, Margaret Tudor
  • 1590s, james would be next king