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What I remember most after the class is the family of  Elizabeth. She was the second daughter of Henry VIII, her sister was the famous "Bloody Mary" and the young knig Edward was her younger brother. They all came from different mothers, Henry divorced his first wife, the mother of Mary, because she didn't give him a boy to succeed to the throne. It was then, he declared that he and England will not be a part of Catholic since the Catholic don't approve of divorce. (it's kinda funny that a man changed history only because he wanted a son.) Finally, his third wife born him a son. BUT... after Henry VIII passed away, Edward died soon after his father, he was a knig of short period. Soon after that, Mary became the Queen of England since she was the oldest heir left. Mary's religion was differnt from her father and sister, she was a religious Catholic. This might related to her mother, because her mother was divorced, it is reasonable that she's a catholic who disapprove of divorce. In the view of  Catholic, Mary is maybe the only legal heir of the throne. Elizabeth was not a legal heir because she was born as Christian.  Even though Mary didn't want to give the throne to a Christian, she had no choice. Elizabeth eventually became the Queen of England and lead her country to prosperity.