Who became Queen after Edward VI?

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Who became Queen after Edward VI?

When a monarch dies without a direct heir, the throne passes to the next in the hereditary line. Edward VI died in 1553 without an heir, and his half-sister Mary, the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, was next in line. So Mary I became queen in 1553. This established the next phase of the Tudor dynasty, with Elizabeth I succeeding Mary later. The other figures listed were not the monarchs immediately after Edward VI: Elizabeth I ruled after Mary, Anne Boleyn was Henry VIII’s wife who never reigned, and Catherine Aragon was Henry VIII’s first wife and queen earlier in the Tudor era.

When a monarch dies without a direct heir, the throne passes to the next in the hereditary line. Edward VI died in 1553 without an heir, and his half-sister Mary, the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, was next in line. So Mary I became queen in 1553. This established the next phase of the Tudor dynasty, with Elizabeth I succeeding Mary later. The other figures listed were not the monarchs immediately after Edward VI: Elizabeth I ruled after Mary, Anne Boleyn was Henry VIII’s wife who never reigned, and Catherine Aragon was Henry VIII’s first wife and queen earlier in the Tudor era.

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