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September 7, 1533 born at Greenwich Palace in the Chamber of Virgins, named after her grandmother Elizabeth of York also possibly after her maternal grandmother Elizabeth Howard
March 23, 1534 Parliament passes the Act of Succession, declaring the offspring of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII as the lawful heirs to the throne, required subjects to take an oath upholding this Act as well as the King's supremacy, those who refused would be charged with treason
November 1534 Parliament passes the First Act of Supremacy, declaring the king as the head of the Church of England
May 2, 1536 mother Anne Boleyn was arrested on charges of adultery and treason
May 17, 1536 marriage between mother and father declared void by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, Elizabeth is declared illegitimate and no longer a princess
May 19, 1536 mother Anne Bolyen is beheaded at Tower Green and buried in the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula
May 30, 1536 father marries Jane Seymour
June 8, 1536 Parliament passes another Act of Succession overturning the previous Act and now declaring the offspring of Jane Seymour and Henry VIII as lawful heirs to the throne
October 15, 1537 baptism of brother Prince Edward at Hampton Court, carried by Edward Seymour Elizabeth participated in the ceremony
October 24, 1537 death of Jane Seymour
late 1537 Katherine Champernowne (later known as Kat Ashley) replaces Lady Bryan as Elizabeth's governess, they would become life long friends
January 6, 1540 father marries Anne of Cleves
July 9, 1540 father's marriage to Anne of Cleves is annulled
July 28, 1540 father marries her 2nd cousin Katherine Howard
February 13, 1542 Katherine Howard is beheaded on Tower Green ( after mariage is annulled) & the young Princess Elizabeth, aged 8, swears never to marry.
July 12, 1543 father marries Catherine Parr
July 14, 1543 Third Succession Act passed by Parliament, declaring that Mary and Elizabeth would be restored to the line of succession after Prince Edward and his heirs
1544 William Grindal becomes her tutor
January 28, 1547 father dies, brother ascends the throne as King Edward VI
1548 Death of tutor William Grindal, Roger Ascham would later tutor Elizabeth





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