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""Legitimate children always took precedence over bastards."
True, but couldn't a king legitamize any child he choose as much as he could declare Mary or Elizabeth illegitamate? Before Fitzroy died, Henry submitted an Act to Parliment that would have made him hier to the throne, but we all know how that turned out for him.
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It seems he could. Apparently the titles that Henry lavished on his illegitmate son, Henry Fitzroy (which literally means 'son of the king' ) in June 1525 were meant to pave the way toward naming Fitzroy the heir to the throne. Henry was beginning to resign himself to the fact that Katharine was nearing the end of her childbearing years and could not bear his son. He had not as yet, apparently begun to consider divorcing her and getting a legitimate son on a new queen. Two accidents in which Henry VIII had recently been involved and which could have resulted in his being killed or seriously injured leaving the succession in question brought into sharp focus the need for a male heir. His conferring honors and titles on Fitzroy were notice of his intentions for Bessie Blount's son. Erickson "Great Harry" pp. 163-64, Williams, "Henry VIII and His Court". pg 105

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