Hint | Answer |
23. One of the chief accusers of #9 and #22 was #22's own wife... | |
24. After the execution of #9, #4 and #17 were married and finally had a son... | |
25. ...but #17 died soon after due to this childbirth complication. | |
26. Eventually #4 married again, this time to a daughter of a German duke... | |
27. ...who was set aside soon after so #4 could marry her teenage lady-in-waiting... | |
28. Before her marriage, #27 had been the lover of this obscure and impoverished nobleman... | |
29. ...who eventually was executed alongside her, even though her extramarital affair had been with this gentleman companion of #4. | |
30. #4 married one last time, to this 31-year-old widow... | |
31. ...who married this brother of #17 after the death of #4 in 1547. | |
32. #24 succeeded #4 as king, though he was only nine and required the help of a regency council headed by his maternal uncle... | |
33. ...who was not in power long, as #24 died six years later and left the crown to his first cousin once-removed, known as the 'Nine Days' Queen'. | |
34. #5 took the throne next, marrying this Spanish prince... | |
35. ...and earning this nickname for her violent persecution of Protestants. | |
36. #5 died childless in 1558, leaving the throne open for #16, who, because of her refusal to marry, was known as the... | |
37. ...despite her lifelong love for her childhood friend... | |
38. #16 is infamous for the imprisonment and execution of her distant cousin... | |
39. ...which led to the attempted invasion of England by #34 with the famed... | |
40. ...which failed, ushering in the Golden Age of England, marked by political stablility and flourishing of the arts, namely plays by... | |
41. #16 died childless in 1603, leaving the crown to Scottish king... | |
42. ...whose claim to the throne came from his great-grandmother, the elder sister of #4... | |
43. ...thus ending the Tudor dynasty and becoming the first of the... | |
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