Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in Elizabethan England (c1568–1603).
A 16th-century legal term for a child born out of wedlock, typically barred from inheriting titles or the throne.
Illegitimate appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for British Depth Studies, especially Elizabethan England (c1568–1603) and Elizabeth I and her Court.
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