Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Queen, Government and Religion.
The status of being born to legally married parents, which was strictly required to rightfully inherit the throne.
Legitimacy appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Early Elizabethan England, especially Queen, Government and Religion and Situation on Accession.
Early Elizabethan England
Situation on Accession
Henry VIII and His Ministers
The Break with Rome
Henry VIII and His Ministers
Henry VIII: Renaissance Prince
Anglo-Saxon and Norman England
Rival Claimants
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Henry VIII and His Ministers
Henry VIII and Wolsey • Henry VIII: Renaissance Prince
