#OTD 12 Oct 1555

13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, #PeregrineBertie was born in Cleves

Son of #KatherineBrandon Duchess of Suffolk & 2nd husband #RichardBertie

His parents had been forced to leave England during #MaryI’s reign due to their opposing religious stance

On This Day in History - Coronation of Mary I as Queen of England on 1 October 1553.

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#OTD 1 Oct 1553

#MaryI became the 1st crowned English #Queen Regnant

Processing to Westminster followed by Elizabeth & #AnneofCleves she was crowned with the 3 crowns of England:

Edward the Confessor’s
Henry VIII’s Imperial Crown
one commissioned for her

#OTD
28th September 1553
Mary Tudor, eldest daughter of King Henry VIII, made her way by barge to The Tower of London in preparation for her coronation. Accompanying Mary, was her half-sister, Elizabeth Tudor.

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