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How did Elizabeth I claim her place in succession to the throne of England?

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The daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn , she was declared illegitimate just before the execution of her mother in 1536, but in 1544 Parliament reestablished her in the succession after her half brother, Edward (later Edward VI), and her half sister, Mary (later Mary I ).

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