Mary I of England

:For other people with this name, see Mary Tudor

Death

During her reign, Mary's weak health led her to suffer numerous phantom pregnancies. After such a delusion was suffered in 1558, Mary decreed in her will that her husband Philip should be the regent during the minority of her child. No child, however, was born, and Mary died at the age of forty-two of influenza and either uterine cancer or ovarian cancer at St. James's Palace on November 17, 1558. It has been theorised that an ovarian cyst prevented her from becoming pregnant. She was succeeded by her half-sister, who became Elizabeth I. Mary is buried in Westminster Abbey immediately beside Elizabeth. The Latin inscription on their tomb translates to "Partners both in Throne and grave, here rest we two sisters, Elizabeth and Mary, in the hope of one resurrection".

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1558 - Regent - Influenza - Uterine cancer - Ovarian cancer - St. James's Palace - November 17 - Cyst - Elizabeth I - Westminster Abbey

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