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     Maud Green was born circa 1493. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Greene and Joan Fogge.¹ She married Sir Thomas Parr, son of Sir William Parr and Elizabeth FitzHugh, circa 1508. She died on 1 December 1531.
     From circa 1508, her married name became Parr.

     Mary Seymour was born on 29 August 1548.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley and Catherine Parr.¹ She was also reported to have been born on 31 August 1548. She died on 5 September 1548.

     Lady Jane Grey was born in October 1537 at Bradgate Manor, Bradgate, Leicestershire, England^G.⁴ She was also reported to have been born in 1536/37.⁵ She was the daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Lady Frances Brandon. She married Lord Guilford Dudley, son of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Jane Guilford, on 21 May 1553.⁴ She died on 12 February 1554 at age 16 executed.⁶ She was buried at Church of St. Peter ad Vincula, the Tower, The City, London, England^G.¹
     She gained the title of Queen Jane I of England on 10 July 1553.⁴ She was deposed as Queen of England on 19 July 1553.⁶ She has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁷
     

     Lord Guilford Dudley was born in 1536. He was the son of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Jane Guilford.² He married Lady Jane Grey, daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Lady Frances Brandon, on 21 May 1553.¹ He died on 12 February 1554 executed.¹ He was buried at Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower Hill, The City, London, England^G.³

     Felipe II von Habsburg, Rey de España was born on 21 May 1527 at Valladolid, Castile, Spain^G.⁴ He was the son of Karl V von Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor and Isabel de Aviz, Infanta de Portugal.⁵ He married, firstly, Maria de Aviz, Infanta de Portugal, daughter of João III de Aviz, Rei de Portugal and Katherina von Habsburg, on 12 November 1543 at Salamanca, Spain^G.⁴ He married, secondly, Mary I Tudor, Queen of England, daughter of Henry VIII Tudor, King of England and Catarina de Aragón, Infanta de Aragón, on 25 July 1554 at Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England^G.⁴ He married, thirdly, Elizabeth de Valois, Princesse de France, daughter of Henri II, Roi de France and Catherine de Medici, in 1559 at Palacio del Infantado, Guadalajara, Spain^G.⁶ He married, fourthly, Anna Erzherzogin von Österreich, daughter of Maximilian II von Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria von Habsburg, Infanta de España, on 12 November 1570 at Segovia, Spain^G.^7,5 He died on 13 September 1598 at age 71 at El Escorial Palace, Madrid, Spain^G.⁷ He was buried at El Escorial Palace, Madrid, Spain^G.⁷
     He gained the title of Erzherzog von Österreich. He succeeded as the Rey Felipe II de España on 16 January 1544.⁷ He was appointed Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) on 24 April 1554.⁷ He was deposed as King of Spain in 1558. He gained the title of Rei Felipe I de Portugal in 1580.⁷
     Philip, who was styled King of Naples and King of Jerusalem by his father, was given the title King of England. However, he hated everything about England - the climate, the food and the people. A little over a year after the marriage to Mary, he left and returned to Spain. Mary saw him only once more, for a few weeks, in 1557. In 1588 as King of Spain, he organised the Spanish Armada with two objectives in mind - to re-establish Roman Catholicism in his former wife's Kingdom and in Holland, and to protect Spanish trade with America. On 28th July, a Spanish Armada (fleet) of 130 vessels sailed up the Channel. The English fleet had faster ships and guns with longer range and defeated the Spanish.

     Karl V von Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor was born on 24 February 1500 at Ghent, Belgium^G.⁴ He was the son of Felipe I von Habsburg, Rey de Castilla and Juana, Reina Juana de Castilla.⁵ He married Isabel de Aviz, Infanta de Portugal, daughter of Manuel I de Aviz, Rei de Portugal and Maria de Castilla y Aragón, Infanta de Castilla, on 11 March 1526 at Seville, Spain^G.⁴ He died on 21 September 1558 at age 58.⁴
     He gained the title of Rey Carlos V de España in 1516.⁶ He succeeded as the King Charles V of the Romans in 1519.⁷ He was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1530.⁷ He succeeded as the Emperor Karl V of the Holy Roman Empire in 1530.⁶ He abdicated as Holy Roman Emperor in 1556.⁸

     Isabel de Aviz, Infanta de Portugal was born on 4 October 1503 at Lisbon, Portugal^G.² She was the daughter of Manuel I de Aviz, Rei de Portugal and Maria de Castilla y Aragón, Infanta de Castilla.^3,4 She married Karl V von Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor, son of Felipe I von Habsburg, Rey de Castilla and Juana, Reina Juana de Castilla, on 11 March 1526 at Seville, Spain^G.² She died on 1 May 1539 at age 35 at Toledo, Spain^G.²
     She gained the title of Infanta de Portugal.

     Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester was born circa 1208.² He was the son of Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester and Alice de Montmorency. He married Eleanor of England, daughter of John I 'Lackland', King of England and Isabella d'Angoulême, on 7 January 1238.¹ He died on 4 August 1265 at Evesham, Worcestershire, England^G, from wounds received in action.³
     He gained the title of 6th Earl of Leicester in 1218.¹ He fought in the Battle of Lewes on 14 May 1264, where he captured King Henry III and his son, Edward 'Longshanks.³' He was created 1st Earl of Chester [England] on 24 December 1264, after capturing King Henry III and Edward 'Longshanks', and extorting the Earldom from them.⁴ He fought in the Battle of Evesham on 4 August 1265.¹ On his death, he was attainted, and the Earldom of Chester reverted to its former owners.³
     King Henry III and Simon quarrelled, and Simon defeated King Henry's army at Lewes in Sussex in 1264, making Prince Edward a prisoner and hostage. Simon's triumph was brief, however. Edward escaped, raised an army and defeated Simon at Evesham in 1265. Simon was slain in battle at Evesham. In his year of power, however, Simon had summoned a 'parliament' or conference of his leading supporters, and, by an innovation not repeated until 1295, also two burgesses and two knights from each of a number of boroughs and shires. This parliament was not meant to provide a substitute for royal government. Simon was not opposed to that, but he wanted tom see strong government. Had he lived, he would have seen how apt a pupil Prince Edward was.

     Tomislav Karageorgievich, Prince of Yugoslavia was born on 9 January 1928 at Belgrade, Serbia^G.³ He was the son of Alexander I Karageorgievich, King of Yugoslavia and Marie von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Princess of Romania. He was also reported to have been born on 19 January 1928 at Belgrade, Serbia^G. He married, firstly, Margarita Prinzessin von Baden, daughter of Berthold Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst August Heinrich Karl Prinz von Baden and Theodora zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark, on 5 June 1957 at Schloss Salem, Salem, Baden-Württemburg, Germany, in a civil marriage.³ He and Margarita Prinzessin von Baden were divorced in 1981.³ He married, secondly, Linda Mary Bonney, daughter of Holbrook van Dyke Bonney and Joan Evans, on 16 October 1982 at Bournville, Warwickshire, England^G.⁴ Tomislav and Margarita were also married in a religious ceremony on 6 June 1957. He died on 12 July 2000 at age 72.²
     He gained the title of Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia.³

     Andrej Karageorgievich, Prince of Yugoslavia was born on 28 June 1929 at Bled, Slovenia^G.² He was the son of Alexander I Karageorgievich, King of Yugoslavia and Marie von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Princess of Romania. He married, firstly, Christine Margarethe Prinzessin von Hessen-Kassel, daughter of Christoph Ernst August Prinz Major von Hessen-Kassel and Sophia zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess of Greece and Denmark, on 1 August 1956 in a civil marriage, They were remarried the following day in a religious ceremony.² He and Christine Margarethe Prinzessin von Hessen-Kassel were divorced in 1962.² He married, secondly, Kira Melita Feodora Marie Viktoria Alexandra Prinzessin zu Leiningen, daughter of Friedrich Karl Eduard Erwin VI Fürst zu Leiningen and Mariya Kirillovna Romanov, Grand Duchess of Russia, on 18 September 1963 at Langten Green, Kent, England^G, in a civil marriage.³ He and Kira Melita Feodora Marie Viktoria Alexandra Prinzessin zu Leiningen were divorced on 10 July 1972 at Frankfurt-am-Main, Hessen, Germany^G. He married, thirdly, Eva Maria Andjelkovich, daughter of Milan T. Andjelkovich and Eva Jovanovich, on 30 March 1974 at Palm Springs, California, U.S.A.^G.³ Andrej and Kira Melita Feodora Marie Viktoria Alexandra were also married in a religious ceremony on 12 October 1963 at Amorbach, Bayern, Germany^G. He died on 7 May 1990 at age 60 at Irvine, California, U.S.A.^G, committed suicide.
     He gained the title of Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia.² He adopted Lavinia Maria Lane on 15 November 1965.⁴