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| | Hundred Years War Essay 105 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | In 1397, the King's Council declared (on the basis of the power of John of Gaunt) these four children of mistress Catherine to be Legitimate, and they took the name Beaufort, which was the name of one of John's castles in Anjou, France. |
 | | This was so because John, Duke of Somerset, would have a daughter, Margaret Beaufort, who would be mother of Henry Tudor, the future Henry VII, the origin of the House of Tudor, consisting of Henry VII, VIII, Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth. |
 | | Since Elizabeth ("the Virgin Queen") was childless, the throne would pass to a cousin, James, of Scotland, who would begin the House of Stuart: James I, Charles I and II, James II, William III, and Anne. |
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