Arabella Stuart is imprisoned for marrying another claimant to the throne

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.03: English Writing and Culture: Renaissance (Elizabethan and Jacobean periods) , 1485-1625.
Vol. editors: William M. Hamlin (Washington State University), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University), Ema Vyroubalova (Trinity College Dublin)

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Camps, prisons, internment

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Date of occurrence 1610-06-09

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England (Location)

Arabella Stuart, cousin to James I and VI, is imprisoned for marrying William Seymour, Earl of Hertford, claimant of the Suffolk line to the English succession, since this marriage would give her a dual claim to the throne.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Arabella Stuart is imprisoned for marrying another claimant to the throne". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 February 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=15677, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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