Lady Arabella Stuart dies in the Tower of London

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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 1615-09-27

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England (Location)

Lady Arabella Stuart dies in the Tower of London. Cousin to James I and VI, she married William Seymour, Earl of Hertford, in 1610. However, since both Seymour and she herself held ancestral claims to the English throne, James perceived her to be a threat, and kept her imprisoned, where she died after a mental breakdown.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Lady Arabella Stuart dies in the Tower of London". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 February 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=15758, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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