What was Mary's lineage to the throne?
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Published in Daily Trivia
Mary was the second daughter and fifth child of Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. A stillborn sister and three short-lived brothers, including the prince Henry, had preceded her. Through her mother, she was a granddaughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, famous for driving the Muslims from the Iberian Peninsula, uniting modern Spain, and funding Christopher Columbus's voyage to the New World.
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