On This Day April 17

13 months after she was imprisoned in the Tower of London, Princess Elizabeth was recalled to court on April 17, 1555 to attend the final stages of her half sister Mary 1st's apparent pregnancy.  Once Elizabeth was recalled to court, her future hinged on if Mary was going to give birth to a healthy child. When it became clear that Mary was not pregnant, no one believed any longer that she could have a child and Elizabeth's succession as Queen Elizabeth I seemed assured.

The Lady Elizabeth in about 1546, by an unknown artist

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