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Arabella Stuart

Type Figure Region England Time 1575–1615 Also known as Lady Arabella Stuart、Arbella Stuart、Arabella Stuart

An English noblewoman and cousin of James VI and I, Arabella Stuart was long regarded as a potential successor through her Tudor-Stuart blood;…

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  1. 1575–1603England · EnglandBorn into an English noble family, with both Tudor and Stuart blood she was regarded as a possible claimant under both Elizabeth I and James I, living long under court surveillance and semi-confinement.
  2. 1610–1611London · EnglandShe secretly married William Seymour in June 1610, which James I saw as a challenge to royal authority and the order of succession. In 1611 the couple were separately imprisoned; Arabella was held in various noble houses, and her political activity ceased entirely.
  3. 1612–1615Tower of London · LondonKept under close guard after 1612, she was transferred to the Tower of London in 1615 and died there on 25 September that year, aged about 40; she was buried in Westminster Abbey, her tragic fate becoming a classic case of early Stuart political suspicion.

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