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As Danielson convincingly shows

John van Wyhe is a senior lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences and a fellow of Tembusu College at National University of Singapore

and helping with mourning rituals

as well as cases of lesser violence in early modern Europe and in contemporary India and Indonesia

Medical Downfall of the Tudors: Sex, Reproduction & Succession Grand Council General Grand Council Deep in the heart ofThe Tudor dynasty died out because there was no heir of Elizabeth I's body to succeed her. Henry VIII, despite his six marriages, had produced no legitimate son who would live into old age. Three of the reigning Tudors (Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I) died without heirs apparent, the most tragic case being that of Mary Tudor, who went through two recorded cases of phantom pregnancy. If it were not for physical frailty and the lack of reproductive