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i understand she was pregnant twice, but what happened? I never heard of a delivery.

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Hello Cheryl.
I assume you mean Queen Mary I ? She never had any children and it's unlikely she was ever pregnant. She had two phantom pregnancies; in the the first in 1555 she actually had a swelling in the stomach, but it proved to be the first symptoms of the dropsy that killed her. The second in 1558 was entirely in her own imagination.
Mark

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I have a good basic knowledge of British political history, but my speciality is the Kings and Queens of England and Scotland from 927 AD. Please no social history questions, it's not my strong point and I'm unlikely to answer them.

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