History Series / BecomingElizabeth

** John Dudley successfully manages to replace Edward as Lord Protector.

** [[spoiler: Edward Seymour was not, in fact, as skilled an administrator as the show portrays nor was his downfall caused by his willingness to back Mary as the rightful heir. He was a good and honorable solider, but he was considered a rather incompetent administrator.]]

** [[spoiler: Edward Seymour was not, in fact, as skilled an administrator as the show portrays nor was his downfall caused by his silliness to back Mary as the rightful heir. He was a good and honorable solider, but he was considered a rather incompetent administrator.]]

** [spoiler: Edward Seymour was not, in fact, as skilled an administrator as the show portrays nor was his downfall caused by his silliness to back Mary as the rightful heir. He was a good and honorable solider, but he was considered a rather incompetent administrator.]]

** Robert Dudley and Amy Robsart did no marry in secret but rather had a lavish wedding, with Elizabeth and many other courtiers in attendance.

* Robert Dudley and Amy Robsart did no marry in secret but rather had a lavish wedding, with Elizabeth and many other courtiers in attendance.
* It is highly unlikely that John Dudley first approached Elizabeth to help him thwart Mary's ascension to the throne.

* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Princess Mary (Smart) and Princess Elizabeth (Beautiful) are a complex version of this trope. Mary is older, an OldMaid, HolierThanThou but far wiser than her kid sister. Elizabeth, on the other hand, is beautiful, passionate and a budding AlphaBitch but she's also being groomed by her stepfather, much to Mary's horror. True to the historic record, Elizabeth is an excellent student and both sisters have been given a historical beauty upgrade, but they still fit this trope to a T. The audience knows that eventually, Elizabeth will become a far greater queen than her sister, and even Mary admits Elizabeth is cleverer than she is, but she also points out how naive the young woman is.

* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Princess Mary (Smart) and Princess Elizabeth (Beautiful) are a complex version of this trope. Mary is older, an OldMaid, HolierThanThou but far wiser than her kid sister. Elizabeth, on the other hand, is beautiful, passionate and a budding Alpha Bitch but she's also being groomed by her stepfather, much to Mary's horror. True to the historic record, Elizabeth is an excellent student and both sisters have been given a historical beauty upgrade, but they still fit this trope to a T. The audience knows that eventually, Elizabeth will become a far greater queen than her sister, and even Mary admits Elizabeth is cleverer than she is, but she also points out how naive the young woman is.

** Catherine Parr was certainly naive about her husband's behavior toward Elizabeth, and she had ambitions to remain powerful in court that were thwarted, but she certainly wasn't the clueless manipulator portrayed in the series. Thomas Seymour, on the other hand, was every bit the groomer and predator portrayed.

** John Dudley: Dudley was an ambitious courtier and devoted protestant, but he was not responsible for letting Edward burn heretics. In fact, the young king had to be talked into burning heretics by Thomas Cranmer. There is also no evidence he abused his sons. In fact, historians have drawn a sharp contrast between Dudley's home life, in which he was apparently a devoted husband and unusually engaged hands-on parent, with the courtier who attempted a coup that would have put his daughter-in-law on the throne.

** John Dudley: Dudley was an ambitious courtier and devoted protestant, but he was not responsible for letting Edward burn heretics. In fact, the young king had to be talked into burning heretics by Thomas Cranmer. There is also no evidence he abused his sons. In fact, historians have drawn a sharp contrast between Dudley's home life, in which he was apparently a devoted husband and usually engaged hands-on parent, with the courtier who attempted a coup that would have put his daughter-in-law on the throne.

** JohnDudley: Dudley was an ambitious courtier and devoted protestant, but he was not responsible for letting Edward burn heretics. In fact, the young king had to be talked into burning heretics by Thomas Cranmer. There is also no evidence he abused his sons. In fact, historians have drawn a sharp contrast between Dudley's home life, in which he was apparently a devoted husband and usually engaged hands-on parent, with the courtier who attempted a coup that would have put his daughter-in-law on the throne.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Edward and Mary both, on opposite ends of the religious spectrum. Both are sincere that their religion is the true one and that those opposing them are blasphemers.

** Henry VIII is not only mentioned often, his life and political machinations informs the lives of all the characters.

* ParentalSubstitute: They may see her as a pawn, but poor Jane Grey sees Catherine Parr and Thomas Seymour as her substitute parents. Thomas even gets a few scenes with her where he is, in contrast to his scenes with Elizabeth, fatherly and affectionate, showing that he has grown to like the doomed, abused girl.