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Mary I was the daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. During her childhood, Mary received a thorough education. Following Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and marriage to Anne Boleyn, Mary was deemed illegitimate. Following years of conflict, Mary reluctantly recognised her father as the head of the Church ...
Elizabeth I by Nicolas Hilliard. The truth is that Elizabeth had enjoyed far less useful training in the ‘skill of leadership’ than Mary had. Mary had been raised as her father’s heir until well into her teens and since 1543, aged twenty-seven, she had been her brother’s heir. For the past five years Mary had also been a great landed ...
Jan 31, 2015 · Mary was a devout Catholic and spent much of her early life in the care of her grandmother, Margaret Beaufort. She was invested as Princess of Wales in 1525. Queen Mary I – Biography. The sad life of England’s first female ruler is rendered even more tragic in comparison with her half-sister and successor’s reign.
Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, and as " Bloody Mary " by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain and the Habsburg dominions as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558. She is best known for her vigorous attempt to reverse ...
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Following her brother’s death in July 1553, Mary – against all odds – won the throne in an extraordinary coup d’état. Edward had written Mary out of the succession and instead named the Protestant Lady Jane Greyas heir to the throne. Before the king’s death was made public, John Dudley, the Duke of Northumberland, had secured control of the Tower a...
Traditional assessments of Mary’s queenship have focused heavily on the apparent military failures of her reign, as epitomised by the loss of Calais in the Anglo-French war of 1557–59. Such a failure contrasts with Elizabeth’s victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588. While Elizabeth Iis popularly remembered as a triumphant warrior queen, Mary is pi...
Once seen as weak willed and lacking in leadership qualities, Mary is now heralded as courageous and warlike, educated for rule and politically determined. Her early death – in the midst of disastrous harvest failures and a flu epidemic, and soon after the loss of Calais – ensured Mary’s reputation was fatally sealed. If she had lived longer, her i...
A portrait by the Netherlandish artist Hans Eworth (c. 1520–1574) depicted one of the first images of Mary as queen in 1554. Mary stands in a regal position; her golden gown fills the room against a red cloth of estate and there is a pillar which symbolises her strength and stability as a ruler. This portrait is Eworth’s equivalence to Hans ...
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In the mid-16th century, England became the backdrop for a chilling chapter of religious fervor and fiery executions, known as the Marian Persecutions. Under the reign of Mary I, a fervent Catholic queen determined to reverse the Protestant Reformation initiated by her father, Henry VIII, the nation witnessed a brutal campaign to restore Catholicism. This period saw the execution of over 280 ...
