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Signature. 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 ...
- July 1553 –, 17 November 1558
- Catherine of Aragon
Mar 29, 2024 · Mary as queen. Mary I. Mary I was the queen of England from 1553 until her death in 1558. Upon the death of Edward in 1553, Mary fled to Norfolk, as Lady Jane Grey had seized the throne and was recognized as queen for a few days. The country, however, considered Mary the rightful ruler, and within some days she made a triumphal entry into London.
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May 6, 2020 · Definition. Mary I of England reigned as queen from 1553 to 1558 CE. The eldest daughter of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) with Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536 CE), she restored Catholicism in England while her persecution of Protestants led to her nickname 'Bloody Mary'. Mary's marriage to Philip of Catholic Spain set her own kingdom ...
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Jan 31, 2015 · Mary I was the first Queen of England to be crowned in her own right. Mary Tudor was born on February 18, 1516, at the Palace of Placentia. She was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. Mary was a devout Catholic and spent much of her early life in the care of her grandmother, Margaret Beaufort.
Jun 28, 2017 · Mary I (r.1553-1558) Mary I was the first Queen Regnant (that is, a queen reigning in her own right rather than a queen through marriage to a king). Courageous and stubborn, her character was moulded by her early years. An Act of Parliament in 1533 had declared her illegitimate and removed her from the succession to the throne (she was ...
Mary was little more than two years old when she was proposed in marriage to the dauphin, son of Francis I. Three years afterwards the French alliance was broken off, and in 1522 she was affianced to her cousin the young emperor Charles V by the Treaty of Windsor. No one, perhaps, seriously expected either of these arrangements to endure; and ...
Mary I ruled England from 1553 to 1558. She was a devout Roman Catholic and turned the country away from the Protestant religion that her father, Henry VIII , had introduced. She was married to King Philip II of Spain. They did not have any children, so when Mary died after only five years on the throne, she was succeeded by her sister, ...