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Mary Tudor (1516-1558), commonly known as Bloody Mary, ruled England for five years, beginning in 1553. The only surviving child of of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, Mary I was a brutal nut bag.
Some historians have a different opinion.
As part of her campaign to forcibly restore England's connection to the Roman Catholic Church, Mary had nearly 300 burned at the stake and an estimated 800 other Protestants went into exile to avoid her vengeance.
Some historians have a different opinion.
To the dismay of the English people, Mary married prince Philip of Spain, son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Philip returned to Spain after only 14 months with Mary, but his brief time as Mary's spouse played a vital role: he persuaded Mary to release her half sister Elizabeth from the Tower else the Golden Age and Midsummer Nights Dream may have never happened.
Mary had many reasons for a honk against the world. She was a sickly child. She was her fathers Little Princess until she defended her mother over his various other wives, at which point he packed her off to a distant castle. Her Princess title was yanked, and she was declared illegitimate. Her upstart, boy-King half brother turned her country over to the Protestants. Her two pregnancies were wannabes and she inherited a fiscally messed up country.
Some historians have a different opinion.
Magnet size: 2-7/8" x 4" (7.29cm x 10.16cm)
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