Mary Tudor
English Catholic monarch
Mary Tudor refers to two notable English royals.
The better known is Mary I (1516–1553), daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, who as queen restored Catholicism and burned nearly 300 Protestants, earning the epithet "Bloody Mary." The other Mary Tudor (1496–1533) was Henry VIII's younger sister, briefly Queen of France through marriage to Louis XII.
- queenMost powerful chess piece
- EnglandLargest British country
- hereticChallenger of official doctrine
- religious persecutionHarming others for faith
- burningCombustion in progress
burned at the stake · Catholic · Protestant · Philip · Spain · Elizabeth · throne · persecution · Smithfield · stake · martyr · crown · Catherine · Aragon · reign · execution · fire · religion
- Famous Marys
- Medieval Royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, crown
- Renaissance RulersHenry VIII, Elizabeth I, Suleiman the Magnificent, Philip II, Ivan the Terrible
- Tudor EraHenry VIII, Elizabeth I, Anne Boleyn, Catherine of Aragon, Jane Seymour
- Tudor FiguresHenry VII, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Edward VI, Anne Boleyn
- Baroque RulersLouis XIV, Christina, Charles I, Charles II, James I
religious policy
Mary TudorElizabeth I
Final Tudor sovereign
Edward VI · Martin Luther · John Calvin · Thomas Cranmer · Henry VIII