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Mary Tudor, Queen of France

Queen of France from 1514 to 1515

For other people named Mary Tudor, see Mary Tudor.

Mary Tudor
Cropped image from the wedding portrait, attributed to Jan Gossaert, c. 1516
Tenure	9 October 1514 – 1 January 1515
Coronation	5 November 1514
Born	18 March 1496 Sheen Palace, London, Surrey, Kingdom of England
Died	25 June 1533 (aged 37) Westhorpe Hall, Westhorpe, Suffolk, Kingdom of England
Burial	22 July 1533 Bury St Edmunds Abbey 1538 St. Mary's Church, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
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House	Tudor
Father	Henry VII of England
Mother	Elizabeth of York

Mary Tudor (TEW-dər; 18 March 1496 – 25 June 1533) was an English princess who was briefly Queen of France as the third wife of King Louis XII. Louis was more than 30 years her senior. Mary was the fifth child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the youngest to survive infancy.

Following Louis's death, Mary married Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. Performed secretly in France, the marriage occurred without

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Mary I facts and myths

During her turbulent life, Mary I became the first ruling queen of England and attempted to restore the Catholic faith. But was she really known as 'Bloody Mary'? Find out more about the facts and myths surrounding her reign.

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Was Mary I the first Queen of England?

Before Mary I, there had been other English queens who were the wives of the ruling king. However, Mary was the first 'Queen Regnant' - a queen who rules a country as the primary monarch rather than simply as a consort.

When and where was Queen Mary I born?

Mary I was born at Greenwich Palace on 18 February 1516. Her life as royal heir, illegitimate child and eventually monarch ebbed and flowed around Greenwich.

Mary was not only born at Greenwich Palace, but was also baptized there, in the Franciscan Observant Friars church (at the west end of the palace). Her parents, Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, had married there

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Mary Tudor

(Mary I of England)
1516–1558

Mary Tudor was the eldest daughter of Henry VIII and the only surviving child of his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. When Henry VIII divorced Catherine in order to marry Anne Boleyn, she was declared illegitimate. After Anne was disgraced and executed, Mary returned to her father's favor, and was named his heir after her younger brother, Edward VI. Mary, however, clung to the Catholic faith in which she was raised, and was unpopular with the Protestant courtiers of her father and brothers court, (many of whom had become very wealthy due to the seizure of the monasteries.)

PHILIP II OF SPAIN, AND QUEEN MARY.

The Protestant regents who ruled England during the reign of Edward VI conspired to prevent Mary from ascending to the throne, by attempting to place Lady Jane Grey, a grand-niece of Henry VIII, on the throne, but this attempt failed. At first Mary sought to spare Lady Jane's life, but when the rebellion continued, her young cousin was executed along with the other conspirators.

Mary's two major concerns du