Mary I. Mary I, also known as Mary Tudor, was the queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.
Due to her nickname Bloody Mary, which comes from her persecution of Protestants, she is sometimes depicted with a stern or somber expression. An Allegory of the Tudor Succession by Lucas de Heere, painted around 1572, includes an empty cradle next to Mary, which some historians interpret as a symbol of her unsuccessful attempts to produce an heir. She is best known for her aggressive attempt to reverse the English Reformation, which had begun during the reign of her father, Henry VIII.
The executions that marked her pursuit of the restoration of Roman Catholicism in England and Ireland led to her denunciation as Bloody Mary by her Protestant opponents. Mary was the only child of Henry VIII by his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, to survive to adulthood.
Her younger half-brother Edward VI succeeded their father in 1547 at the age of nine. When Edward became mortally ill in 1553, he attempted to remove Mary from the line of succession because he supposed, correctly, that she would reverse the Protestant reforms that had begun during his reign.
On his death, leading politicians proclaimed Lady Jane Grey as queen. Mary speedily assembled a force in East Anglia and deposed Jane, who was ultimately beheaded. Mary was, excluding the disputed reigns of Jane and the Empress Matilda,
Due to her nickname Bloody Mary, which comes from her persecution of Protestants, she is sometimes depicted with a stern or somber expression. An Allegory of the Tudor Succession by Lucas de Heere, painted around 1572, includes an empty cradle next to Mary, which some historians interpret as a symbol of her unsuccessful attempts to produce an heir. She is best known for her aggressive attempt to reverse the English Reformation, which had begun during the reign of her father, Henry VIII.
The executions that marked her pursuit of the restoration of Roman Catholicism in England and Ireland led to her denunciation as Bloody Mary by her Protestant opponents. Mary was the only child of Henry VIII by his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, to survive to adulthood.
Her younger half-brother Edward VI succeeded their father in 1547 at the age of nine. When Edward became mortally ill in 1553, he attempted to remove Mary from the line of succession because he supposed, correctly, that she would reverse the Protestant reforms that had begun during his reign.
On his death, leading politicians proclaimed Lady Jane Grey as queen. Mary speedily assembled a force in East Anglia and deposed Jane, who was ultimately beheaded. Mary was, excluding the disputed reigns of Jane and the Empress Matilda,
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