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'''Mary I''' (18 February 1516 &ndash; 17 November 1558), was [[Queen of England]] and [[Monarchy of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from 19 July 1553 until her death. The fourth crowned monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], she is remembered for restoring [[England]] to [[Roman Catholicism]] after succeeding her short-lived [[half brother]], [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]], to the English throne. In the process, she had almost 300 religious dissenters [[burned at the stake]] in the [[Marian Persecutions]], earning her the [[sobriquet]] of '''"Bloody Mary"'''. Her re-establishment of Roman Catholicism was reversed by her successor and half-sister, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].

== Childhood and early years ==
Mary was the only child of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and his first wife [[Catherine of Aragon]] to survive infancy. Her mother had many miscarriages and a [[stillbirth|stillborn]] sister and three short-lived brothers, including [[Henry, Duke of Cornwall]], had preceded her. Through her mother, she was a granddaughter of [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] and [[Isabella I of Castile]]. She was born at the [[Palace of Placentia]] in [[Greenwich, London|Greenwich]], [[London]]. She was [[baptism|baptised]] with [[Thomas Wolsey|Thomas Cardinal Wolsey]] standing as her godfather. Mary was a sickly child who had poor eyesight, [[sinus]] conditions and bad [[headache]]s. [[John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford]] was her Chamberlain, and his wife, Lady Anne, daughter of [[George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent]], was one of Mary's attendants.<sup>[]</sup>

Despite her health problems, Mary was a precocious child. A great part of the credit for her early education likely came from her mother, who consulted the [[Spanish people|Spanish]] scholar [[Juan Luis Vives]] upon the subject and was Mary's first instructor in [[Latin]]. Mary also studied [[Greek language|Greek]], [[science]], and [[music]]. In July 1521, when scarcely five and a half years old, she entertained some visitors with a performance on the [[Harpsichord#Virginals|virginal]] (a smaller harpsichord). Henry VIII doted on his daughter and would boast in company, "This girl never cries", and would sometimes show delight in her developing music skills.<sup>[]</sup> When Mary was nine years old, Henry gave her her own court at [[Ludlow Castle]] and many of the [[Royal Prerogative]]s normally only given to a [[Prince of Wales]], even calling her the Princess of Wales. In 1526, Mary was sent to [[Wales]] to preside over the [[Council of Wales and the Marches]]. Despite this obvious affection, Henry was deeply disappointed that his marriage had produced no sons.

Throughout her childhood Henry negotiated potential marriages for Mary. When she was only two years old she was promised to the [[Francis, Dauphin of France (1518-1536)|Dauphin Francis]], son of [[Francis I of France|Francis I, King of France]], but after three years, the contract was repudiated. In 1522, she was instead contracted to marry her first cousin, the [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], then 22, by the [[Treaty of Windsor 1522|Treaty of Windsor]]. Within a few years, however, the engagement was broken off. It was then suggested that Mary wed the Dauphin's father Francis I, who was eager for an alliance with England. A marriage treaty was signed which provided that Mary should marry either Francis I or his second son [[Henry II of France|Henry, Duke of Orléans]]. However, Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII's chief adviser, managed to secure an alliance without the marriage.

Meanwhile, the marriage of Mary's parents was in jeopardy because Catherine had failed to provide Henry the male heir he desired. Henry attempted to have his marriage to her [[annulment|annulled]], but [[Pope Clement VII]] refused his requests. Some {{Who|date=June 2008}}contend that the Pope's decision was influenced by Charles V, Mary's former betrothed and her mother's nephew. Henry had claimed, citing [[Bible|biblical]] passages, that his marriage to Catherine was unclean because she had been previously married briefly, at age 16 to his brother [[Arthur, Prince of Wales|Arthur]], although there was some debate as to whether that marriage had been [[consummate]]d. In 1533, Henry secretly married another woman, [[Anne Boleyn]], and shortly thereafter, [[Thomas Cranmer]], the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], formally declared the marriage with Catherine void and the marriage with Anne valid. Henry then broke with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and declared himself head of the [[Church of England]]. As a consequence, Catherine was demoted to Dowager Princess of Wales (a title she would have held as the widow of Arthur). Mary in turn was deemed illegitimate, and her place in the line of succession transferred to her half-sister, the future Elizabeth I, daughter of Anne Boleyn. She was styled "Lady Mary" rather than princess because of her illegitimate status.

Mary was expelled from Court, her servants (including her favorite maid [[Susan Clarencieux]]) were dismissed from her service, and in December 1533 she was sent to serve as a lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth. Upon arriving at the house she was asked by the Duke of Norfolk if she would not go and pay her respects to the Princess to which Mary curtly replied that she knew of no princess in England save herself but as the king had acknowledged Elizabeth to be his, she might call her sister, as she called the Duke of Richmond (Henry's son by [[Elizabeth Blount]]) brother. It was an insult, and Norfolk doubtlessly would have been offended though he did not show it. Mary was to continue repeating similar phrases to whomever compared her to her sister.

Despite the cold treatment she received at Hatfield, Mary was also determined to assert her seniority over Elizabeth. On one occasion when Elizabeth's household moved to another location, Mary, having made a protest during the last move, was given a litter with a velvet covered seat instead of a leather one. It may have seemed like a small victory, but to Mary it was undoubtedly a triumph.[[Image:Mary_I_by_Master_John.jpg|thumb|upright|Princess Mary in 1544]]
Despite her courage and determination, Mary was often sick. Mary was not permitted to see her mother or attend her funeral in 1536. It is said {{By whom|date=April 2009}} that because of this treatment, Mary was very cold towards Elizabeth during Elizabeth's teenage years, deriding Anne Boleyn's execution and calling her a [[witch]]. Circumstances between Mary and her father worsened, and she attempted to reconcile with him by submitting to his authority as head of the [[Church of England]]. By this she repudiated [[papal authority]], acknowledged that the marriage between her mother and father was unlawful, and accepted her own illegitimacy.


When Anne Boleyn was beheaded in 1536, Elizabeth was downgraded to the status of Lady and removed from the line of succession. Within two weeks of Anne Boleyn's execution, Henry married [[Jane Seymour]], who died shortly after giving birth to a son, the future [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]]. Mary was godmother to her half-brother Edward and chief mourner at Jane Seymour's funeral. In return, Henry agreed to grant her a household (which included the reinstatement of Mary's favorite maid [[Susan Clarencieux]]), and Mary was permitted to reside in royal palaces. Her privy purse expenses for nearly the whole of this period have been published and show that [[Hatfield House]], the [[Palace of Beaulieu]] (also called Newhall), [[Richmond, North Yorkshire|Richmond]] and [[Hunsdon]] were among her principal places of residence. She was later awarded the Palace of Beaulieu as her own. 

[[Image:Family of Henry VIII c 1545.jpg|thumb|300px|Painting depicting the family of [[Henry VIII of England]], ca. 1545, currently on display at [[Hampton Court Palace]].  Left to Right: 'Mother Jak', Princess Mary, [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]], Henry VIII, [[Jane Seymour]], [[Elizabeth I of England|Princess Elizabeth]] and [[William Sommers]].]]
In 1543 Henry married his sixth and last wife, [[Katharine Parr]], who was able to bring the family closer together. The next year, through the [[Third Succession Act]], Henry returned Mary and Elizabeth to the line of succession, placing them after Edward. Both women, however, remained legally illegitimate.

In 1547, Henry died and was succeeded by his son, Edward VI. Since Edward was still a child, rule passed to a regency council dominated by [[Protestant]]s, who attempted to establish their faith throughout the country. As an example, the [[Act of Uniformity 1549]] prescribed Protestant rites for church services, such as the use of [[Thomas Cranmer]]'s new ''[[Book of Common Prayer]]''. When Mary, who had remained faithful to Roman Catholicism, asked to be allowed to worship in private in her own [[chapel]], she was refused. It was only after Mary appealed to her cousin [[Charles V]] that she was allowed to worship privately. Religious differences continued to be a problem between Mary and Edward, however. When Mary was in her thirties, she attended a reunion with Edward and Elizabeth for [[Christmas]], where Edward embarrassed Mary and reduced her to tears in front of the court for "daring to ignore" his laws regarding worship.

== Accession ==
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On 6 July 1553, at the age of 15, Edward VI died of [[tuberculosis]]. Edward did not want the crown to go to Mary, who he feared would restore Catholicism and undo his reforms, as well as those of Henry VIII. For this reason, he planned to exclude her from the line of succession. However, his advisors told him that he could not disinherit only one of his sisters, but that he would have to disinherit Elizabeth as well, even though she embraced the Church of England.  Guided by [[John Dudley, Earl of Warwick|John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland]] and perhaps others, Edward excluded both of his sisters from the line of succession in 
his will.<sup>[]</sup>

Edward VI and his advisors instead devised that he should be succeeded by Dudley's daughter-in-law [[Lady Jane Grey]], the granddaughter of Henry VIII's younger sister [[Mary Tudor, Queen of France|Mary, the French Queen]]. However, this exclusion contradicted the [[Third Succession Act|Act of Succession]] of 1544. This act had restored Mary and Elizabeth to the line of succession. Around the time of Edward VI's death, Mary had been summoned back to London from [[Framlingham Castle]] in [[Suffolk]], into which she had recently moved after having left her former residence at the [[Palace of Beaulieu]]. However, Mary initially hesitated; she suspected that this summons could be a pretext on which to capture her and, in so doing, facilitate Grey's accession to the throne.

On 10 July 1553, Lady Jane Grey assumed the throne as [[Queen of England]] in what can best be described as a coup d'état orchestrated by Dudley and his supporters.  However, Dudley's support collapsed almost immediately, which led to the false Queen being deposed a mere nine days later.  Mary rode triumphantly into London on a wave of popular support to legally assume the crown.  Grey and Dudley were immediately imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]].  Mary understood that the young Lady Jane was essentially a pawn in Dudley's scheme, and did not immediately order the girl's execution.

One of Mary's first actions as Queen was to order the release of the Roman Catholic [[Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk]] and [[Stephen Gardiner]] from imprisonment in the Tower of London.<sup>[]</sup> At this time, the Duke of Northumberland (Dudley) was the only conspirator executed for [[high treason]]. Mary was left in a difficult position, as almost all the [[Privy Council of England|Privy Counsellors]] had been implicated in the plot to put Jane on the throne. She could only rely on Gardiner, whom she appointed both [[Bishop of Winchester]] and [[Lord Chancellor]]. On 1 October 1553, Gardiner formally crowned Mary.

== Reign ==
=== Spanish marriage ===
[[Image:Felipe of Spain and MariaTudor.jpg|thumb|Philip and Mary]]
At age 37, Mary turned her attention to finding a husband and producing an heir, thus preventing the Protestant Elizabeth (still her successor under the terms of Henry VIII's will) from succeeding to the throne. Mary rejected [[Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (1553 creation)|Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon]], as a prospect when her cousin Charles V suggested she marry his only son, the [[Spain|Spanish]] Prince Philip, later [[Philip II of Spain]]. It is said that upon viewing the [[Titian]] full-length portrait of Philip now in the [[Prado]],<sup>[]</sup> which had been sent to her, Mary declared herself to be in love with him.

Their marriage at [[Winchester Cathedral]] on 25 July 1554 took place just two days after their first meeting. Philip's view of the affair was entirely political (he admired her dignity but felt "no carnal love for her"), and it was extremely unpopular with the English.{{Fact|date=June 2008}} Lord Chancellor Gardiner and the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] petitioned her to consider marrying an Englishman, fearing that England would be relegated to a dependency of Spain. This fear may have arisen from the fact that Mary was &ndash; excluding the brief, unsuccessful and controversial reigns of Jane and [[Empress Matilda]] &ndash; England's first [[Queen regnant]].

=== Domestic politics ===

Insurrections broke out across the country when she insisted on marrying Philip, with whom she was in love. The Duke of Suffolk once again proclaimed that his daughter, Lady Jane Grey, was queen. In support of Elizabeth, [[Thomas Wyatt the younger|Thomas Wyatt]] led a force from [[Kent]] that was not defeated until he had arrived at London. After the rebellions were crushed, the Duke of Suffolk, his daughter, Lady Jane Grey, and her husband were convicted of high treason and executed. Elizabeth, though protesting her innocence in the Wyatt affair, was imprisoned in the Tower of London for two months, then was put under house arrest at [[Woodstock Palace]].

Mary married Philip on 25 July 1554, at [[Winchester Cathedral]]. Under the terms of the marriage treaty, Philip was to be styled "King of England", all official documents (including [[Act of Parliament|Acts of Parliament]]) were to be dated with both their names, and Parliament was to be called under the joint authority of the couple. Coins were also to show the heads of both Mary and Philip. The marriage treaty further provided that England would not be obliged to provide military support to Philip's father in any war. Philip's powers, however, were extremely limited, and he and Mary were not true joint sovereigns like [[William and Mary]].

[[Image:Mary and Philip medal.jpg|thumb|left|Mary and Philip appear on the above medal by Jacopo da Trezzo made circa 1555.]]

=== Pregnancy ===

Mary, thinking she was [[pregnant]], had thanksgiving services at the diocese of London in November 1554. This turned out to be the first of two [[Pseudocyesis|phantom pregnancies]].  Various theories, such as cysts, have been put forward to explain her condition, but it was likely psychological in nature.{{Fact|date=March 2009}} Philip persuaded his wife to permit Elizabeth's release from house arrest, probably so that he would be viewed favourably by her in case Mary died in [[childbirth]]. Soon after the disgrace of the false pregnancy, Philip headed off to [[Flanders]] to command his armies against France.  Mary was heartbroken and soon fell into deep depression.

=== Religion ===

As Queen, Mary was very concerned about heresy and the English church. She had always rejected the break with Rome instituted by her father and the establishment of Protestantism by Edward VI. She had England reconcile with Rome and [[Reginald Cardinal Pole]], the son of her governess the Countess of Salisbury (who was beheaded for treason by Mary's father [[Henry VIII]]) and once considered a suitor, became [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]; Mary had his predecessor [[Thomas Cranmer]] burned at the stake. Mary came to rely greatly on Pole for advice.

Edward's religious laws were abolished by Mary's first Parliament in the Statute of Repeal Act (1553). Church doctrine was restored to the form it had taken in the 1547 [[Six Articles]].

Mary also persuaded Parliament to repeal the Protestant religious laws passed by Henry VIII. Getting their agreement took several years, and she had to make a major concession: tens of thousands of acres of [[monastery]] lands confiscated under Henry were not to be returned because the new landowners created by this distribution were very influential. This was approved by the Papacy in 1554. The [[Revival of the Heresy Acts]] were also passed in 1554.

=== Persecutions ===
Numerous Protestant leaders were executed (typically by burning) in the [[Marian Persecutions]]. Many rich Protestants chose exile, and around 800 left the country. The first to die were [[John Rogers (c.1500–1555)|John Rogers]] (4 February 1555), [[Laurence Saunders]] (8 February 1555), [[Rowland Taylor]] (9 February 1555), and [[John Hooper]], the [[Bishop of Gloucester]] (9 February 1555). The persecution lasted for almost four years. It is not known exactly how many died. [[John Foxe]] estimates in his ''[[Foxe's Book of Martyrs|Book of Martyrs]]'' that 284 were executed for their faith. The Marian persecutions are commemorated especially by [[Sussex Bonfire Societies|bonfires]] in the town of [[Lewes]] in [[Sussex]]: there is a prominent martyrs' memorial outside St John's church at [[Stratford, London|Stratford]], London, to those Protestants burnt in [[Essex]], and others in [[Christchurch Park]] [[Ipswich]] and the abbey grounds, [[Bury St Edmunds]], to those executed in East and West [[Suffolk]] respectively.

=== Foreign policy ===
[[File:Queen Mary I from NPG.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Mary I c. 1555, unknown artist, [[National Portrait Gallery, London]].]]
Henry VIII's creation of the [[Kingdom of Ireland]] in 1542 was not recognized by Europe's Catholic powers. In 1555 Mary obtained a [[papal bull]] confirming that she and Philip were the monarchs of [[Ireland]], and thereby the Church accepted the personal link between the kingdoms of Ireland and England. Furthering the [[Tudor Reconquest of Ireland]], the midlands counties of [[County Laois|Laois]] and [[County Offaly|Offaly]] were shired and named after the new monarchs respectively as "Queen's County" and "King's County". Their principal towns were respectively named Maryborough (now [[Portlaoise]]) and Philipstown (now [[Daingean]]). Under Mary's reign, English colonists were settled in the [[Irish midlands]] to reduce the attacks on [[the Pale]] (the colony around [[Dublin]]).

Having inherited the Spanish throne upon his father's [[abdication]], Philip returned to England from March to July 1557 to persuade Mary to support Spain in a war against France (the [[Italian Wars]]). There was much opposition to declaring war on France. There existed an old alliance between Scotland and France; French trade would be jeopardized; and England had a distinct lack of finances because of a bad economic legacy from Edward VI's reign. As a result of her agreement to declare war (which violated the carefully-written marriage treaty), England became full of factions and [[sedition|seditious]] pamphlets of Protestant origin inflaming the country against the Spaniards. English forces fared badly in the conflict and as a result lost [[Calais]], England's sole remaining continental possession, on 13 January 1558. Although this territory had recently become financially burdensome, the effects of its loss were ideological. Mary later lamented that when she died the words "Philip" and "Calais" would be found inscribed on her heart.

=== Commerce and revenue ===

The most prominent problem was the decline of the Antwerp cloth trade. Despite Mary's marriage to Philip, England did not benefit from their enormously lucrative trade with the [[New World]]. The Spanish guarded their trading revenue jealously, and Mary could not condone illegitimate trade (in the form of [[piracy]]) because she was married to a Spaniard. In an attempt to increase trade and rescue the English economy, Mary continued [[Duke of Northumberland|Northumberland]]'s policy of seeking out new commercial ports outside Europe.

Financially, Mary was trying to reconcile between a modern form of government &mdash; with correspondingly higher spending &mdash; and a [[medieval]] system of collecting taxation and dues. A failure to apply new [[tariff]]s to new forms of [[import]]s meant that a key source of revenue was neglected. In order to solve this problem, Mary's government published the "Book of Rates" (1558), listing the tariffs and [[duty|duties]] for every import. This publication was not reviewed until 1604. Mary also appointed [[William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester]] as Surveyor of Customs and assigned him to oversee the revenue collection system.

Mary also started currency reform to counteract the dramatic [[devaluation]] overseen by [[Thomas Gresham]] that had characterized the last few years of Henry's reign and the reign of Edward VI. These measures, however, were largely unsuccessful.

== Death ==

During her reign, Mary suffered two phantom pregnancies. It has been speculated{{By whom|date=March 2009}}that these could simply be a result of the pressure to produce an heir, though the physical symptoms (including [[lactation]] and the later loss of her eyesight) reported by Mary's attendants may be indicative of a [[hormone|hormonal]] disorder such as a [[pituitary gland|pituitary]] [[tumour]].

Mary decreed in her will that her husband should be the regent during the minority of her child. No child, however, was born, and Mary died at age 42 at [[St. James's Palace]] on 17 November 1558. She was succeeded by her half-sister, who became [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]]. Although her will stated that she wished to be buried next to her mother, Mary was interred in [[Westminster Abbey]] on 14 December in a tomb she eventually shared with Elizabeth. The Latin inscription on a marble plaque on their tomb<sup>[]</sup> (affixed there by [[James I of England|James VI]] of [[Scotland]] when he succeeded Elizabeth to the throne of England as [[James I of England|James I]]) translates to "Consorts in realm and in tomb, here we sleep, Elizabeth and Mary, sisters, in hope of resurrection".  The Latin plays on the multiple meanings of ''consors'', which can mean either ''sibling'' or ''sharer in common''.

== Legacy ==
[[Image:Mary1 by Eworth 3.jpg|thumb|Queen Mary, by [[Hans Eworth]]]]
Mary enjoyed tremendous popular support and sympathy for her mistreatment during the earliest parts of her reign, especially by the Roman Catholic population. Her marriage to Philip, however, was unpopular among her subjects. The marriage treaty clearly specified that England was not to be drawn into any Spanish wars, but this guarantee proved meaningless. Philip spent most of his time governing his European territories, while his wife usually remained in England. After Mary's death, Philip became a suitor for Elizabeth's hand, but she refused him.

The persecution of Protestants earned Mary the appellation "Bloody Mary" from them, although many historians believe she does not deserve all the blame, and despite the fact that her father Henry VIII and sister Elizabeth executed as many if not more people than she did. There is disagreement as to the number of people put to death during Mary's five-year reign. However, several notable clerics were executed; among them [[Thomas Cranmer]], the former [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]; [[John Rogers (c.1500–1555)|John Rogers]], a former colleague of William Tyndale; [[Nicholas Ridley (martyr)|Nicholas Ridley]], the former [[Bishop of London]]; and the reformist [[Hugh Latimer]].  Mary was prominently featured and vilified in the ''[[Foxe's Book of Martyrs|Book of Martyrs]]'', published by [[John Foxe]] in 1562, 5 years after Mary's death.  Subsequent editions of the book remained popular with Protestants through the 19th century.

One popular tradition traces the [[nursery rhyme]] "[[Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary]]" to Mary's attempts to bring Roman Catholicism back to England, although it may well be about her cousin [[Mary, Queen of Scots]].{{Fact|date=March 2009}}

== Titles, style and arms ==

Mary I's titles and styles from birth to death:

* '''18 February 1516 - 23 May 1533''': Princess Mary of England
* '''23 May 1533 - 19 July 1553''': Lady Mary Tudor
* '''19 July 1553 - 17 November 1558''': ''Her Majesty'' The Queen of England and Ireland
* '''16 January 1556 - 17 November 1558''': ''Her Majesty'' The Queen of Spain and Sicily

[[Image:England Arms 1554-1558.svg|thumb|Arms of Mary I, [[Impalement (heraldry)|impaled]] with those of her husband, Philip II]]

Like Henry VIII and Edward VI, Mary used the style "Majesty", as well as "Highness" and "Grace". "Majesty", which Henry VIII first used on a consistent basis, did not become exclusive until the reign of Elizabeth I's successor, [[James I of England|James I]].

When Mary ascended the throne, she was proclaimed under the same official style as Henry VIII and Edward VI: "Mary, by the Grace of [[God]], [[Queen of England]], [[English Kings of France|France]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]], [[Fidei defensor|Defender of the Faith]], and of the [[Church of England]] and also of [[Church of Ireland|Ireland]] in Earth Supreme Head" ({{lang-la|Maria Dei Gracia Anglie, Francie et Hibernie Regina, Fidei Defensor, et in terra ecclesie Anglicane et Hibernice supremum caput}}). The "supremacy phrase" at the end of the style was repugnant to Mary's Catholicism; from 1554 onwards, she omitted the phrase without statutory authority, which was not retroactively granted by Parliament until 1555.

Under Mary's marriage treaty with Philip, the couple were jointly styled Queen and King. The official joint style reflected not only Mary's but also Philip's dominions and claims; it was "Philip and Mary, by the grace of God, King and Queen of England, France, [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]], [[Kings of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]], and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, [[Prince]]s of [[Spain]] and [[Sicily]], [[Archduke]]s of [[Austria]], Dukes of [[Rulers of Milan|Milan]], [[Duke of Burgundy|Burgundy]] and [[Duke of Brabant|Brabant]], Counts of [[Habsburg]], [[Count of Flanders|Flanders]] and [[German Tyrol|Tirol]]". This style, which had been in use since 1554, was replaced when Philip inherited the Spanish Crown in 1556 with "Philip and Mary, by the Grace of God King and Queen of England, Spain, France, [[Jerusalem]], both the [[Sicily|Sicilies]] and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, Archdukes of [[Austria]], Dukes of [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundy]], [[Milan]] and [[Duchy of Brabant|Brabant]], Counts of [[Habsburg]], [[Flanders]] and [[German Tyrol|Tirol]]".

Mary I's [[heraldry|arms]] were the same as those used by all her predecessors since [[Henry IV of England|Henry IV]]: ''Quarterly, Azure three fleurs-de-lys Or'' [for France] ''and Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or'' [for England]. Sometimes, Mary's arms were impaled (depicted side-by-side) with those of her husband.

== Ancestry ==
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|19= 19. [[Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso]]
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== See also ==
* [[Pilgrimage of Grace]]
*[[Cultural depictions of Mary I of England]]

== Notes ==

== References ==
* [http://tudorhistory.org/mary/ Eakins, L. E. (2004). "Mary I"]
* "Mary I". (1911). ''Encyclopædia Britannica,'' 11th ed. London: Cambridge University Press.
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09766a.htm "Mary Tudor" (1910). ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'' (Volume IX). New York: Robert Appleton Company.]
* Williamson, D. (1998). ''The Kings and Queens of England'' New York: National Portrait Gallery.
* Weir, Alison. "The Children of Henry VIII".

== Further reading ==
===Non-fiction===
* Deary, Terry. "The Terrible Tudors". ISBN 0-590-55290-2
* Deary, Terry. "Even More Terrible Tudors". ISBN 0-590-11254-6
* Erickson, Carolly. ''Bloody Mary: The Life of Mary Tudor''. (June 1993) ISBN 0-688-11641-8
* [[Victor Hugo|Hugo, Victor.]] ''Mary Tudor: A Drama''. ISBN 1-58963-478-0
* Loades, David M. ''Mary Tudor: A Life''. (March 1992) ISBN 0-631-18449-X
* Loades, David M. ''The Reign of Mary Tudor: Politics, Government & Religion in England, 1553-58''. (May 1991) ISBN 0-582-05759-0
* McHarque, Georgess. ''Queen in Waiting: A Life of "Bloody Mary" Tudor''. (June 2004) ISBN 0-595-31254-3
* [[Linda Porter (historian)|Porter, Linda]] ''Mary Tudor: The First Queen''.  (October 2007)  ISBN 978-0-7499-5144-3
* [[H. F. M. Prescott|Prescott, H. F. M.]] ''Mary Tudor: The Spanish Tudor''. (October 2003) ISBN 1-84212-625-3
* Ridley, Jasper. ''Bloody Mary's Martyrs: The Story of England's Terror''. (July 2002) ISBN 0-7867-0986-3
* Slavicek, Louise Chipley. ''Bloody Mary (History's Villains)''. (July 2005) ISBN 1-4103-0581-3
* Waldman, Milton. ''The Lady Mary: a biography of Mary Tudor, 1516-1558''. (1972) ISBN 0-00-211486-0
* Waller, Maureen, "Sovereign Ladies: Sex, Sacrifice, and Power. The Six Reigning Queens of England." St. Martin's Press, New York, 2006. ISBN 0-312-33801-5 
* [[Alison Weir (historian)|Weir, Alison]]. "The Children of Henry VIII''. (1996)
* Whitelock, Anna. 'Mary: the first queen of England' (bloomsbury forthcoming)
*Meyer, Carolyn 'Mary Bloody Mary' (half fiction half non-fiction)
*Simpson, Helen. ''The Spanish Marriage'', at [http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty-n-z.html#simpsonh Project Gutenberg Australia]

=== Fiction ===
* The short appearance of the future Queen Mary in [[Mark Twain]]'s [[The Prince and the Pauper]] had a considerable influence on her negative image{{Fact|date=August 2008}}, given the enduring popularity of Twain's work. His depiction of her as a cold and cruel person seems to connected both to Twain's outspoken atheism and to the strong anti-Catholic prejudice prevalent in American society at the time of writing.
* [[William Harrison Ainsworth|Ainsworth, William Harrison]]. ''The Tower of London''. London, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. [1946], 455 p.
* [[Kage Baker|Baker, Kage]]. ''[[In The Garden of Iden]]''. (December 2005) ISBN 0-7653-1457-6 (listed as science fiction, as it involves time travel)
* Churchill, Rosemary. ''Daughter of Henry VIII''. (May 1978) ISBN 0-523-40325-9
* [[Suzannah Dunn]]. ''[[The Queen's Sorrow]]''. (July 2008) ISBN 978-0-00-725827-7. Attempts to show the other side to Mary as seen through the eyes of Rafael, a member of Prince Philip's entourage.
* [[Dorothy Dunnett|Dunnett, Dorothy]]. "The Ringed Castle" includes a sympathetic portrayal of Mary's marriage and pregnancies
* [[P. C. Doherty|Dukthas, Ann]]. ''In the Time of the Poisoned Queen''. (February 1998) ISBN 0-312-18030-6
* [[Jane Feather|Feather, Jane]]. ''Kissed by Shadows''. (February 2003) ISBN 0-553-58308-5
* [[Philippa Gregory|Gregory, Philippa]]. ''The Queen's Fool''. (November 2004) ISBN 0-7432-6982-9 makes an effort to revise her long-lasting horrific image and show her through the eyes of a devoted and loving servant - without hiding the horror of the persecutions
* Irwin, Margaret. Trilogy: ''Young Bess'', ''Elizabeth, Captive Princess'' and ''Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain''.
* Lewis, Hilda. ''I Am Mary Tudor'' ISBN 0-446-78017-0, ''Mary the Queen'' ISBN 0-09-116030-8, and ''Bloody Mary'' (1973), a trilogy.
* [[Carolyn Meyer|Meyer, Carolyn]] ''Mary, Bloody Mary''. (April 2001) ISBN 0-15-216456-1 (Juvenile Fiction, ages 11 and up)
* Parkes, Patricia. ''Queen's Lady''. (May 1981) ISBN 0-312-66008-1
* [[Jean Plaidy|Plaidy, Jean.]] ''In the Shadow of the Crown: The Tudor Queens''. (May 2004) ISBN 0-609-81019-7
* [http://ghostwolf.dyndns.org/words/authors/T/TennysonAlfred/play/queenmary/index.html "Queen Mary" by Alfred Tennyson - full online text]
* Santiago Sevilla. ''Dracula and the Bloody Mary: A Tragicomedy'', published in Liceus El Portal de las Humanidades. (Liceus.com)
*''[[Innocent Traitor]]'' by [[Alison Weir (historian)|Alison Weir]] (2007).
* ''The Lady Elizabeth'' by [[Alison Weir (historian)|Alison Weir]] (2008).

== External links ==
* [http://www.badley.info/history/Mary-I-England.biog.html Mary I Chronology World History Database]
* [http://www.archsoc.com/games/Mary.html "Bloody Mary: Further Intrigue in the Tudor Court",] Stevens, Garry, 2004.
* [http://tudorhistory.org/mary/ Mary Tudor takes the Crown] &mdash; Tudor History
* [http://www.hrp.org.uk/learninganddiscovery/Discoverthehistoricroyalpalaces/monarchs/maryI.aspx Queen Mary I on the Historic Royal Palaces website]


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