Bloody Mary Tudor Research Paper

Mary Tudor “Bloody Mary” Mary Tudor did not rule for a long time, but made a great impact in England. She was born on February 18th, 1516 in Greenwich, England. Her father was Henry VIII of England and her mother was Catherine of Aragon. Catherine was Henry’s first wife out of six. Mary was the only child of Catherine to survive to adulthood. She came to power and had many highs and lows; she brought benefits and disadvantages to her people, but in the end lost her power. Mary Tudor had a mostly normal life for a princess growing up in England. She grew up knowing she was going to be the next heir of the throne, after her father. In 1533 her father dissolved his marriage with Catherine and she soon died three years later by natural causes in 1536. Mary was only seventeen years old when she was stripped of her title of princess and she was forced to renounce her Catholic faith. She still practiced her religion secretly without anyone knowing. When Henry VIII died in 1547, Edward VI came to power. He was Henry’s second wife, Jane Seymour’s child. He was nine when he came

She was the daughter of Henry VIII of England and Anne Boleyn. She started her reign at the age of twenty-five. She ruled for forty-four years, until she joined Mary at Westminster Abbey when she died on March 24, 1603. On their grave is written “Partners both in throne and grave, here rest we two sisters, Elizabeth and Mary, in the hope of one resurrection” (Mary I). Elizabeth never got married and was died childless. She was the last of the Tudor dynasty and was succeeded by James VI and I. He was King of Scotland as James VI and King of England as James I. The life and time which Mary Tudor lived was filled with many hardships of a rebellion, sadness of not having an heir, but she had moments of joy through her marriage with Philip II of Spain. Her greatest accomplishment was restoring the Catholic faith in