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Princess Mary Tudor
Princess Mary Tudor played by Sarah Bolger (Season 2) & Blathnaid McKeown (Season 1)
February 18, 1516 - November 17, 1558
Crowned: July 19, 1553
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February 18, 1516 - November 17, 1558
Crowned: July 19, 1553
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 Character's backstory:The only surviving child of Queen Katherine of Aragon & King Henry VIII. If she had been born a boy, history could have been so different. As it was, she started out as a much doted on child only to be relegated to illegitimacy when her father decided to annul the marriage with her mother.Gentility: Royal Tudor Family, granddaughter of King Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabel of Castille Position: Princess of Wales (later revoked and retitled as Lady Mary) and much later - Queen of England and Ireland, Queen Consort of Aragon, Castile and Naples, Queen Consort of the Spanish Netherlands Personality type: A precocious child and doted on by her father who bragged that "this child never cries". Her parents divorce and the birth of her half sister & brother left her emotionally insecure for the rest of her life. Signature look: Red hair, blue eyes, light pale skin, although later because of her adversity, her skin would get paler and by the time she was a teen and young adult, she is described to have been thin. Although described by some as looking ill-tempered, the result of her "squinty" eyes was poor eyesight. Endearing trait(s): By her teens and young years she is said to have been kind, even as an adult she is said to have cared and loved her brother and sister, despite being from different mothers, She was intelligent, had a passion for music, loved to read & taught Latin, Spanish, English, French and other languages by her tutors. She never gave up on religion or turned back on her beliefs. Annoying trait(s):Very patient, never talked back or had the courage to go against her father, unlike her mother. Scandal(s): Marian Persecutions Nickname(s): Bloody Mary Site of burial: Westminster Abbey, buried alongside her half-sister Elizabeth I, The tomb topped by an effiigy of Elizabeth I bears the epitaph : "Consorts both in throne and grave, here rest we two sisters, Elizabeth and Mary in the hope of one resurrection". Official Guidebook, Westminster Abbey, pg. 30 The will of Mary I |  Sarah Bolger as Mary Season 2
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CHARACTER CONNECTIONS Family members: Father: King Henry VIII Mother: Queen Katherine of Aragon Paternal Grandfather: Henry VII Tudor Paternal Grandmother: Elizabeth of York Maternal Grandfather: Ferdinand II of Aragon Maternal Grandmother: Isabella of Castile Half-Sister: Elizabeth I Half-Brother: Prince Edward Tudor Half-Brother: Henry Fitzroy Godfather: Cardinal Wolsey | Marriage(s): King Phillip II of Spain Friends: Cardinal Pole, Margaret Pole- Countess of Salisbury- who was her governess before being taken away and had her title as Princess revoked. After her mother's death, Ambassador Eustace Chapuys remained as close to her as he did her mother. Jane Seymour, helped re-establish Mary's place at court and after she died acted as chief mourner during her funeral. Enemies: All Reformers, allies of Elizabeth I, during her teen and young adult years it would be the whole Boleyn Faction & Her father, Henry. |
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 Left is a real portrait of Mary in her teen years during the beginning of the 1530's, the artist is unknown, to the right above is the actress Blathnaid McKeown who plays Mary, Princess of Wales as a child.  |   (Lady Mary, went through various titles such as Princess of Wales, Queen of England, Queen consort of Aragon.) The painting on the left is c. 1542 and Sarah Bolger on the right |
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 Here is the actress who portrays Mary I in her childhood years, and here is Henry VIII, in a time where he still cared. |  |
 Mary, Princess Mary and Emperor Charles V and King of Spain, cousin of Mary by her mother's side. |  Henry hugs Mary (before he meets Anne Boleyn) while her Mother (Katherine of Aragon) looks on. |
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 Princess Mary says goodbye to her mother |  Thomas Boleyn telling Mary she is no longer the legitimate child of the King & if she doesn't accept it, she can no longer contact her mother. |
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| |  LUDLOW Castle This is the place where Mary grew up mostly in her childhood when she was made Princess of Wales. |
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| Ginalovestudors | Mary and Elizabeth (page: 1 2 3) | 42 | Thursday, 9:29 AM EDT by lettice | |
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Thread started: May 5 2008, 8:24 PM EDT
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I was very moved by Mary's actions last night as she held her baby sister and sang to her it showed that she loved the child , even after all that has been done to this 17 yr old she still had it in her heart to not take it out on a child, I have read that Mary and Elizabeth where close and that Mary spoke well of her little sister saying she was a goodly child. I wondering how it will be on the show when they are both put into the same boat and lose there Father's love to there New step-mom and Edward
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| Tudor_Obssessed | Elizabeth and Mary | 11 | Mar 31 2008, 9:00 PM EDT by curlyrain | |
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Thread started: Jan 27 2008, 10:43 PM EST
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I am currently reading Philippa Gregory's book, "The Queen's Fool" and although some of the book is VERY inaccurate, I can't help but wonder about her getting the relationship between both sisters as being dead on, in my opinion. I mean, u have Mary who is the center of her father's world until Anne Boleyn comes along, and then Mary is shipped off, not allowed to see her mother, even at her Katherine's death. Mary serves Elizabeth, and then Anne dies, and Mary takes care of her b/c she feels sorry for her and such.
Maybe the reason the two could not get along was b/c Mary could not forget the way Anne had treated her and her mother, and maybe all the remarks about how Elizabeth looked like Anne's lutist, Mark Smeaton stemmed from the fact that Mary looked more Spanish and more like her mother and Elizabeth looked more like her father? I just thought this would be an interesting topic to discuss. |
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