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Queen Mary I - Historical profile
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 Mary I, on her coronation day, swearing on the bible to uphold the Law. [modern illustration] Mary receives the bishop's hands, symbolizing an alliance to her faith. When she came to the throne, she reinstated England's former ties to the Catholic Church, and burned and persecuted 284 Protestants, while approximately 800 fled to the continent in exile. Three of the most famous victims of the Marian persecutions were Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, Hugh Latimer, and Nicolas Ridley. Although her reign was no bloodier than her father's, or her Protestant half-siblings, she came to be known as "Bloody Mary." Her marriage to Philip II of Spain was unpopular, because he was a foreigner. The English people started hating her. She died without an heir and without the popularity and renown her sister, Elizabeth I was to enjoy. |
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 Personality : Mary is described as a quiet, caring, intelligent, and very friendly child, teen and young adult, despite the adversity she experienced. But her caring and love for her brother and sister vanished when she finally let loose her rage when the throne was practically stolen from her by the Grey family, who put the innocent 16-year-old Jane Grey (later known as the 9 days queen) on the throne. Mary rallied an army, defeated Jane's supporters, and was crowned Queen. Mary's mother was a  devotedly Catholic woman, and for years Mary clung to the religion her mother held dear.Mary I & Elizabeth I: Even before her sister Elizabeth was born Mary was mistreated by many, laughed at and often humiliated, disgraced as a bastard. Her father's affection waned as he pressured her to accept the dissolution of his marriage to her mother. |  Eventually she and her sister had to find solace in each other. Despite Hollywood's portrayal of her as a naive and bloodthirsty Queen, she was no more cruel than her father. For every victim that Mary I killed or sent to prison or beheaded or burned, her father would send 10 or 20. It was only a matter of disadvantage and Mary trusting too much where she should not have. She loved her brother and sister very much. She would care for Elizabeth as the child grew, however, as Elizabeth reached her teen years, she went to live with the dowager Queen, Catherine Parr who, even though being protestant, Mary is said to have loved. When Elizabeth went away from Mary and her brother, both sisters grew apart and for the first time, faith and power and advancement to the throne came into play, and the two sisters became great rivals. | |
 Mary had avoided writing the letter during her father's marriage to Anne Boleyn. After Anne's execution and her mother's death, Mary finally wrote it and was able to return to court and her father's good graces, but regretted her action ever after. | LITERATURE: Non-fiction: LINKS: | |
 Mary always lacked her mother's courage in adversity. She was not as strong willed. According to many testimonials, she was always very ahead of her age, talking sometimes "indecencies" in front of others or talking back and breaking royal protocol, which amused her father. In the end her self esteem diminished as her mother was left aside. Although her mother wished her to be like Isabella of Castille, famous for being a queen in her own right, and not let the dominance of men overpower her, Mary was unable to. She saw Jane Seymour hailed as a great role model for being submissive in ways Anne Boleyn and Mary's mother were not. Henry VIII would always call Jane his third wife, his "true" and only wife, and even be buried next to her after his death. She would not achieve the greatness of her much more popular sister, who became Good Queen Bess, and led England into the Golden Age, when it became an Empire and began to dominate the seas. |  King Philip II of Spain, he grew tired of Mary as she always refused to grant him ownership of what she considered to be her crown, he left England after no more than a year. | |
 Plaque by the tomb (built by James I) of Mary and Elizabeth in Westminster. It reads: "Partners both in throne and grave, here rests we two sisters, Elizabeth and Mary, in hope of one Resurrection" Elizabeth gave Mary a royal funeral and interred her in the chapel their grandfather Henry VII had built in the Abby, where they are now buried together. | | |
| a bit dry, but very informative. | Mary clashes with her half brother, Edward VI | |
 Statue of Mary I, located in The House of Lords |  Funeral effigy of Mary, now displayed in the museum of Westminster Abbey | |
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Hi, i'm new here, so i don't know if you know about this movie: The twisted tale of blood Mary
its a independent movie about the sad life of the first queen of england. Here is the site of the movie:http://www.thetwistedtale.com/ i saw the trailer, and a liked.
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