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{{Villain Infobox|Image = Mary I of England.jpg|fullname = Mary Tudor|alias = Bloody Mary<br>Mary I|occupation = Queen of England and Ireland (1553 - 1558)<br>Queen-consort of Spain (1556 - 1558)|hobby = Killing Protestants who refused to convert to Catholicism.|goals = Kill Queen Elizabeth the 1st (abandoned)
Make England catholic<br>Giving birth to an heir<br>Burn all Protestants (all failed)|type of villain = Tyrant Queen<br>Religious Fanatic}}
{{Quote|Mary Tudor was the most hated queen in British history. During her five-year reign, she threw all England into chaos. Mary beheaded 'traitors,' murdered 'heretics,' and had pregnant women burnt to death in the name of her religious fanaticism. The entire nation lived in fear of her. Thousands fled into hiding, and the streets of English cities were polluted with the putrid smell of burning flesh. She created such terror that she's known as 'Bloody' Mary.|Introduction to a Discovery Channel documentary about Mary}}
{{Quote|Mary Tudor was the most hated queen in British history. During her five-year reign, she threw all England into chaos. Mary beheaded 'traitors,' murdered 'heretics,' and had pregnant women burnt to death in the name of her religious fanaticism. The entire nation lived in fear of her. Thousands fled into hiding, and the streets of English cities were polluted with the putrid smell of burning flesh. She created such terror that she's known as 'Bloody' Mary.|Introduction to a Discovery Channel documentary about Mary}}
'''Mary I''' (February 18th, 1516 – November 17th, 1558) was the Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. She was the 40th monarch of England and the 4th head of state of the Kingdom of Ireland. Her opponents gave her the name "'''Bloody Mary'''".


She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of [[Henry VIII]] and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547. When Edward became mortally ill in 1553, he attempted to remove Mary from the line of succession because of religious differences. On his death, their cousin Lady Jane Grey was at first proclaimed queen. Mary assembled a force in East Anglia and successfully deposed Jane, who was ultimately beheaded. In 1554, Mary married Philip of Spain, becoming queen consort of Habsburg Spain on his accession in 1556.  As the fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, Mary is remembered for her restoration of Roman Catholicism after the short-lived Protestant reign of her half-brother. During her five-year reign, she had over 280 religious dissenters burned at the stake in the Marian Persecutions. Her re-establishment of Roman Catholicism was reversed after her death in 1558 by her younger half-sister and successor, Elizabeth I.
'''Mary I''' (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558) was the Queen of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_England England] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland Ireland] from July 1553 until her death. Her opponents gave her the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet sobriquet] "'''Bloody Mary'''".


Mary is remembered in the 21st century for her vigorous efforts to restore the primacy of Roman Catholicism in England after the rise of Protestant influence during the short-lived reign of her half-brother, Edward. Protestant historians have long denigrated her reign, emphasizing that in just five years she burned several hundred Protestants at the stake in the Marian persecutions. In the mid-20th century, H. F. M. Prescott attempted to redress the tradition that Mary was intolerant and authoritarian, and scholarship since then has tended to view the older, simpler assessments of Mary with increasing reservations. A historiographical revisionism since the 1980s has to some degree improved her reputation among scholars. Christopher Haigh argued that her revival of religious festivities and Catholic practices was generally welcomed. Haigh concluded that the "last years of Mary's reign were not a gruesome preparation for Protestant victory, but a continuing consolidation of Catholic strength."
She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England Henry VIII] and his first wife [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Aragon Catherine of Aragon]. Her younger half-brother, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VI_of_England Edward VI], succeeded Henry in 1547. When Edward became mortally ill in 1553, he attempted to remove Mary from the line of succession because of religious differences. On his death, their cousin [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Jane_Grey Lady Jane Grey] was at first proclaimed queen. Mary assembled a force in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Anglia East Anglia] and successfully deposed Jane, who was ultimately beheaded. In 1554, Mary married [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain Philip of Spain], becoming [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_consort queen consort] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg_Spain Habsburg Spain] on his accession in 1556.


Catholic historians, such as John Lingard, thought Mary's policies failed not because they were wrong but because she had too short a reign to establish them and because of natural disasters beyond her control. In other countries, the Catholic Counter-Reformation was spearheaded by Jesuit missionaries; Mary's chief religious advisor, Cardinal Reginald Pole, refused to allow the Jesuits into England. Her marriage to Philip was unpopular among her subjects and her religious policies resulted in deep-seated resentment. The military loss of Calais to France was a bitter humiliation to English pride. Failed harvests increased public discontent. Philip spent most of his time abroad, while his wife remained in England, leaving her depressed at his absence and undermined by their inability to have children. After Mary's death, Philip sought to marry Elizabeth but she refused him. Although Mary's rule was ultimately ineffectual and unpopular, the policies of fiscal reform, naval expansion, and colonial exploration that were later lauded as Elizabethan accomplishments were started in Mary's reign
As the fourth crowned monarch of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudor_dynasty Tudor dynasty], Mary is remembered for her restoration of Roman Catholicism after the short-lived Protestant reign of her half-brother. During her five-year reign, she had over 280 religious dissenters [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_burning burned at the stake] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Persecutions Marian Persecutions]. Her re-establishment of Roman Catholicism was reversed after her death in 1558 by her younger half-sister and successor, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England Elizabeth I].


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