Mary Tudor

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Mary Tudor

• Bloody Mary
• (1516-1558)

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Mary Tudor was born on February18th,1516 at
Greenwich Palace in London.
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Early Years

• Marys parents were Henry Vlll and
• Katherine of Aragon. In 1552 Henry
• arranged that Mary was to be married to
• Charles V, a holy Roman Emperor but in
• 1525 Charles broke off the engagement
• and married Princess Isabella of
• Portugal.In the same year Henry sent Mary to
• live in Wales.

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The Princess of Wales

• For the next year and a half Ludlow castle
• was to be Marys home in Wales. Mary
• was the centre of her own imposing court
• representing the King. In 1527 Mary
• arrived home and celebrated her
• engagement to the son of the King of
• France.

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Change of Family

• Henrys attitude towards Mary and her
• mother had changed,he realised that his
• marriage to Katherine had been
• disapproved of by God. He was planning
• on getting married to his second wife
• Anne Boleyn.

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Problems with the Pope

• Henry wished to divorce Katherine but he
• Needed permission off the pope. In 1531
• Katherine was sent to Kimbolten castle
• and was made a prisoner there. Henry
• realized that the pope would never agree
• with his divorce so Henry broke away
• from the church of Rome. He then
• established his own church of which he
• was the head.

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Mary As Queen
Upon the death of Edward in 1553 Mary became
Queen.She longed to bring her people back to the
church of Rome. To achieve this end she married
Phillip II of Spain.Mary murdered hundreds of
protestants, this is how she got the nickname
Bloody Mary.She died in 1558 in London and with
her died all that she did.