“BLOODY MARY”
Mary was born on 18 February 1516 at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, London. Mary was weak and ill from May 1558, and died aged 42 at St. James's Palace 17 November 1558. Queen of England (July 19, 1553 - November 17, 1558). This queen did not put a single monument at home (there is a monument to the homeland of her husband - in Spain), its name is associated with the massacre.
Mary was born on 18 February 1516 at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, London. She was the only child of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, to survive infancy. Childhood Mary passed surrounded by a large retinue, corresponding to its position. Nevertheless, the parents she had seen very rarely.
Motto: Veritas Temporis Filia (truth, the daughter of time) In the reign of Mary Tudor Catholicism again became the state religion. Since February 1555 in England burned fires. There were burned about three hundred people, among them ardent Protestants, the church hierarchy - Cranmer, Ridley, Latimer, and others.
In the summer of 1554 Mary married Philip - son of Charles V. He was twelve years younger than his wife. children born of this marriage, became heirs to the English throne. Mary and Philip had no children. Once Maria announced her pregnancy, but what took for the child turned tumor.
Only during the reign of Mary was burn about 300 people, for which she received the nickname "Bloody Mary“ This queen did not put a single monument at home (there is a monument to the homeland of her husband - in Spain), its name is associated with the massacre.
In 1557, Europe had to "rush" viral nature, which has become the worst epidemic of the XVI century. With the first manifestations of the queen's diseases moved to St James's Palace. Despite the lack of energy, Mary was worried about the fate of the country. On 28 October she adopted will in favor of a successor has not been named, detached from Philip rights to the throne Early in the morning on November 17 Maria briefly regained consciousness, listened to a Catholic Mass and soon died quietly.
