Mary I

Mary I or Mary Tu·dor  (tdr, ty-) 1516-1558.

Queen of England and Ireland (1553-1558) who reestablished Roman Catholicism (1555). Her persecution of Protestants earned her the nickname "Bloody Mary."

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Mary I

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(Biographies / Mary I (1516-1558) F, English, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) family name Tudor, known as Bloody Mary. 1516-58, queen of England (1553-58). The daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, she married Philip II of Spain in 1554. She restored Roman Catholicism to England and about 300 Protestants were burnt at the stake as heretics

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Mary I - daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; she was the wife of Philip II of Spain and when she restored Roman Catholicism to England many Protestants were burned at the stake as heretics (1516-1558) Bloody Mary, Mary Tudor House of Tudor, Tudor - an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603)