writingwillows: history meme↳ Mary I of Engand Mary I of England was the daughter of Henry VIII and
writingwillows:history meme↳ Mary I of EngandMary I of England was the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. She was the only child of theirs that survived to adulthood. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded to the throne before she did, and when he became mortally ill, he attempted to remove Mary from the line of succession because of their religious differences. Upon his death, Lady Jane Grey was initially proclaimed queen, but Mary assembled a force in East Anglia and successfully deposed Jane, who was beheaded. Mary then took the throne and was coronated on the 1st October, 1553.Mary is remembered for her restoration of Roman Catholicism after the short lived Protestant reign of her half brother. During her own reign, she had over 280 religious dissenters burned at the stake and persecuted those who would not revert to Catholicism. For this, she was given the name Bloody Mary.However, when she died, her Catholic reign was reversed by her younger half sister Elizabeth, who succeeded her as queen. -- source link
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