ofmodernmyths:THE LIBRARY“Mary Tudor, the first queen regnant of England, was a gambler. She gambled
ofmodernmyths:THE LIBRARY“Mary Tudor, the first queen regnant of England, was a gambler. She gambled, not just with money on cards and dice, but also with her life. The most famous gamble she took was in 1553, when she staked everything - life, freedom, religion - in a bid for the throne, and won. But that was not the first time Mary had taken enormous risks. As a young woman between the ages of seventeen and twenty, she had defied her father, Henry VIII: pitting her unassailable belief in her right to be considered his legitimate daughter, and heir to the throne of England, against the determination of Henry, and his second queen, Anne Boleyn, to break her spirit.(…)The relationship between Henry and Mary has never been examined in detail, yet it was complex and multi-layered. Mary was the only person Henry forgave after publicly standing against him. He dispatched the wife, mentors and companions of his youth to exile and death; he executed two wives, one of whom he had loved passionately, and the other a young woman of no more than twenty-two; he sought vicious reprisals against the Pilgrims of Grace, even after they had been granted pardons, but Mary, once sufficiently obedient, was restored to favour and affection.”The King’s Pearl: Henry VIII and His Daughter Mary, Melita Thomas, 2017. -- source link
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