Get to know Mary Tudor, Henry VIII's sister, a princess, duchess, and queen who defied her brother and lived to tell the tale.

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#OTD 18 Mar 1496

#MaryTudor was born to #HenryVII & #ElizabethofYork

Married #LouisXII of France in 1514 & widowed less than 3mths later

Secretly married #CharlesBrandon Duke of Suffolk against her brother #HenryVIII’s wishes, they were heavily fined but kept their heads!

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#History

#OTD
18th March 1496
Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk, was born at Richmond Palace.

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#OTD #TDIH #June 25, 1533: #BOTD: #HBD #MaryTudor! #QueenOfFrance #DuchessOfSuffolk #Princesses #EnglishPrincesses #Beauties #EnglishMonarchy #HouseOfTudor #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #BritishNobility #BritishHistory #HistoryOfGreatBritain #HistorySky #RoyalSky
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#OTD 28 Feb 1518

François, son of #FrançoisI & Claude, Duchess of Brittany was born at Château d'Amboise, remarkably #LeonardodaVinci designed his christening decorations!

Briefly betrothed to #MaryTudor as an infant he become #FrançoisIII of Brittany but died aged just 18

#French
#History

#OTD
20th February 1516
Mary Tudor (the future Queen Mary I), daughter of King Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon was baptised in the Church of the Observant Friars at Greenwich.

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#MaryTudor #QueenMaryI #KingHenryVIII #KatherineofAragon #Tudors #History

Get to know Mary Tudor, Henry VIII's sister, a princess, duchess, and queen who defied her brother and lived to tell the tale.

💻️: https://tinyurl.com/43aj562v

#marytudor #henryviii #tudorera #booksky

Unknown Artist
Portrait of #MaryI, Queen of England (1516-58), who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1554
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
#MaryTudor #QueenMary #Tudor

After #AntonisMor (1519-75)
Portrait of #MaryI, Queen of England (1516-58), who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1554
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
#MaryTudor #QueenMary #Tudor

Unknown Artist
Portrait of #MaryI, Queen of England (1516-58), who was #BornOnThisDay
16th-century
Private Collection
#MaryTudor #QueenMary #Tudor

After #AntonisMor (1519-75)
Portrait of #MaryI, Queen of England (1516-58), who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1554-9
Royal Collection
#MaryTudor #QueenMary #Tudor

After #AntonisMor (1519-75)
Portrait of #MaryI, Queen of England (1516-58), who was #BornOnThisDay
16th Century
#MaryTudor #QueenMary #Tudor

#AntonisMor (1519-75)
Portrait of #MaryI, Queen of England (1516-58), who was #BornOnThisDay
1554
Museo del Prado
#MaryTudor #QueenMary #Tudor

Hans #Eworth (d. 1574)
Portrait of #MaryI, Queen of England (1516-58), who was #BornOnThisDay
1555-8
#MaryTudor #QueenMary #Tudor

Hans #Eworth (d. 1574)
Portrait of #MaryI, Queen of England (1516-58), who was #BornOnThisDay
1554
Society of Antiquaries of London
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Hans #Eworth (d. 1574)
Portrait of #MaryI, Queen of England (1516-58), who was #BornOnThisDay
1554
National Portrait Gallery
#MaryTudor #QueenMary #Tudor

#MasterJohn (active 1544-45)
Portrait of #MaryI, Queen of England (1516-58), who was #BornOnThisDay
1544
National Portrait Gallery
#MaryTudor #QueenMary #Tudor

Attributed to #LucasHorenbout (ca. 1490-1544)
Portrait of #MaryI, Queen of England (1516-58), who was #BornOnThisDay
1525
National Portrait Gallery
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#MaryTudor was born #OnThisDay in 1516, ruling #England from 1553 to 1558; her six years as queen were an almost unmitigated disaster & her attempt to reimpose Catholicism by force earned her the sobriquet #BloodyMary; now she's just an alcoholic drink...
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#OTD in 1516. A Princess was born. Mary Tudor was the only child of Henry VIII & his first wife Catherine of Aragon to survive to adulthood. Mary was born at the Palace of Placentia #Tudors #Art #History #MaryTudor #OnThisDay #QueenMaryI

#OTD
18th February 1516
Mary Tudor (the future Queen Mary I) was born at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich (Greenwich Palace).
She became England’s first Queen Regnant when she ascended the throne in 1553.

#MaryTudor #QueenMaryI #QueenofEngland #Tudors #History

📚💙⏳ In early April 1555 Mary I withdrew into her rooms for her confinement but by late July everyone realised that the queen was not pregnant. #bloodymary
#MaryTudor #MaryI #pregnancy #Tudor

#OTD 31 Jan 1515

#CharlesBrandon was sent to negotiate widowed #MaryTudor return

It is said she had agreed to marry #LouisXII only IF #HenryVIII allowed her free choice later

Charles promised Henry he'd do nothing rash in Paris.. however the 'marry me now or never' was more persuasive than the 🪓!

#OTD 26 Jan 1568
Lady Katherine Grey, 27 died at Cockfield Hall Suffolk

The granddaughter of #MaryTudor, sister of #LadyJaneGrey & potential successor to cousin #ElizabethI

Her secret marriage to Edward Seymour saw them kept apart imprisoned in the Tower of London yet they had 2 sons in captivity!

#OTD 25 Jan 1515

King #FrançoisI, 21 was crowned at Reims Cathedral alongside his Queen Claude, Duchess of Brittany, 16

King Louis XII had died on NY's day less than 3 months after marrying #MaryTudor & with no eligible heir it was François, his cousin's son & son-in-law who took the 👑

#History

#OnThisDay in 1558, François de Lorraine, duc de Guise took #Calais, England's last possession in France, a mortal blow to #MaryTudor, who said the famous words "If my heart was opened the name of Calais would be found written on it..."

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#OTD
7th January 1557
Thomas Wentworth, the Lord Deputy of Calais, was forced to surrender England’s last French possession.

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#ThomasWentworth #BaronWentworth #LordDeputyofCalais #Calais #France #QueenMaryI #MaryTudor #England #Tudors #History

#OTD 1 Jan 1515
#LouisXII of France died at Hôtel des Tournelles, Paris just 3 months after marrying #MaryTudor #HenryVIII youngest sister
Without a male heir & his daughters prevented from inheriting under French Law, the throne went to his cousin's son his son-in-law #FrançoisI

#OTD 26 Dec 1546

#HenryVIII made changes to his will granting power to #EdwardVI

#EdwardSeymour was among those granted dukedoms whilst others were cancelled & crucially he added the line of his sister #MaryTudor as heirs after his own children paving the way for #LadyJaneGrey

#Tudor
#History

#OTD 21 Nov 1559
#FrancesBrandon died

As #MaryTudor & #CharlesBrandon's 2nd child she was in the line of succession
Married at 16 to #HenryGrey they had 3 girls Jane Katherine & Mary
A regular at Uncle #HenryVIII's Court & close to her cousins #LadyMargaretDouglas & #PrincessMary
#Tudor
#History