What happened to King Hery VIII s daughter Mary Tudor?

Question

she hated Elizabeth but what happened to her did she serve her? when and how did she die?

Answer 1

Mary was Catholic while the rest of England was Protestant.  There was a popular revolt and she was executed because she killed Protestants.  

Answer 2

Ever heard of Bloody Mary? Well that's her. She was also Queen for a while.

Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 19 July 1553 until her death. The fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, she is remembered for restoring England to Roman Catholicism after succeeding her short-lived half brother, Edward VI, to the English throne. In the process, she had almost 300 religious dissenters burned at the stake in the Marian Persecutions, earning her the sobriquet of Bloody Mary. Her re-establishment of Roman Catholicism was reversed by her successor and half-sister, Elizabeth I.

During her reign, Mary suffered two phantom pregnancies. It has been speculated that these could simply be a result of the pressure to produce an heir, though the physical symptoms (including lactation and the later loss of her eyesight) reported by Mary's attendants may be indicative of a hormonal disorder such as a pituitary tumour.

Mary decreed in her will that her husband should be the regent during the minority of her child. No child, however, was born, and Mary died at age 42 at St. James's Palace on 17 November 1558. She was succeeded by her half-sister, who became Elizabeth I. Although her will stated that she wished to be buried next to her mother, Mary was interred in Westminster Abbey on 14 December in a tomb she eventually shared with Elizabeth. The Latin inscription on a marble plaque on their tomb (affixed there by James VI of Scotland when he succeeded Elizabeth to the throne of England as James I) translates to "Consort both in Throne and grave, here rest we two sisters, Elizabeth and Mary, in the hope of one resurrection".

Queen Mary, by Hans Eworth

Answer 3

After succeeding her short-lived half brother, Edward VI, to the English throne. In the process, she had almost 300 religious dissenters burned at the stake in the Marian Persecutions, earning her the sobriquet of Bloody Mary. The relationship between the two was a potentially deadly one. They were never close there was a 17 year difference between the two and Mary hated Elizabeth's mother. After attending Court for a short time (After Mary was crowned) Elizabeth retreated to Hatfield away from the intrigues of the court. Elizabeth was the focus of all Protestants and in danger of being implicated in conspiracies to overthrow her Catholic half-sister Mary. It did not take long for a Protestant rebellion to erupt which was sparked by the news that  Queen Mary intended to marry the fanatical Catholic King Philip II of Spain. Protestant Englishmen were terrified that the terrible Spanish Inquisition would come to England and that Mary and Philip would produce a Catholic heir to the throne. On March 18, 1554 Princess Elizabeth was imprisoned in the Tower of London for eight weeks after being implicated in the Wyatt rebellion. Elizabeth's release was conditional on her conformity to the Catholic religion. Elizabeth had no alternative but to demonstrate her outward conformity to the Catholic religion. Elizabeth ensured that this was going to be a slow process. She insisted that as she had known no other religion than Protestantism that she was in need of instruction in the Catholic religion. She requested books from Mary to help her with this. She did not, however ask for a Catholic priest. During this time at Hatfield she was under the watchful eye of Sir Thomas Pope. Mary strongly distrusted her half-sister but was eventually reconciled with Elizabeth through the persuasions of her husband. Philip was shrewd. He was also aware that the alternative heir to the English throne was Mary Queen of Scots who was closely allied to France. Mary had not long married Francois the French heir to the throne. And France was the enemy of Spain. Elizabeth was therefore the 'lesser of two evils' and Philip slowly persuaded his wife to reconcile with her sister. On November 17, 1558 Queen Mary I, Tudor of England died from cancer During her reign, Mary suffered two phantom pregnancies. It has been speculated that these could simply be a result of the pressure to produce an heir, though the physical symptoms (including lactation and the later loss of her eyesight) reported by Mary's attendants may be indicative of a hormonal disorder such as a pituitary tumour. Elizabeth was at Hatfield when Mary died. Elizabeth was reputedly sitting underneath an oak tree when the news of her accession to the throne reached her when she said, "This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes".  

Answer 4

Mistress Mary, quite contrary,

How does your garden grow?

With silver bells, and cockle shells,

And marigolds all in a row.

Bloody Mary, the name I'm sure you've heard!

If you ask me, though an Elizabethan supporter I am, I think Mary had every right to loathe her sister. Imagine having your mother dethroned and booted into the countryside, your father legitimizing you and revoking your rightful title as 'Princess Mary'. That would really be a tough blow to take and still not reserve some sort of deep hatred for the little brat who prompted it all, though unseen and unborn in the womb of Mistress Boleyn, her half sister, Elizabeth I.

To answer your questions, finally...

No, she did not serve Elizabeth. In July of 1553, upon the death of her [and Elizabeth's] half brother Edward, the then King of England, Mary was excluded from the line of succession in her brother's will. He was obsessed with keeping the Church of England in place, and as he feared would come true was Mary restoring the Old Faith. It was his wish to exclude her alone, but how could he exclude only one of his sisters? And he hardly wanted to cancel out his beloved sister Elizabeth, who was strong in the New Faith! Long story short, he willed the throne to Lady Jane Grey, who ruled for nine days, she was then chucked in the Tower and - finally - Mary became Queen.

If you were a Catholic back in that day, this was an absolute miracle and chance to jump back into bed with Rome, but if you were a Protestant...this was a very grave matter and all h**l was about to break lose in England.

Mary ordered almost 300 deaths, of Protestants, in the name of the faith. That's why they call her Bloody Mary. [There really was no blood, when you think about it!]

How did she die? With the hopes of a child, that's how. Mary suffered from two phantom pregnancies, which she insisted would go full term and that she would bear a prince for England. No child came of these two pregnancies, and she lost her eyesight because of it. It was thought, by her attendants, that it was a tumour. Mary decreed in her final will that her Spanish husband, King Philip, would be regent of England over her child. Again, there was no child. So, she up and died at age 42 on November 17 1558 at St. James's Palace and that was the end of that.

The Catholics were scrambling to find their new place in the new Queen's court, the Protestants were kicking back and revelling in it all, and Elizabeth I, Mary's half sister, became England and God’s anointed Queen.

Tada! Jumping back and forth between two religions like that, it's enough to make you heave!

I hope that all made sense, by the way.

Cheers!

Answer 5

Fuzzy wuzzy's answer is definitive, no further comment  

Answer 6

Fuzzy Wuzzy is quite right.

Mary is also the subject of the nursery rhyme:

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,

How does your garden grow?

With silver bells and cockle shells

And pretty maids all in a row.

She was contrary because she changed England's official religion in despite of the wishes of the population; the silver bells are a reference to Catholic ceremony, and the pretty maids were being burned at the stake.  

Answer 7

Yah I don't think that anyone can beat Fuzzy Wuzzy's answer, she pretty much covered it all.  Good Job!