Mary Danley's Conquest

Mary I was the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. She was claimed illegitimate by her father and was forced to sign papers saying that he had never married her mother (Catherine of Aragon). Mary wasn’t allowed to see her mother and was sent away by Henry VIII. She followed the Catholic ways of her mother and became quite religious. Mary was angered that her father was turning Britain into Protestants. When her father finally died, at the age of 55, Mary tried to convince her 10-year-old brother- Edward- to

Two years later Mary's mother, now a widow, relented. Mary wed James in 1840, beginning her days as Mary Boykin Chesnut.

Eventually, she reconciled with Elizabeth and she became the next heir to England after Mary’s death. Mary suffered many terrible misfortunes over her lifetime from her parent’s divorce to her belief she was pregnant twice. One of the

At French court during the time of King Francis, only Queen Mary of Scots rivaled her influence over Francis. Mary became a Queen only when she was 6 years old. She not only had claims to Scotland but also England as she was the great-granddaughter of Henry VII of England. Though her marriage with King Francis couldn’t last long as he died of an ear infection in 1560, Mary had influence over France in 15th and 16th century. After his death, despite warnings, Mary was brave enough to return to Scotland which was now under Protestants. She was a Catholic herself but Mary ruled successfully and with moderation. But her third marriage in 1565 to Lord Darnley created havoc amongst the nobles and they indirectly helped her execution for supposedly

As a child, Mary became friends with a girl named Fanny Blood. After Mary's mom died in 1780 she went to go live with her friend Fanny, leaving her sister in the house with her abusive father. Her sister escaped their abusive father through marriage, but her marriage went done hill and she asked Mary to her help her. Then she kidnapped her sister and asked for a divorce.

Mary I of England, commonly known as “Bloody Mary”, was the only surviving child of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. When she was 17 years old, the marriage of her parents was officially annulled, but records of her presence started to decline as early as age 11. Henry’s attentions had been averted by Anne Boleyn, causing him to break England from the Catholic Church in order to divorce Catherine and marry Anne. When Mary fell out of favor as the daughter of Catherine, she was distanced from both of her parents, especially her father.

Mary, Queen of Scots, was born Mary Stuart on December 8, 1542 to King James V and Mary Guise in Linlithgow, Scotland. Six days after her birth her father King James passed away. Because she was the only living heir to the throne the infant Mary became queen of Scotland. Because Mary was too young to take the throne her mother, Mary of Guise was made regent, a person who is appointed to run the government when a king or queen is too young or ill to take the throne.

Just as Livia broke through the glass door that prevented women from reaching the same political influence as their male counterparts, Mary II had unusual responsibilities that allowed her to take a greater share in government affairs than the married female monarchs that preceded her. Unlike Livia, however, Mary acted as a legitimizing agent in her husband’s rule. Mary was the daughter of the previous king, James II, and would have been the next to ascend the throne after her husband’s death. William, through his conquest of England, forced James to abdicate the throne. As the only male grandchild of Charles I, his marriage to Mary in 1677 united the two strongest claims to the succession. “To that extent, the joint monarchy was the outcome

Although her illegitimacy remained a secret for some time, it came to haunt her after she finally received the throne, and obtained the much yearned for title as The Queen of England. Once she admitted to being born to unmarried parents, she was stripped of her crown and forced to be called “Lady Mary” in the time outside of her queenship, rather than having the title of “Princess Mary” (Mary I). Mary’s hatred for Protestants stemmed from her father's

Edward died at the age of 15. After Edward’s death, Lady Jane Grey was the queen. However, Mary successfully overthrew her, and Mary was the queen. She reversed the religious changes that were made by Edward because she grew up as a strict Roman Catholic. Everyone now had to be Catholic, and those who rebelled were jailed. As she progressed during her reign, she became more and more aggressive to restore English Catholicism. Mary married Philip II of Spain as a way to bring England and Spain together. Phillip II was almost never home, however, and Mary’s plan failed. She was pregnant twice, but no child was born. Mary started becoming more and more unpopular. She soon started persecuting Protestants. She burned almost 300 convicted people.

Alexander Easterday Mr. Pavlinski CP English IV December 2, 2014 Mary Tudor and her Defiance of Protestantism Sixteenth-century England; a country thriving as a nation, expansion, industry, and knowledge was booming under the reign of Henry VIII. After seven wives and two daughters, Henry finally produced a male heir to the throne. His two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, were tossed aside like garbage, leading to Mary’s discontent towards her father and his religious reforms. Mary, now pronounced Catholic, was a strong advocate for Catholicism in a time where Protestantism was prevalent in England under Henry VII’s religious reforms. Mary’s hatred was heightened even more after she was denied the throne after her father’s death.

Additionally, Mary restructured the economy and reorganised the militia, rebuilt the navy and successfully managed her parliament. By securing the throne, Mary ensured that the crown continued along the legal line of Tudor succession. Meanwhile her death alerted the citizens of England, as well as her enemies and loyalists, many Protestants could be deemed happy. She had been receiving many horrible reviews from Protestants during her reign, and when her reign was over,

Mary was declared illegitimate and no longer in line for the throne. She was not allowed to have any communication with her mother and was forced to be lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth (Hanson). After Anne Boleyn was executed on charges of treason, Henry offered to pardon Mary if she acknowledged that he was the head of the Church of England and that his marriage to her mother was illegitimate (“Mary Tudor”). Mary refused until her cousin, Charles V, convinced her to appease Henry. Henry married Jane Seymour and allowed Mary to go back home, where she became godmother to their son, Prince Edward. After Jane died, Henry dictated that the line of succession would be Edward or Edward’s heirs, Mary, and then Elizabeth. Henry married several more women, but had no more children. Although Henry was still Catholic, he used Protestantism to his benefit, which allowed Protestantism to dominate the country. When Henry died, he was married to Katharine Parr, a Protestant. She was Edward’s stepmother and raised him with Protestant tutors. As a king, Edward made English mandatory for all religious services and Protestantism flourished. Mary was a devout Catholic and continued to practice her faith, even though it could

“Mary Queen of Scotland and France, whose involvement in the religious and dynastic turbulence of her times led to her abdication and execution.” (Loa 398). On December 8, 1542, Mary Stuart was born to Mary of Guise, the queen of James V of Scotland, in Linlithgow,

As things continued to heated-up between parliament and Mary’s father James II, she married the Dutch Protestant prince, William of Orange. William desperately feared an alliance between James II and the Catholic French King. William and Mary were prepared to lead armed forces into England and take over the throne. When James’ II second wife gave birth to a son who would be raised Catholic and be the heir to the throne, Parliament got worried. Seven members of parliament signed a letter asking Mary and William to bring an army and drive out James II.