February 18 - Happy Birthday Queen Mary I
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- 🌟 Unlocking Tudor Legacies: The Birth of Queen Mary I | Hidden Stories Revealed! 🌟
👶 On this day in Tudor history, the 18th of February 1516, the royal tapestry unfolds a tale of birth and destiny. Join me as I delve into the early hours at Greenwich Palace when Queen Catherine of Aragon welcomed a fair princess into the world, a child destined to become Queen Mary I.
👑 Historian Linda Porter paints a vivid picture of the newborn princess - small but pretty, with hints of the famous red-gold Tudor hair and a clear complexion inherited from her parents. Despite King Henry VIII's desire for a male heir, the birth of Princess Mary brought hope for the future.
👶 Baptised on the 20th of February 1516, the little princess embarked on a remarkable journey. As we trace Mary's growth from a small infant to the powerful Queen Mary I, discover the challenges she faced, the accomplishments that shaped her reign, and the complex legacy she left behind.
👑 From her accession to the throne in 1553 to her death in 1558, Queen Mary I left an indelible mark on Tudor history. Explore the achievements that are often overshadowed by her notorious moniker "Bloody Mary," as we delve into the Mid-Tudor Crisis and the impactful changes she brought to England.
👸 Join me in unravelling the layers of Queen Mary I's life, from acts of defiance during the Protestant reign to rallying the people against rebellions. Love her or criticise her, Mary's story is a testament to a woman who faced challenges head-on.
📜 Subscribe now to be part of this fascinating journey into Tudor history! Click to watch, explore, and uncover the hidden stories behind the birth of Queen Mary I. 👑🕰️ #TudorHistory #QueenMaryI #HistoricalBirths 🏰
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Book recommendations: "Mary Tudor, the First Queen" by Linda Porter; "Mary Tudor" by Anna Whitelock.
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Mary endured so much humiliation from a young age, and witnessed her mother’s enduring faith even at such abysmal treatment that it is little wonder she held on so strongly to Rome.
I love it when we get a glimpse of your fur babies :-)
I've mostly always felt sorry for Mary. She did do some nasty things but what a sad broken life she had to endure.
Being separated from her mom must've been heartbreaking. I would like to know how to purchase your books
I knew Mary was born in February, I just couldn’t remember the date. Thanks for giving Mary Tudor some good press! I am an Elizabethan but Mary and Elizabeth both had to go through a great deal before either of them attained the throne. I think strength and tenacity was something all the Tudor offspring inherited and they really needed it!
She was strong, just like her mother was and like her grandmother. Her grandmother was actually amazing, in my eyes!
I love that you talked about the fact that Mary was a human. Yes, she was a queen and yes she was responsible for some horrible things; but she, just as we, are only human. We all are complex individuals, we've all done good and bad things.
@Debbie Smith Oh yeah for sure. I agree. She was not a moral person.
I liked that fact that you were balanced in your treatment of Mary and how you pointed that she was quite impressive in her handling of the challenges presented by Lady Jane Grey and Sir Thomas Wyatt. Mary was quite determined, and she was extremely popular at one point, and, then, she threw it all away with her religious persecutions.
I like your balanced approach to Mary and all others your being to our attention. Yet another book to go on the wishlist!
I truly feel that regardless of reputation they need to make a movie about her I mean Cate Blanchette played her sister Elizabeth I, why not have someone play her I’m not saying that she was or wasn’t a good person but I feel that in any historical family or todays families you can’t just sweep things under the rug and expect them not to come to light
Enjoying many of the comments on your videos as much as your videos. The lovers of history are finding their way here and it’s getting to be a lot of fun to read once each video ends. You provide the facts and then the people discuss the ideas they have of the emotional side. It’s the best of both worlds for me. Well done, Claire. It might not have been an intended outcome of your personal challenge to post every day but I’m ecstatic 😊
So glad I found your videos. They are quite interesting and shows how we got where we are today. Thank you for all your hard work.
🇦🇺🦘 So pleased to learn that when Mary was born to Catherine of Aragon and King Henry VIII, that her birth was rejoiced by both parents, even though hoping that maybe their next child would be a boy. She was a 'loved' little Princess.
Also, so pleased (given it is her birthday, and regardless of some of what she is remembered for, when Queen) that you listed the positive achievements of her reign, which were many. We know the negatives, which we do not condone, but good to learn of the positives too.
Thank you Claire 👑🔔👍
Mary had a bad press - especially from the protestants who had an axe to grind over Mary's reversion of England to Catholicism. Yes she is known as Bloody Mary, but then all of the Tudors were guilty of persecution, one way or another.
Yea! I’m the first! I love ❤️ your series and look forward to each episode, each day!! Happy 10th Anniversary and Happy Birthday Mary!
Yes! Finally a balanced view on her! I love Mary, she went through so much. ♥︎
Great to hear your balanced opinion of Mary. Encouraged domestic industry so important for the prosperity of a country. Also one of Louis XV achievements i seem to to recall
So! I share a birthday with Mary, oh and John Travolta not sure which to celebrate more, perhaps I should stick to my own celebration!
Even Yoko Ono and one other celebrity.
Happy Birthday! :)
It's also my bday too. Happy birthday to u as well!!
Happy birthday!
@@piedathemokona Well that makes us twins surely!
I had never really heard anything good about Mary Tudor. Thank You for this video.
Thank you for giving a balanced view of Mary! It's always wonderful to hear her good accomplishments.
🇺🇸I thought since you posted already about your contest there would be no Tudor tidbits today. Glad to be mistaken. 🇬🇧
Mary Tudor is my fav Tudor. I have a framed print of the Antonin Mors painting of her in my bedroom. :)
Thanks for all you do! 🤗
When I first started reading about Mary I really didn't like her. I really thought she was evil but the more I studied her I came to realize she was a very broken woman due to how her father treated her. I do believe she earned the sobriquet 'Bloody Mary' but I also believe the only execution she took personally was that of Thomas Cranmer due to his presiding over the divorce of her parents.
I also sometimes wonder if Jane Grey had remained Queen would we be calling her 'Bloody Jane' because she was as staunch a Protestant as Mary was a Catholic.
Something tells me the Jane as Queen there would not have been such a need to reconvert England. But she no doubt would have had Catholic leads attempt to overthrow her. Quite similar to what Elizabeth I faced. She might have been overthrown and England very different today
@@Tgogators Agreed.
Yes, I do think that Cranmer's burning was down to revenge.
I totally agree. Mary has been treated very badly by some historians especially David Starkey. Let's not forget that the persecutions were sanctioned by Mary's Council and by Parliament which had re enacted the (old) heresy laws.
Things I have read (and I'm no scholar) indicate that Jane might have been queen in name only, as she had little or no interest in the crown for herself, and was a pawn of her ambitious parents. I suspect that there would have been powers behind the throne in control.
Thank you, Claire!
Thank you so much for this video I enjoyed it very much. I must get the books on Mary Tudor as well as your book on the Tudors.
Thanks!
I love your fair presentation of Mary. Thank you - I love your channel. Starkey and Worsley are probably taking notes from your videos!
Ha! I think they're the experts in documentaries. I met David Starkey in the summer at a talk he did and went over to introduce myself and he remembered me from my site and emails we'd exchanged and I had such a fangirl moment! Very starstruck!
@@anneboleynfiles Oh my goodness, how thrilling! I heard him say that when he went to college it was in vogue to be "anti-Monarchy" which he found absolutely a selling point for him to go thr opposite direction. He said he was laughed at ...and in true Starkey fashion said, "Who's laughing NOW?!" He's such a character!
@@eileen1820 He is a real character and a lovely man.
Thank you for posting events each day, I am loving it!
Love your videos! Always been a tutor fan. In the USA we are not as many!
It's hard to realize how much Mary's early life must have been so confusing for her. And then cruelly separated from her mother. Bound to have life long effects on this sensitive woman.
I can understand why Mary turned out the way she did. She saw what her father did to her mother, he treated her like dirt, & created his own church. She's called Bloody Mary, but didn't Henry VIII kill more people than her? Hello to your kitty in the background! 💜🐱🙋👸👑
Jill Niemczynski Mary
Thank you for your time and, clearly, your absolute determination for factual information. I know of Katherine of Aragon, and her daughter Mary, merely from movies, and some books. If it is true that Queen Katherine died, having not seen her only surviving child, in many years - how truly sad ... and selfishly cruel, of Henry.
Someone asked you to talk about your pets we see appearing in the background. I would love that! Would you also add what pets the Tudors had? I have always heard Elizabeth I had a pet guinea pig. (my favorite pet) I did some research and found guinea pigs were favorite pets, having been bought over from the New World in the 1500's. They were sold for a "guinea" and were favored as "pets" because the English didn't like their taste. There's a picture of three Elizabethan children holding their pet guinea pig, but yet I found no evidence on Elizabeth I have this pet, only rumors. What do you know about this? I love this place to talk Tudor. Thank you so much!
Yes, I want to do a talk on the pets that Anne Boleyn had so might also expand it to pets that other Tudors had. I love guinea pigs. I had one called Nutmeg as a child and he used to whistle for his breakfast.
Thank you for the reply! I believe knowing these little touches (pets, food, hobbies... ect.) make us connect more to the people of the past. They become like us, even hundred of years apart. I got my first guinea pig at age 34. Now, at 50, I rescue them. 15 live with me, and they all whistle together for every meals!
Mary had it rough with the way her father treated her, to be sure. But she proved herself to be a tough woman, a strong ruler, as did her half sister. Imagine if they could have somehow ruled together!
I love this video on Mary. Mary was a complex character who had more nuance than has traditionally been taught. She’s considered “bloody” and yet many of her predecessors killed many more people including her father, who even had people boiled alive. If you take it even further back, all the way to William the Conqueror tens of thousands English - particularly in York, died as a result of his conquest, and yet he’s revered as a “conqueror.” Mary was obviously a religious fanatic, and from a modern perspective, we cannot excuse the brutality of her reign. And yet I also think we should acknowledge the misogyny that has earned her a label of being bloody, when had she been a man, it would hardly have been commented on.
Just by coincidence, I was just watching The Educated Barfly's video on how to make the drink a Bloody Mary. One of the TH-camrs made a comment on his video that was correct about the real Mary's being the daughter of Henry VIII, but wrong in asserting that she had killed thousands of people. So, I left the following comment myself:
"Mary I Tudor, the daughter of Henry VIII, had over three hundred Protestant martyrs burnt to death during her reign. These deaths by burning made her phenomenally unpopular and spurred a longing from the English people for the accession to the throne of her half-sister, Elizabeth. This is displayed in the famous note in a register for the last of the killings that happened just six days before Mary herself died: 'Six days after these were burnt to death, God sent us our Elizabeth. "Good Queen Bess" is how the English people lovingly referred to Elizabeth I Tudor during her lifetime. Mary I Tudor would be known during her lifetime and forevermore as "Bloody Mary.'"
I am recently new to your Channel. I must say that I love history. I also love that I found you. I have found myself the last couple of nights putting my Bluetooth in, and listening to you tell the stories of days gone by. I am absolutely intrigued. Anne Boleyn, I have a question about her necklace. I apologize if this has been asked repetitively. However, I was seeing if her necklace was made of pearls and gold only? Or if there were diamonds, also? Do we know how many pearls formed the necklace? Also, how did she inherit such a beautiful necklace, along with is it still around today for a person to see? Yes like many, I watched the series on Netflix. But she is portrayed as a very strong dominant woman just trying to find her way to the throne. Even though I can see that it was mainly due to her family wanting her to move her way up for the good of the entire Boleyn family. She is also portrayed as a homewrecker in a sense. I really must buy your books. I can tell by the way you speak, that the books are probably most fascinating. Best of luck to you and all of your endeavors. I shall continue to look forward to what tomorrow brings.
Thank you! Unfortunately, no details are known about Anne's necklace. From portraits, it appears to have been just pearls and a B pendant, I haven't seen any diamonds. It hasn't survived and we don't know its history at all. It is very frustrating. I expect it was taken apart and the parts used for other jewellery after she died.
I think Anne was a strong woman for her time. There is no evidence that she set her sights on the throne and was a homewrecker - she actually rebuffed Henry VIII and retreated from court at first. And there is also no evidence that her family did anything to push her at the king. She was one of the queen's ladies and I expect that Henry VIII just saw her and was attracted to her, the same way he was with Catherine Howard later.
Thank you!
Poor Mary. She was so twisted by the tortures she underwent in her childhood & adolescence. She suffered so much tragedy. And yet she gets the blame for it all. As for "Queen" Jane, I cannot acknowledge her. She was not next in line. She was a usurper, although it was not her own idea. She was never crowned. She did not have the backing of the populace, who flocked to Mary. I cannot even understand why she is still referred to as a queen. 👑
H. Calvert I understand your opinion but the reason she was/is considered a Queen is because it was put into law by Henry viii that the current monarch could name their heirs and unfortunately Edward vi was coerced into naming her as his heir.
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Correct, but the poor boy was a minor, coerced, & dying. He was as much a pawn as his cousin. Don't misunderstand me, I have the greatest respect for Lady Jane Grey & I feel enormous empathy for her. She was not just brilliant & well-educated, like all the Tudor women, but a most conscientious young woman. Had she not been, she needn't have died, but could have faked a conversion to Catholicism & hoped to outlive Mary to duel it out with Elizabeth. Poor soul. I believe her whole life to have been quite an unhappy one. May her soul rest in peace. 🙏
Wasn’t there a question as to the legality of what Edward did? I know he was king and could set stuff up but didn’t he also need the approval of Patliament (which he didn’t get)?
Amanda Grayson no not necessarily because it was signed into law already and parliament at that time wasn’t the body of law it became after the revolution where the monarch was held accountable to Parliament before acting in reference to things of that nature. I cannot condone it but I would say it wasn’t necessarily the legality of it which caused people to flock to Mary as Queen but, more so that “legitimate heirs” were skipped over for a person of lower royal lineage. Jane Grey was descended from Henry’s sister Mary and would have only had the right to the throne if Mary and Elizabeth were no longer living or incapable for some reason since Henry named them as legitimate when he died. That’s what I have deduced from my research.
@Elizabeth Frantes
True, but remember that Elizabeth was only three at the time of her mother's fall. Mary was 17 when her father rejected her mother for Anne. She went through hell, a hell which she could fully understand. Elizabeth was oblivious to it all. She also was raised Protestant so didn't feel she either had to defy her father or bend to a religious belief she despised. Until Mary ascended the throne, Elizabeth just went along with the national form of Christianity, however it was expressed. No, her life was easier than Mary's, simply due to the differential in age & faith. 👸
I really enjoy this channel and I was pleasantly surprised that the Catholic Mary was at least treated fairly. If religion is taken out of the equation she, like her mother, was very good at actually ruling. All of her achievements were noted, and when I think about her mother I always remember her victory over the invading Scots when Henry VIII was fighting in France. I also think her nickname is a bit unfair. She was not the only ruler during the Tudor period who saw a large number of religious executions take place during their reign. The difference is that the others were protestant. Since a long period of Protestant rule followed after Mary's death, they are the ones who wrote her history. I try to remember this before judging the history of Protestants whose deeds were recorded by Catholics, as they also tend to be unfair also. For instance, Queen Elizabeth I is not viewed kindly by Catholic Spanish historians of her time. Therefore, it's unfair to judge her by their accounts of her life alone.
Claire, I wonder if you could say more about why Mary's reign made things easier for Elizabeth.
I as well felt sorry for Mary. Even though she was known as bloody Mary which gives me pause. She was never quite happy I’d imagine. It didn’t seem any of the Tudors were. I hate that.
Thanks for the Kitty kameos. How do you get credit for the contest when watching This Day in Tudor History??Enjoyed this video. I really feel sorry for Mary. she was abandoned so young by both parents and would have thrived if she had been allowed to be with her mother until Catherine's passing. and to be forced to acknowledge someone else as Queen other than her mother of lose her life. Enjoy your week Claire and thank you
Hi Caren;
Thank you, the pets do like to get involved. You can get extra entries for subscribing to the channel but not for watching specific videos:
Yes, I do feel sorry for her too.
I also share a birthday.
Happy Birthday!
Thanks!
Happy birthday birthday twin!!
Thanks!
Happy birthday!
Wonderful series! Were any of Katherine Of Aragon's still born babies born deformed?
No, there's no evidence that anything was wrong with them, and also no evidence that Anne miscarried a deformed baby either.
What is it about the Tudors,there are more colorful pages in history but nothing holds a candle to the Tudors.
One book I read said that what Mary did was let the Office of the Inquisition into England. Prior to that, the Magna Carta banned the usual tactics of the Inquisition, like holding people indefinitely without telling them what they were accused of. The other Tudors-- indeed, all English monarchs after King John-- executed a lot of people for various crimes, but there was a due process that the people expected. It wasn't a perfect system-- look at Ann Boleyn's trial-- but it was a system that had some checks and balances.
But when Mary started an inquisitorial process to deal with "heretics"... this didn't sit well with the English people. Mary was the granddaughter of Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain who instituted the Spanish Inquisition. Mary probably sincerely believed that this was right and necessary to restore the "True Church", but many of her subjects were horrified.
In contrast, when Elizabeth executed Catholics, it was usually because they were engaged in insurrection. Elizabeth had to put down such uprisings to stay on the throne, just as Mary put down Wyatt's Rebellion. From what I've read, Elizabeth herself was religiously flexible, and even preferred Catholic worship. If she could have, she'd have probably have allowed religious tolerance. But unfortunately, political reality didn't allow her that luxury.
It certainly wasn't anything like the Spanish Inquisition in the way it worked and there were trials. I'm not sure you can say that Elizabeth executed Catholics who were engaged in insurrection. The Rome and Rheims Plot was fictional, the priests implicated in that had not even been in Rome or Rheims at the time and had not done anything against the queen, and it was the same for those accused of harbouring priests. Jessie Childs' book "God's Traitors" is excellent on Catholics in Elizabeth I's reign.
@@anneboleynfiles But did Elizabeth know it was fictional? William Cecil was a master of producing evidence to get Elizabeth to do what he thought she should. And after 'Regnans in Excelsis' was issued, what choice did Elizabeth have but to take a hard line? According to Peter De Rosa, Elizabeth did send envoys to the then pope, hoping to work out a compromise, but the pope refused to consider anything but her complete capitulation.
It amazes me and saddens me that some American Christians want to tear down the Wall of Separation between Church and State. This is what happens when a society refuses to study history. :-(
Mary Tudor has been given very bad press by many historians and remains a very tragic Monarch in English history. There is a very good well balanced history of her by Carolly Erickson called Bloody Mary which I have read several times.
I recently had my birthday on February 17th
Happy birthday!
back again Claire, why was no marriage arranged for Mary by Henry v111? Always wondered
Mary had been promised several times in marraige starting from wben she was a young child. Nothing ever panned out as Henry used Mary as a bargaining chip. The one i always wondered about was Elizabeth why didnt. henry too use elizabeth in this way. Henry was too busy worrying about his own love ambitions.
There had negotiations when she'd been legitimate, but she became less important and very much neglected when Elizabeth came along.
thx Claire
@@anneboleynfiles yeah but Elizabeth wasnt important enough to have a marraige arranged for her either. Of his children Henry marveled at Elizabeth... He noticed Elizabeth ability to learn language and philosophy and strategy. Elizabeth knew how to flatter her father Mary did not!!!
Well she was when she was legitimate, there were negotiations, but then she was only two when her mother fell and she was made illegitimate and then not important.
Hello Claire! I often hear it said that Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder was Anne Boleyn’s cousin. Was that through his marriage to Elizabeth Brooke? No blood relation? Thank you for all your videos. I could listen to you all day!
He definitely wasn't a first cousin, the term was used loosely back then, but he was related to her through his marriage to Elizabeth Brooke. Elizabeth's great-grandmother was Catherine Howard, sister of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, who was Anne Boleyn's maternal great-grandfather.
I didn't know that Mary 1 was named after Henry's sister. However it makes sense. I think Mary really found it hard to make attachments and all her marriages were arranged for political advantage. Mary stuck to her faith and with her relationship with mother. It must have been a dangerous time for her. What happened with Queen Jane Grey and the burnings was horrific.
Lucy Worsley, has written a book from Mary's point of view. Thank you for the facts of the day.
I’m always amused by just how few names were used during the time.
*Lady Mary by Lucy Worsley. I will have to find the book to read as I have moved. It does look a promising read if only fiction.
It's still the 17th for me but I peeked and saw the 18th is her birthday. In today's world, people would have empathy for Mary because she was emotionally abused & neglected as a child. She was literally told she didnt matter as much anymore and Daddy was getting a new family. I think her zealot like behaviour was due to God being the only one she could count on.
I don't excuse Queen Katherine though. I dont understand her decision to cling to Henry & her title after it was obvious all was lost. She gave up Mary. I'm not saying she wasnt in the right, but her actions gained her nothing and hurt her child. Often you can stomp your foot & stand on your rights (with spouse, family, friends) but you may find yourself standing alone.
Happy Birthday, Queen Mary I.
I’m not a fan of Catherine’s (compared to his other wives) but I do try to keep her story in this context at least: Henry was doing things at the time that simply were not done. Any act of defiance - like fighting for her daughter - could have resulted in a charge of treason. Her uncertainty was probably torturous but her belief that her daughter was surrounded by loving people who were aiding her security was likely as Catherine remained beloved by the people if rejected by the king. Little comfort, I’m sure. But she had only the rights given to her by the king and those rights could be taken at the drop of a hat.
Having not been raised in a monarchy, I struggle to understand the "love for king" concept but I imagine it was expected to be second only to the religious devotion of the people (and even their religious devotion could see them executed - Thomas Moore). I’ve often been like you regarding Catherine clinging to her title and Henry, but we have the benefit of looking back on the events with that glorious 20/20 hindsight. She lived it in real time and without her history as an example. Must have been excruciating and terrifying for her.
@@PomegranateStaindGrn I do like Catherine. Annulments actually weren't uncommon then and the Pope would have granted it if Catherine hadn't opposed it. If she would have accepted the offer of going into the convent, history would probably be very different. Mary probably wouldnt have been made illegitimate and wouldnt have had to defy her father. Mary wouldn't have went through the abuse from Henry's council or the stress from the whole situation.
If the annulment happened that Henry may not have ever broke from Rome. If he wasnt the supreme head of the church then Bishop Fisher, Thomas Moore, & some Carthusian Monks wouldnt have been executed for not signing the oath of supremacy.
I know hindsight is 20/20 and I would have been beyond livid if I was Catherine.. but, I think I would have seen that it was much bigger than myself. She was deeply religious so I never understood why she did allow the annulment simply to stop Henry from breaking with Rome. She knew what that would mean for England.
Please know I do like her and I dont mean smear her in any way. She was a fierce woman. I dont know if she consummated her marriage Author or not but Henry did her wrong regardless. I have respect for her even though I dont agree with all she did.
Despite shouldering, the nasty moniker of “bloody,” we must remember that the one person she did not put to death when she could have as easily as her father put to death her stepmother, with shoddy and scandalous charges without any evidence, she could’ve done to Elizabeth, but decided not to. Elizabeth, her number one rival, a protestant, the daughter of the woman who ruined her parents’ marriage and ruined much of her life, who may have been involved in a coup attempt against Mary, and when called by Mary to court after the failed coup attempt, delayed and made excuses, which was very suspicious, was ultimately saved by Queen Mary to become the virgin queen. Mary had Elizabeth in her grasp; she locked her up in the tower, but ultimately realized she did not have enough evidence of her involvement in the coup plot, and released her, and never seriously pursued her again, and gave the throne over to her at her death. Conversely, Elizabeth, as queen, also jailed her primary rival, Mary Queen of Scots, a Catholic, and ultimately executed her, and did not show her the mercy that her own sister offered to her. So, were things personal? Of course they were. But she had good judgment and the conscience to know she couldn’t just kill her sister because she wanted the country to remain Catholic, or because she hated her, or etc... unlike her father who would kill anybody without a second thought if they crossed him, or failed him, or opposed him. He certainly was very punitive to Mary. So, when one thinks of Mary being so full of hate and vengefulness, her mercy one must also remember.
Great challenge, you,ve given yourself in 2019 👏🏻👏🏻 Would you mind presenting that black cat, I noticed in this video? Thank you 🙏🏼 Have a nice day 😊
I'm going to do a video on pets sometime so I'll talk about mine too. If the cat is mostly black then it's Ari (Ariadne).
Ooh wonderful 🙏🏼
What is known about Mary I and the Duke of Bavaria? I’d love to know...
Just that he was interested in her at one point, but I think their religious views were miles apart.
She turned 500 a few years ago.
I would like to get biographies of all 6 of Henry's queens, most especially my favorite Anne of Cleeves. Can you recommend any?
I enjoyed Elizabeth Norton's. Sarah-Beth Watkins' one looks good but I haven't read it yet. There's a new one coming out later this year from Heather Darsie.
I just read Norton's The Hidden Lives Of Tudor Women and loved it. I will definitely check out her queen books. Thank you so much.
2 days after my birthday.
Can't believe I share a birthday with her. Google lead me here on the birthday banner
Happy birthday!
An insignificant, however, weird fact. My father was born on 17th November and died on 18th February. Weird, eh?
Every figure in history is both good and bad just as we are now. Two sides to every coin. Happy Birthday Mary I. She was the first person to be anointed both King and Queen, is that right?
She was the first crowned Queen Regnant, i.e. a queen in her own right rather than the wife of a king.
@@anneboleynfiles Thank you for the quick response! If that's the case with Mary I, has it been the same with Queens of England being Queen Regnant since that time?
@@buddasquirrel "Queen regnant" just means that they are queen in their own right, not by marriage, so yes, queens like Elizabeth I, Queen Mary II, QueenAnne, Queen Victorian and Queen Elizabeth II are all queens regnant.
Was there opposition to the King's behavior, that of disposing of his wives. Was his behavior condoned in private circles? Surely there must have been those who thought it abhorrent. Please tell me there were! I'd like to know what his contemporaries thought of him.
What was the cause of Queen Mary's death as she lived a few years after becoming Queen...
We're not sure. There are some that say that her phantom pregnancies might actually have been due to ovarian cancer or something like that, so perhaps cancer.
Ok I share a birthday with Mary, I don't know how to feel really.
Here are some other "on this day" events for you:
1503 - Henry Tudor, the future Henry VIII, was created Prince of Wales.
1558 - Death of Sir George Barne, former Alderman and Lord Mayor of London. He was buried at St Bartholomew by the Exchange, London.
1561 - Death of Sir Thomas Denys, administrator. His offices included Comptroller to Princess Mary, Chancellor of Anne of Cleves' household, member of Parliament for Devon, Sheriff of Devon and Deputy Lieutenant of Devon and Cornwall.
1563 - Francis, Duke of Guise, was wounded by a Huguenot assassin. He died six days later.
1612 - Death of Roberto di Ridolfi, the merchant and conspirator famed for the Ridolfi Plot to assassinate Elizabeth I. He died in Florence, Italy.
Happy birthday!
Queen Jane, definitely.
It's important to understand that the time back then were so religion influenced (a tone that often gets lose in narrative retellings of The Tudors). It was mainly: [you supported the previous monarchs religion] do you recognize me as the Head and my religion/denounce yours, no? you're a heretic, to the tower!" The best way a historian described it to me.
In all, she was on level with many European monarchs of the time and their tyranny behavior influenced by fear of religious damnation. The "self-proclaimed Catholic" sent many to their death who refused to recognize him of God. In he long run, This would have get so tiresome in England that is halted the monarchy for a decade.
Maybee her reign would have had press if she had not Ruled in a time of religious conflict.
Is anyone going to aknowledge that Mary had no problem killing Lady Jane Grey and her husband. Mary had no problem doing that!! There were reasons Edward did not want Mary to inherit the throne and if we realize Edward knew both his sisters well he and Elizabeth were close but Mary was an Odd duck so to speak.
That's actually not true. Jane was condemned to death in November 1553 but Mary made it clear that she wanted to be merciful and pardon her eventually. She was preparing for her to go into house arrest at Bradgate. However, Jane's father's involvement in Wyatt's Rebellion, Jane's outspoken opposition to Mary's religious policies, and pressure from her own council and Spain made Mary sign her death warrant. Even then, she gave Jane a few days reprieve while Mary's confessor tried to convert her.
@@anneboleynfiles mary didnt need to convert anyone. As for spain they were real pain in the butts back then. Spain had there hands in other countries about as much as Rome.
@@aryiastark4698 "mary didnt need to convert anyone" - I'm not sure what you mean. Dr Feckenham was given a few days to visit Jane and to try and convert her to Catholicism. If Jane had converted then she could not longer be a potential figurehead for Protestant rebellions and would not be dangerous. The pressure from Spain was because Mary was due to marry Philip of Spain and Spain did not want another claimant to the throne causing trouble.
@@anneboleynfiles as it seems to have went with kings and queens back in the day if you were a catholic you had to hide or convert your religion from a protestant ruler. If you were ruled by a catholic you had to hide or convert your faith or be killed. I know Mary loved phillip and did whatever that prick told her to do. The death of Lady Jane Grey and her husband was horrible. Lady Jane grey was powerless against her father. Also Phillip later tried to court Elizabeth that guy was a complete creep royal blood or not!!
Did Mary rebuild places Henry had destroyed? And then did Elizabeth destroy Catholic buildings when she came to power?
When I look at Mary's portrait, I see and feel a very angry woman. I do not feel that she was a happy person. You can't have all that anger inside and for many years, not to be affect by it. I 'm not surprised that she had no pregnancies.
I appreciate that you want to put Mary I in a good light, but in the 100+ year history of the dynasty, she is the low point---more so than Queen Jane. Her brutality surpasses her father, in my opinion.
I can not believe you compare Mary with Henry, I find it even bizarre. The only BLOODY here, was henry. I have to remember you who was the serial killer of Catholics, Protestants, childhood friends and wives? i don´t think so.
@@camijaque2291 I guess differing opinions are not welcomed on this channel. I enjoy Claire's videos, but I'll opt out. My deepest apologies.
I find it hard to admire or be balanced and objective in looking at her life. Yes, her life was not easy and she was taken away from her mother and having Henry VIII as a father was a kind of curse in itself. I can feel for her in that respect.But she burned I believe over 300 people at the stake in the name of religion. Didn’t she force Thomas Cranmer to watch a couple of bishops being burned? It makes me shudder to think about it. She definitely earned her sobriquet.
Elizabeth 1 was far worse. Why isn't she called Bloody Elizabeth?
Because the winners write the histories.
@@carolrondou6161 That would be her natural born heirs then? Boom tish.
I don't think she was "far worse" as if you look at the numbers and take into account how long they reigned then I think Mary is worse in that respect, BUT Elizabeth certainly persecuted Catholics. If only the pope hadn't excommunicated her and relieved Catholics of their duty to her. It put Catholics in England in an impossible situation as they were then viewed as the enemy.
My husband and I were talking about Mary earlier. Is she a bad guy in the annals of history? No. I'm an atheist who would have burned, but will still defend her. Not only was she abused by her father in ways not typical of the day, such as being cast our and denied and separated from her mother because the father she thought loved her only cared if he thought her legitimate, she was also in a position that women weren't expected to be able to handle. Anything seen as weakness by kings in other lands might give those kings the boost to attack England. While it's not a full excuse that "things were different back then," in every way, it was. The expectations on her, and the pressures, that were atypical then and atypical for now, backed her into a corner.
It's clear that she loved. She really loved a lot, and wanted to be loved. All she had after her mother's death was this belief that the god she believed in loved her. Who else was there? She and her sister weren't close. Her brother was death. What friends could she trust? Her persecutions were genuinely with good intent. Yes, the road to hell is paved with them.
And, really, her father is responsible for as many as 57,000 to 72,000 people being executed, and her sister executed 200 priests alone, as well as a queen. Now add in all the others she had executed. Mary? About 275, total. We see Elizabeth as the savior of England (she she was--let's not take that from her), and her father boiled people alive, had them lifted out of the water when they passed out, waited until they were revived, then foiled again. He seemed to enjoy it. Mary didn't take joy in anything. She was genuinely trying to save people. Elizabeth didn't have that excuse when she had priests executed.
So why is Mary the bad guy?
She is just remembered for the burnings, which is such a shame as it sometimes prevents people digging deeper.
Just wanted to say I’m so glad to have another atheist enjoying these videos and the history.