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Lilit Lesser as Princess Mary (Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, 2024)

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I can’t believe that Mary I of England experienced a down bad, psychotic, feral horny, psychedelic lust for Philip of Spain :(

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Recently discovered portrait of Princess Mary, the future Queen Mary I of England which has been attributed to be painted by Susannah Horenbout in c.1546.

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@dailytudors TUDOR WEEK 2024 : Day 3 - Wednesday, 16th of October: Best Tudor What If?

What if Mary I of England have given birth to a son …

On May 9, 1555, in the early hours of the morning, Mary I of England gave birth to a son after a protracted and arduous night of labor. Named Henry in honor of his grandfather, the formidable Henry VIII, this child marked a pivotal moment in European history.

Overwhelmed with relief and joy, Mary felt a profound sense of fulfillment in achieving her long-desired aspiration for a legitimate Catholic heir. His birth not only represented a personal triumph but also symbolized the strengthening of the dynastic alliance between England and Spain through his father,Philip of Spain . This event generated considerable political implications, as it reinforced Philip’s influence over English affairs and signaled a potential stabilization of Catholic power in England amid the turbulent landscape of the Reformation. The arrival of Prince Henry, therefore, held the promise of a more unified Catholic monarchy, altering the trajectory of religious and political conflicts in Europe for decades to come.

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Olivia Hallinan as Mary I of England ( Royal Autopsy, S2E1)

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Mary is still unhappy

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By the late 1520s, then, women associated with Mary had established the potential effectiveness of translation into English as a means of advancing pious views with a political charge. Mary herself participated in this tradition by becoming the first royal woman to employ humanist principles of translation to turn a text from Latin into English. Her 1527 manuscript translation of a prayer by Thomas Aquinas (“Con-cede mihi”) achieved limited circulation among religious conservatives and may have held political connotations through its demonstration of a humanist education befitting a princess.

-Faithful Translators: Authorship, Gender, and Religion in Early Modern England by Jaime Goodrich

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I made a digital painting of my favorite 16th century power couple, Mary I of England & Philip II of Spain ♡

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MARY I, Queen of England

↳ As portrayed by Kate O'Flynn  in Amazon Prime’s My Lady Jane

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Mary I's Fight For The Throne

20th July - Mary is victorious

Having heard of Robert Dudley proclaiming Jane queen in Kings Lynn, Mary sends "requiring them to apprehend the Lord Robert and also to lie in wait for the like apprehension of the Duke, if it shall happen him flee, as it is suspected he will do" following Mary's proclamation for his arrest on the 18th. 1

The Earl of Oxford finally arrives at Framlingham "with a large force of men whom he had quickly been able to gather at the moment of his desertion of the duke." 2

Still wanting more men, Mary and her Council decide to "discharge all manner of gaols [...] within the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk" 3, while 500 are appointed to attend upon Mary at all times to guard her from harm. 4

In the afternoon her troops are mustered in two separate companies led by the Earl of Sussex and Lord Thomas Wentworth, where "the standards were unfurled and the military colours set up; everyone armed themselves fully as if about to meet the enemy. The infantry made ready their pikes, the cavalry brandished lances, the archer bent his bow, and girded on his quiver; the harquebusier filled his weapon with powder, inserted its leaden ball and set his match burning." 5

At 4pm, Mary rides out from Framlingham castle on a white horse, and "gave warning in an order that no harquebusier should fire his gun, nor any archer release his arrow until her majesty had inspected the army. When this order was given, such was the respect that everyone felt for their sovereign that no harquebusier nor archer fired after the command; but the soldiers bowed low to the ground and awaited their beloved mistress's arrival." 6

On foot, Mary walks around the two divisions of her army for 3 hours, "speaking to them with exceptional kindness and with an approach so wonderfully relaxed as can scarcely be described, in consideration of their esteem for their sovereign, that she completely won everyone's affections." 7

After she finishes inspecting her troops, the cavalry put on a rousing display as they "streamed forth and beat and trod the ground with such a thunderous noise and spread so widely through the field that it seemed like one enemy in pursuit of another." 8

Returning to the castle, a delighted Mary discovers the "most welcome news, scarcely to be hoped for, that Northumberland had abandoned hope of success because of the continual desertions of his supporters, and on 19th July had likewise taken flight from Bury in the middle of the night." 9

The Earl of Arundel and Marquis of Winchester arrive to confirm the news, and reveal that the Privy Council have proclaimed her Queen in London. They go to their knees with a "dagger turned towards [their] stomachs in recognition of [their] offence and submission to the penalty deserved." 10

They also bring a letter wrote by the Privy Council following their proclamation a day prior:

Our bounden duties most humbly remembered to your excellent Majesty, it may like the same to understand that we your most humble faithful and obedient subjects, having always (God we take to witness) remained your Highness’ true and humble subjects in our hearts ever since the death of our late sovereign lord and master your Highness’ brother, whom God pardon; and seeing hitherto no possibility to utter our determination herein, without great destruction and bloodshed both of our selves and others till this time, have this day proclaimed in your City of London, your Majesty to be our true natural Sovereign liege lady and Queen, most humbly beseeching your Majesty to pardon and remit our former infirmities, and most graciously to accept our meanings, which have been ever to serve your Highness truly, and so shall remain with all our powers and forces to the effusion of our blood, as these bearers our very good lords the earl of Arundel and Lord Paget can, and be ready more particularly to declare; to whom it pay please your excellent Majesty to give firm credence; and thus we do and shall daily pray to Almighty God for the preservation of your most royal person long to reign over us, from your Majesties City of London, this day of XIX July, the first year of your most prosperous reign. 11

Mary gladly accepts their submission.

While Mary was inspecting her army, Northumberland had proclaimed her queen in Cambridge and retreated to the house of Sir John Cheke. The Mayor, discovering this, "attended by a large force drawn from both town and gown, had the duke's lodging surrounded and watched on all sides to stop him leaving or escaping." 12

Now, Mary sends Henry Jerningham and Northumberland's former ally the Earl of Arundel to arrest him. 13

Meanwhile...

Jane Grey, Guildford Dudley and the Duchess of Northumberland are detained in the Tower as prisoners. 14

The Bishop of London flees the city after his sermons. 15

Sources:

1.Acts of the Privy Council, Vol 4

2. Vita Mariae Angliae Reginae of Robert Wingfield

3. Acts of the Privy Council, Vol 4

4. Acts of the Privy Council, Vol 4

5. Vita Mariae Angliae Reginae of Robert Wingfield

6. Vita Mariae Angliae Reginae of Robert Wingfield

7. Vita Mariae Angliae Reginae of Robert Wingfield

8. Vita Mariae Angliae Reginae of Robert Wingfield

9. Vita Mariae Angliae Reginae of Robert Wingfield

10. Spanish State Papers, 22nd July 1553

11. Memorials of the Most Reverend Father in God, Thomas Cranmer, sometime Lord Archbishop of Canterbury

12. Vita Mariae Angliae Reginae of Robert Wingfield

13. Vita Mariae Angliae Reginae of Robert Wingfield

14. Spanish State Papers, 22nd July 1553

15. Spanish State Papers, 22nd July 1553

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Hear me out when I say Paul Mescal as Philip II of Spain and Mia Wasikowska as Mary I of England …

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“Popes also expressed their favour through the gift of the Golden Rose. Each year one was blessed by the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, the Dominica Laetare. It was often presented to princes who had performed signal service to the Church and to Christendom, but if no reigning monarch merited the gift in any one year, it could be awarded to a noble who had been present in the congregation during the ceremony of the blessing. The association of the gift of the rose with close English involvement in European affairs is demonstrated by its presentation following the two Tudor Anglo Spanish marriage alliances. A 1521 inventory of the Jewel House includes a rose “sente from the Pope to Prince Arthur” which would most likely be as a result of his marriage to Katherine of Aragon, whilst Mary received the rose in 1555 when Philip was given the sword and cap of maintenance. […] The description of the ceremony in the chapel at Whitehall, where Mary received the Golden Rose, states that “the most Serene Queen evinced the utmost delight at hers, for after a short prayer, she carried it in her own hand and placed it on its altar”.”

— Italian Material Culture at the Tudor court by Charlotte Bolland, 2012, page 115 and 117 (via queenmarytudor)

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Patsy Ferran as Mary Tudor (Firebrand, 2024)

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“Blessed Catherine of Aragon & Princess Mary Tudor (later Mary I of England )”

I wanted to honor the memory of Queen Catherine of Aragon & Princess Mary Tudor. I created a little piece of art inspired by one of the pieces of the Litany of Loreto, which is a series of needlework depicting Virgin Mary. Link to original needlework : https://royal-needlework.org.uk/litany-of-loreto/

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Yes I agree with this comment but I also think that “Bloody Mary” is such a cunty mother nickname .

Mary I being called "bloody Mary" to this day while she's literally the monarch who executed the least amount of people of the whole dynasty will never fail to make me angry

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I saw this picture and I had a divine vision ….

So I present to you all …