#Maria I Tudor

[thomascromwelll]

Katherine of Aragon and Mary I in The Tudors requested by @stilltrails

[cesareeborgia]

↳ Historical Ladies Name: Mary/Marie/Maria

[catherinesboleyn]

THE TUDORS WEEK 2023

Day 2 | best female characters

Catherine of Aragon

Anne Boleyn

Mary I

[elephantlovemedleys]

GUESS WHO JUST FINISHED HER DISSERTATION. I MADE IT OUT OF THE TRENCHES (BOSWORTH FIELD)

[the-tvdors]

CATHERINE OF ARAGON with PRINCESS MARY TUDOR

THE TUDORS (2007-2010) | S01E5

[lancastrianwasian]

No more Tudors, please—unless it’s Mary I or Edward VI. Let’s focus on the Trastámaras, especially Catherine of Aragon, and delve into the Habsburgs, like Margaret of Austria and her nieces: Eleanor, Isabella, Maria, and Catalina. And don’t forget Charles V and his brother Ferdinand! We need more content on the Trastámara and Habsburg dynasties, as well as Stuart topics that aren’t about Mary, Queen of Scots or Stuart England.

[alicentsultana]

The way we see mothers in fiction reflects our relationship with our own mothers.

Unless we're going mommy dearest and similar works that show narcissistic mothers and problematic/toxic relationships and portrayals, those are undeniably horrible and bad.

However, when we talk about general mothers portraiture we're going to immediately judge also through what we live and experienced.

I have a wonderful relationship with my mom, though she had me hours after she turned 18, and of course, have committed errors, she still succeeded in parenting and raised me with the best of her abilities. Therefore, I tend to see mother-sons/daughters relationships in a good light, as as depth and development goes by, I can change and adapt my initial opinion.

Therapist and Psychology Professors oftenly remarks that mothers, in a way or another, have some parcel of guilt over how her kids will develop and turn out, some more, some less. Relapse mother? Troubled kids. Distant mother? Insensitive kids. Overbearing/Overprotective? Kids learn to lie, omit, rebel. So on and so forth.

Mothers do have a hand on how you deal with your life. But a loving mother, a zealous mother, a young mother, an older mother, a religious mother, a free spirit mother... All of them doesn't have to justify themselves beyond maybe acknowledging where they went wrong, because, after all, aren't all of them also bound by expectations, morals, time and beliefs? And weren't all of them doing what they thought was right? Weren't all of them dealing with motherhood differently and in their particular ways? With or without support, they did what they could.

But take a look at these mothers:

They made mistakes, do they have to justify themselves and ask for forgiveness? Because they did what they have to? To survive, to attend demands, to protect, to ensure their safety and success...

There are mistakes, and there is also another even greater problem: you have to grow up and learn how to deal with this pain yourself, talk, digest, transform it, but no one but yourself will have to learn how to deal with it, even when it was done with such toxic and cruel behaviors, you will have to deal with it. To love or to hate.

Now, let's focus on the love part.

Mary, Elizabeth, Isabel, Januaria, the Bennets girls, Khadija, Alicent, Hürrem and Rhaenyra's children, all of them wouldn't even ask for their justification, ask why they did what they did, because they all know their mother loves them no matter what, they did what they had to do. Distant or not, overbearing, hysterical, insensitive, and doomed by the narrative. They know, and eventually recognize that those actions were done by love.

So yeah, go on, ask your loving mother to justify herself, I dare you all. Ask your grandma and aunt too. Ask that one mother who pissed you off online too.

Also, don't forget that maybe, that parenting style was all they came to know about. And unless one breaks a very long and, shockingly, difficult to recognize cycle, they will unknowingly perpetuate it.

Anyway. That's how I see it. Because oh boy, I wouldn't even ask my mom to explain herself to me, no matter my grievances. But that's a me thing. How do you see it?

[historicalreusedcostumes]

This Black headpice is worn on Uknown Actor as Mary I in Monarchy with David Starkey: The Shadow of the King (2005) and worn again on Maria Doyle Kennedy as Katharine of Aragon in The Tudors (2007)

[schnitzelsemmerl]

MARY TUDOR HITTING THE GRIDDY.

[coquette2004]

Yeah so we bring a Catholic vibe to the function and there's nothing y'all can do about it xxx!

It's just us and our Catholicism against the world

[imobsessedwiththeatre]

Catherine and Mary fanart! In tudors outfit again but not as six cast :_)

[thomascromwelll]

henry's like: 'gurl, stop.'

Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Maria Doyle Kennedy as Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon in The Tudors — S01E03 'Wolsey, Wolsey, Wolsey'

[plantagenetsun]

Am I not my mother's daughter?

Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁✨❤️

[catherinesboleyn]

Rare/never seen stills from The Tudors

(2007-2010)

[elephantlovemedleys]

thinking about how someone left a white rose nearby henry vii and elizabeth of york’s tomb when i visited westminster abbey two months ago

[the-tvdors]

CATHERINE OF ARAGON with PRINCESS MARY TUDOR

THE TUDORS (2007-2010) | S01E5