Mary Was Born On The 18th Of February 1516 In The Palace Of Placentia In Greenwhich. She Was The Only

Mary was born on the 18th of February 1516 in the Palace of Placentia in Greenwhich. She was the only child of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII to live past infancy. Mary’s gender would continue to be an issue for Henry who would divorce her mother in 1533 thus declaring Mary illegitimate and barring her from the throne. Henry would marry four more times and finally produce his longed for son Edward in 1537. Her brother Edward would not reign long and die at only 15 in 1553 not before writing Mary and their sister Elizabeth out of his will in favour of their cousin Lady Jane Grey. However Jane would not be accepted as queen and was deposed on the July 19th 1553 after only nine days. Mary was finally crowned on October 1st 1553, she would be the very first queen regnant of England.

‘Comparing Anne Boleyn and Katherine of Aragon in a way that is unfavorable to the latter is evil and sexist’ yeah, well, Katherine of Aragon partisans do this all the time with her elder sister so :)

John Jackson by Sir David Wilkie (Scottish: 1785-1841) circa 1815-20. Coloured chalk on paper

My sister was born of that whore Anne Boleyn, she was born a bastard she will never rule England

Elizabeth (1998)

The White Princess episode 6 | Perkin Warbeck and Cathy Gordon ✥