Historical
and Commemorative Medals
Collection of Benjamin Weiss
MARY I TUDOR DASSIER, Jean: England, 1731, Bronze, 41 mm Mary I (1516-1568), Queen of England (1553-1558), also called Mary Tudor
or Bloody Mary, was the daughter of King Henry VIII and the Spanish Princess
Catherine of Aragon. She was the first queen to rule England in her own
right. She married Philip II of Spain, the son of the emperor Charles V. She
was known as Bloody Mary for her persecution of Protestants in a vain
attempt to restore Roman Catholicism in England.
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