What ever happened to Henry the 8th daughter Mary?
Mary Tudor/Mary I/Bloody Mary, born 1516, came to the throne 1553, died 1558. She was the daughter of King Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, the only child of theirs to survive to adulthood. Spoilt and loved as a little princess, she soon had to take second place when Elizabeth (I) was born to her father’s second wife, Anne Boleyn. The sisters were never close, and their fortunes fluctuated as they went in and out of their father’s favour. Mary was separated from her mother when the Queen was banished from the court, and never saw her again. The stress was a major cause of Mary’s ill health, and she was never truly well. On the death of her father, Mary’s half-brother became King Edward VI, but he only lived until he was about 16. There was then a plot to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne, a Protestant like Edward, but she only “ruled” for nine days before Mary gathered support and took her rightful place on the throne. She married Philip of Spain, a Catholic, which was a very unpopul
