“For the first time since she was 14 when her father’s eye had first lighted on Anne Boleyn, she was truly happy.” Knowing what needs to be done, Queen Mary married Philip of Spain hoping to conceive an heir to the throne. She knew the best of what people of England would expect from her, an heir who was the most important of everything else. Becoming “Queen” Mary againĭespite all the odds, hatred, being abandoned and a lot of trauma from an early age, Mary eventually became England’s first queen regnant, in 1553 at the age of 37. But this led Mary’s succession transferred to her newborn half-sister. Mary’s servants were dismissed and she was sent to join the household of the infant Elizabeth at Hatfield, Hertfordshire.īoleyn was later beheaded for treason and adultery, but Mary’s name was damaged enough and her rank was pushed down by her younger sister Elizabeth.
Mary suffered menstrual pain and irregular cycles from her puberty perhaps simply due to the stress of being a daughter to her father who married Anne Boleyn, Catherine’s maid of honor.īoleyn also disappointed Henry by giving birth to yet another daughter, Elizabeth. This led Henry to annul his marriage with his first wife and leaving 17-year-old Mary separated from her mother, she was not even permitted to visit her mother’s deathbed. Queen Mary I (Mary Tudor) – Origin of Bloody Mary Story – via Wikimedia Commons Not only by king Henry but by all of England she was the unwanted first child in the Royal Family. The only child of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon, to survive infancy in the Palace of Placentia, after a lot of miscarriage by Catherine.īut unfortunately, Queen Mary was regarded disappointment due to the fact that she was not a male, and not being the heir to the throne. Mary I born on 18 February 1516, also known as Mary Tudor,was the queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. Bloody Mary - Queen Mary I of England or Mary Tudor Bloody Mary actually was a child of a Royal Family, and she was Queen Mary I, born unwanted. The real Bloody Mary story is sadder than scary. The Folklore legend, Bloody Mary is called in many summer camps and slumber parties, and possibly at least someone may have actually witnessed a howling lady drenched in blood in the mirror standing behind their back when her name was chanted.īut there is a sad, and true story wound up in this folklore. Standing in the dark bathroom facing a mirror, and chanting her name three times “Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary” and Bloody Mary ghost is said to appear right behind you, sometimes holding a baby, and other times telling you how she will come after you.