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Mary Tudor = Mary Stuart or not?

Mary Tudor is the same person as Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots?

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Answer #1

They were two different people, of more or less the same era.

Mary Tudor was the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, and was raised as a staunch Catholic. As Mary I of England, she succeeeded her brother Edward VI (who died young and was the only son of Henry VIII to survive for any length of time) and became known as ‘bloody Mary’ for her anti-Protestant pogroms. (Henry VIII had established the Church of England as a non-Catholic church.) Mary Tudor died, childless, at the age of 42. When her half-sister Elizabeth I (daugher of H VIII and Anne Boleyn) came to the throne, the Church of England was re-establshed.

Mary Queen of Scots, or Mary I of Scotland (known in France as Marie Stuart), is the one who married the Dauphin of France, but was soon widowed. To make a long story short, she and Elizabeth I (they were contemporaries) did not get along, and after allegedely being involving in several attempts to overthrow Elizabeth and inherit the throne of England, Mary was put into custody and finally executed for treason.

It was a messy period in history.

Philippa Gregory has written many historical novels that bring this period alive.

Answer #2

Mary Tudor was the Queen of France

Answer #3

Or do you mean Mary Tudor, Henry VIII’s sister?? Sorry, I’ve got myself confused! x

Answer #4

Mary Tudor was Henry VIII’s firat daughter of Catherine of Aragon, and Mary, Queen of Scots was her cousin. Mary Queen of Scots was the daughter of Henry VIII’s sister. Mary Tudor became Mary I, Queen of England after her half brother Edward (VI) died. Mary, Queen of Scots was the mother of James I (of England, James VI of Scotland. He was a baby when he was crowned King of Scotland! I went to the place in Scotland where he was crowned as a baby!) Thats what I know (:

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