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Bookmark or Share- Who Is Bloody Mary? The Truth Behind The Creepy Urban LegendQueen Mary I of England became known as Bloody Mary because she burned about 280 Protestants alive during her reign. Born on February 18, 1516, in the Greenwich Palace in London, England, to Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, Mary seemed an unlikely candidate to be queen, let alone a “bloody” one.
- Mary I | Biography & Facts | BritannicaMary I (born February 18, 1516, Greenwich, near London, England—died November 17, 1558, London) was the first queen to rule England (1553–58) in her own right. She was known as Bloody Mary for her persecution of Protestants in a vain attempt to restore Roman Catholicism in England.
- The Myth of ‘Bloody Mary,’ England’s First QueenThe Myth of ‘Bloody Mary,’ England’s First Queen History remembers Mary I as a murderous monster who burned hundreds of her subjects at the stake, but the real story of the Tudor monarch is...
- Was Bloody Mary a Real Person? | BritannicaThat clash came to a head when Mary became queen in 1553, and her efforts to restore Roman Catholicism to England would earn her the nickname “Bloody Mary.” Hundreds of Protestants were burned at the stake as heretics, and hundreds more were executed in the wake of a failed Protestant rebellion led by Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger .
- Mary I of England - WikipediaMary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, and as "Bloody Mary" by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain and the Habsburg dominions as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558.
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