She was born at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, London, on Monday 18 February 1516. A stillborn sister and three short-lived brothers, including the prince Henry, had preceded her. Mary was the second daughter and fifth child of Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. Mary Tudor was a cousin, once removed, of Mary, Queen of Scots, with whom she is often confused by those unfamiliar with British history. Her religious policies, however, were in many cases reversed by her successor and half-sister, Elizabeth I (1558 – 1603). To this end, she had almost three hundred religious dissenters executed as a consequence, she is often known as Bloody Mary. Mary, the fourth and penultimate monarch of the Tudor dynasty, is remembered for her attempt to return England from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism. Mary I ( 18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 6 July 1553 ( de jure) or 19 July 1553 ( de facto) until her death. Mary Tudor is the name of both Mary I of England and her father's sister, Mary Tudor (queen consort of France).
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