MARY I SUMMARY NOTES
INTRODUCTION TO MARY I
Year Date Event
1516 Born in Greenwich, London
1529 Catherine of Aragon, Mary’s mother, divorced Henry VIII
1529-1553 Mary was under house arrest with her mother for 24 years
July 6 Edward dies
July 10 LJG made Queen
LJG deposed as Queen, leaving Mary to rule at the age of
July 19
1553 36
Mary rode into London to cheering crowds, Church music,
August 3
etc. (people brought out chalices in Oxford)
October 1 Coronation
1558 November 17 Mary dies at St, James’s Palace, London
Catherine of Aragon MARY I AND MARRIAGE
- 1529: Divorced Henry VIII Factions at Court
1. Stephen Gardiner: Wanted Mary to marry
- Sent to Kenning Hall, Suffolk
an Englishman
2. William Paget: A foreigner
- Under house arrest with Mary
Edward Courtenay
Mary announced illegitimate
- Second option for Mary
Mary prohibited from marrying - Earl of Devon
- Descendant of the royal Plantagenets
- She was Catholic - Poor social skills
He spent most of his childhood in the
BACKGROUND TO FEMALE RULERS IN THE
Tower of London
16TH CENTURY
His father, the marquis of Exeter, was
Issues with a Female Monarch imprisoned and executed by Henry VIII
Seen as a bit of a joke
1. Can’t control faction
2. Unable to lead an army to battle Philip II of Spain
3. Expected to marry, but had to be
- Habsburg Family
subservient to her husband
- Charles VI’s son
- Illegal in France
- 26 years old
- Mary was the first female ruler of England
- Given Spain, England and the Spanish
Historical Female Rulers Netherlands by his father
- Isabella of France 1295-1358 Habsburgs
- Isabella of Castile 1474
- Enemies to the French
- Mary of Guise 1546-1560
- Controlled Spain/lots of Europe
- Catherine de Medici of France 1547-1559
- Charles V was the family’s head
- Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1568
He arranged the Match
Husbands:
1. Francis 1554
2. Lord Darnley
3. Earl of Bothwell - January 12: Marriage Treaty accepted
- July 25: Marriage
Mary’s Rise to Power
Marriage Treaty
- July 6, 1553: Edward dies
- August 3, 1553: Mary rode into London to - Mary and Philip’s children to be the heirs
cheering crowds and Catholic music to the throne, not Philip
- October 1, 1553: Coronated
INTRODUCTION TO MARY I
Year Date Event
1516 Born in Greenwich, London
1529 Catherine of Aragon, Mary’s mother, divorced Henry VIII
1529-1553 Mary was under house arrest with her mother for 24 years
July 6 Edward dies
July 10 LJG made Queen
LJG deposed as Queen, leaving Mary to rule at the age of
July 19
1553 36
Mary rode into London to cheering crowds, Church music,
August 3
etc. (people brought out chalices in Oxford)
October 1 Coronation
1558 November 17 Mary dies at St, James’s Palace, London
Catherine of Aragon MARY I AND MARRIAGE
- 1529: Divorced Henry VIII Factions at Court
1. Stephen Gardiner: Wanted Mary to marry
- Sent to Kenning Hall, Suffolk
an Englishman
2. William Paget: A foreigner
- Under house arrest with Mary
Edward Courtenay
Mary announced illegitimate
- Second option for Mary
Mary prohibited from marrying - Earl of Devon
- Descendant of the royal Plantagenets
- She was Catholic - Poor social skills
He spent most of his childhood in the
BACKGROUND TO FEMALE RULERS IN THE
Tower of London
16TH CENTURY
His father, the marquis of Exeter, was
Issues with a Female Monarch imprisoned and executed by Henry VIII
Seen as a bit of a joke
1. Can’t control faction
2. Unable to lead an army to battle Philip II of Spain
3. Expected to marry, but had to be
- Habsburg Family
subservient to her husband
- Charles VI’s son
- Illegal in France
- 26 years old
- Mary was the first female ruler of England
- Given Spain, England and the Spanish
Historical Female Rulers Netherlands by his father
- Isabella of France 1295-1358 Habsburgs
- Isabella of Castile 1474
- Enemies to the French
- Mary of Guise 1546-1560
- Controlled Spain/lots of Europe
- Catherine de Medici of France 1547-1559
- Charles V was the family’s head
- Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1568
He arranged the Match
Husbands:
1. Francis 1554
2. Lord Darnley
3. Earl of Bothwell - January 12: Marriage Treaty accepted
- July 25: Marriage
Mary’s Rise to Power
Marriage Treaty
- July 6, 1553: Edward dies
- August 3, 1553: Mary rode into London to - Mary and Philip’s children to be the heirs
cheering crowds and Catholic music to the throne, not Philip
- October 1, 1553: Coronated
