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Mary I of England

1516 - 1558

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Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558. She made vigorous attempts to reverse the English Reformation, which had begun during the reign of her father, King Henry VIII. Her attempt to restore to the Church the property confiscated in the previous two reigns was largely thwarted by Parliament but, during her five-year reign, more than 280 religious dissenters were burned at the stake in what became known as the Marian persecutions, leading later commentators to label her "Bloody Mary". Mary was the only surviving child of Henry VIII by his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. She was declared illegitimate and barred from the line of succession following the annulment of her parents' marriage in 1533, but was restored via the Third Succession Act 1543. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary I of England is the 129th most popular politician (down from 120th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 38th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Politician.

Mary I of England, also known as "Bloody Mary," was the daughter of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. She was the first Queen Regnant of England. Her reign was marked by her attempts to restore Roman Catholicism in England.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mary I of England ranks 129 out of 19,576. Before her are Nebuchadnezzar II, Basil II, Brutus the Younger, Nicolae Ceaușescu, Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, and Hirohito. After her are Louis XIII of France, Selim I, Ferdinand Marcos, Ashoka, Napoleon III, and Al Gore.

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Among people born in 1516, Mary I of England ranks 1. After her are Conrad Gessner, Bayinnaung, Margaret Leijonhufvud, Tabinshwehti, Hieronymus Wolf, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Söyembikä of Kazan, André Thevet, Cristóvão da Gama, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and Realdo Colombo. Among people deceased in 1558, Mary I of England ranks 2. Before her is Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. After her are Hurrem Sultan, Mary of Hungary, Eleanor of Austria, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Clément Janequin, Robert Recorde, Johannes Bugenhagen, Reginald Pole, Francisco de Sá de Miranda, and Anna van Egmont.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary I of England ranks 44 out of 8,785. Before her are Edward V of England (1470), Agatha Christie (1890), H. G. Wells (1866), Thomas Hobbes (1588), Edmond Halley (1656), and Alexander Graham Bell (1847). After her are Charles Dickens (1812), Alan Turing (1912), Alexander Fleming (1881), Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (1947), Thomas Hardy (1840), and Bernard Montgomery (1887).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Mary I of England ranks 22. Before her are William IV of the United Kingdom (1765), George IV of the United Kingdom (1762), Richard I of England (1157), Queen Victoria (1819), Mary II of England (1662), and Edward V of England (1470). After her are Mary, Queen of Scots (1542), John Major (1943), Margaret Thatcher (1925), Ecgberht, King of Wessex (800), Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900), and James V of Scotland (1512).

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