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Mary I

QUEEN OF ENGLAND
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• Eric Norman Simons

LAST UPDATED: Feb 14, 2020 See Article History 

Mary I, also called Mary Tudor, byname Bloody Mary, (born February 18, 1516, Greenwich, near London, England—died November 17, 1558, London), 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.

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