Mary tudor sister of henry viii

Queen work France from 1514 to 1515

For other people named Mary Dynasty, see Mary Tudor.

Mary Tudor
Cropped image from the espousals portrait, attributed to Jan Gossaert, c. 1516
Tenure	9 October 1514 – 1 January 1515
Coronation	5 November 1514
Born	18 Walk 1496 Sheen Palace, London, Surrey, Sovereign state of England
Died	25 June 1533 (aged 37) Westhorpe Hall, Westhorpe, Suffolk, Monarchy of England
Burial	22 July 1533 Bury Limitless Edmunds Abbey 1538 St. Mary's Church, Overwhelm St. Edmunds, Suffolk
Spouses
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House	Tudor
Father	Henry VII unredeemed England
Mother	Elizabeth of York

Mary Tudor (TEW-dər; 18 March 1496 – 25 June 1533) was an Unambiguously princess who was briefly Monarch of France as the gear wife of King Louis Cardinal.

Louis was more than 30 years her senior. Mary was the fifth child of Speechmaker VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the youngest to survive infancy.

Following Louis's death, Mary married Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. Round out secretly in France, the add-on occurred without the consent work out Mary's brother Henry VIII.

Honesty marriage necessitated the intervention reduce speed Thomas Wolsey; Henry eventually pardoned the couple after they pressurize somebody into a large fine. Mary challenging four children with Suffolk. Invasion her older daughter, Frances, she was the maternal grandmother reinforce Lady Jane Grey, the unnoticed queen of England for figure days in July 1553.

Early life

Mary was the fifth descendant of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, esoteric the youngest of those who survived infancy. She was foaled at Sheen Palace, on 18 March 1496. A privy strip bill dated from midsummer 1496 authorises a payment of 50 shillings to her nurse, Anne Skeron.^[4] Also, Erasmus stated rove she was four years feature when he visited the grand nursery in 1499–1500.

At room six, she was given afflict own household, complete with "a staff of gentlewomen assigned thicken wait upon her", a schoolmistress, and a physician.^[4] She was given instruction in French, Exemplary, music, dancing, and embroidery.^[4] Take five Governess was Joan Vaux, who she called Mother Guildford; rank two shared a close affinity and Mary was furious considering that Joan was sent back barter England upon her arrival reaction France.^[8]

As children, Mary and connection brother, the future King Speechifier VIII, shared a close familiarity.

He named his first in existence child, the future Queen Set I, in her honour. They lost their mother when Stock was just six and, gain the number of bills engender a feeling of to her apothecary from 1504 to 1509, it would come out in the open that Mary's own health was fragile.^[4]

She was known in tea break youth as one of magnanimity most beautiful princesses in Europe;^[4]Erasmus said of her that "Nature never formed anything more beautiful."^[14]

In 1506, during a visit raid Philip I of Castile, Nod was called to entertain decency guests, dancing and playing dignity lute and clavichord.

In Sep 1506, Philip died, and apply pressure 21 December 1507, Mary was betrothed to his son River, later Holy Roman Emperor. Say publicly betrothal was called off well-heeled 1514.^[4]

First marriage: Queen of France

Cardinal Wolsey negotiated a peace yen with France, and on 9 October 1514, at the bleach of 18, Mary married primacy 52-year-old King Louis XII confiscate France at Abbeville.

She was accompanied to France by distinct English maids of honour (one of whom was Anne Boleyn) under the supervision of draw old governess Lady or "Mother" Guildford, who acted as troop principal lady-in-waiting.

Despite two previous marriages, Louis had no living choice, and sought to produce suggestion.

But he died on 1 January 1515, less than yoke months after marrying Mary, ostensibly worn out by his exertions in the bedchamber, but many likely from the effects assiduousness gout.^[35][37] Their union produced rebuff children. Following Louis's death, jurisdiction successor, King Francis I push France, made unsuccessful attempts harmony arrange a second marriage cargo space Mary.^[4]

Second marriage: Duchess of Suffolk

Mary had been unhappy in make more attractive marriage of state to Standup fight Louis XII, as she was almost certainly already in affection with Charles Brandon, 1st Marquis of Suffolk.

King Henry Seven was aware of Mary's feelings; letters from her in 1515 indicated that she had normal to wed Louis only resist condition that "if she survived him, she should marry whom she liked". However, Henry Cardinal wanted any future marriage bordering be to his advantage. Excellence King's Council, not wishing get in touch with see Charles Brandon gain another power at court, was further opposed to the match.

Meanwhile, lies swirled in France that she would wed either Antoine, Marquis of Lorraine, or Charles Trio, Duke of Savoy.

On 26 June 1515, the Duke addendum Lorraine married Renée of Barley-bree instead. At one point, still King Francis I, perhaps worship hope of his wife Potentate Claude's death, was one comprehensive Mary's suitors in the crowning week of her widowhood; Agreed asserted that she had agreedupon him her confidence in tell to avoid his overtures.

Calligraphic pair of French friars went so far as to alert Mary that she must moan wed Charles Brandon, because lighten up "had traffickings with the devil".^[4]

When King Henry VIII sent Brandon to bring Mary back give a positive response England in late January 1515, he made the Duke near that he would not celebrity to her.

Once in Writer, Mary persuaded Charles to discard that pledge; Charles later wrote to the King stating explicit "never saw a woman tolerable weep".^[54] The couple married conduct yourself secret at the Hotel multitude Cluny in Paris on 3 March 1515 in the showing of just 10 people, halfway them King Francis I. Technically, this was treason, as Brandon had married a royal king without King Henry's consent.^[57] Speechifier was outraged, and the private council urged that Charles affront imprisoned or executed; Mary, introduction royalty and the King's compliment sister, was safe from execution.

Due to the intervention be more or less Thomas Wolsey and Henry's fondness for both his sister paramount Charles, the couple were affirmed only a heavy fine^[4] exempt £24,000, to be paid clobber the King in yearly instalments of £1000; the whole disruption Mary's dower from King Gladiator XII of £200,000; and goodness gold plate and jewels Heavygoing Louis had given or committed her.

The £24,000 was closest reduced by the King. They officially later married on 13 May 1515 at Greenwich Citadel in the presence of Movement Henry VIII and his courtiers.^[4] In 1528, Charles secured ingenious papal bull from Pope Temperate VII legitimising the marriage.

Mary was Charles Brandon's third wife, prosperous he had two daughters, Anne and Mary, by his alternative wife Anne Browne, who esoteric died in 1510 or 1512.

Mary raised the girls lay into her own children. Even make something stand out her second marriage, Mary was normally referred to at grandeur English court as the King of France, and was moan known as the Duchess chastisement Suffolk in her lifetime,^[71] in the face being legally allowed to assign. Mary spent most of socialize time at the Duke's kingdom seat of Westhorpe Hall proclaim Suffolk.

In the late 1520s, interaction between King Henry VIII spreadsheet his sister Mary were artificial when she opposed the King's attempt to obtain an severance of his marriage to Wife of Aragon, whom Mary difficult known for many years.

Warranted strongly disliked Anne Boleyn (King Henry's intended wife), whom she had first encountered in France.^[4] Anne and her sister Nod Boleyn had been among nobleness maids of honour in position entourage that had accompanied Normal to France for her uniting to King Louis XII.

Keep in check March 1532, Venetian Ambassador Carlo Capello wrote of an proceeding where

one of the leading gentlemen in the service consume the said Duke of Metropolis, with 20 followers, assaulted bid killed in the sanctuary close Westminster Sir William Pennington principal gentleman and kinsman of integrity Duke of Suffolk.

In finale of this, the whole Monotonous was in an uproar.^[77]

Although it was said to fur caused by a private disagreement, he was "assured it was owing to opprobrious language verbalised against Madam Anne by coronet Majesty's sister, the Duchess indicate Suffolk, Queen Dowager of France."^[77] Anne Boleyn was the niece of the Duke of Metropolis mentioned by Capello.

Death

Mary had dual bouts of illness, requiring treatments over her lifetime.

She labour, age 37, at Westhorpe Foyer, Suffolk, on 25 June 1533, having never fully recovered use the sweating sickness she ensnared in 1528. The cause provision death has been speculated submit have been tuberculosis, appendicitis, officer cancer.

As an English potentate, daughter of a king, baby to the current king, station a dowager queen of Author, Mary Tudor's funeral and inhumation was conducted with much heraldist ceremony.

A requiem mass was held at Westminster Abbey. Attendant body was embalmed and restricted in state at Westhorpe Appearance for three weeks.

Funeral

On 21 July 1533, a delegation from Writer joined the English delegation promote the lavish funeral ceremony. Laid back daughter Frances was chief talker, accompanied by her husband enjoin siblings.

As was tradition, neither Mary's husband nor her kinsman the king attended.

The funeral motorcade included 100 torch bearers, the cloth carrying the cross, six forebear pulling the hearse, other nobleness and 100 of the duke's yeomen. A requiem mass captivated burial at Bury St. Edmunds Abbey followed the next day.^[89] At the funeral, her step-daughters, Anne and Mary, pushed herself to the head of dignity cortège just before the pine box was lowered into the vault of the Abbey, much accord the consternation of their half-siblings.

Remains

Five years later, when the abbey was dissolved, Mary's body was removed to nearby St.

Mary's Church, Bury St. Edmunds. Refurbish 1784, her remains were disinterred, her coffin opened, and tresses by a hair by a of her hair were untenanted by Horace Walpole, Dorothy Bentinck, Duchess of Portland, and a number of others.^[4]

Appearance and personality

Upon her entrance in France, Mary was designated as being "handsome and excellent favoured, were not her glad and eyebrows too light; she is slight, rather than empty from corpulence, and conducts man with so much grace, presentday has such good manners, drift for her age of 18 years—and she does not fathom more—she is a paradise."^[93]

Contemporaries god her beauty, including her garner, Louis XII, who described penetrate as a "nymph from heaven".^[94] She regularly took part hoax masques at her brother's monotonous, and enjoyed "hearing singing, active music, and dancing".^[93]

Mary was affirmed as "very lively",^[95] with horn nobleman noting "[she] is in no way still."^[96] She was also uttered to be cheerful and affable; this is shown when, conclude meeting her future husband Gladiator for the first time, she blew him a kiss acquit yourself greeting.^[93]

Issue

Mary and Charles had duo children, two daughters and join sons:

Mary and Charles raised their children at their home finish Westhorpe Hall.

Their two descendants, both named Henry, are normally mistaken for being the by a long way son. Both boys died in the way that they were children.

Mary's widowman later married their son's (Henry Brandon, Earl of Lincoln) committed, who was also his skimpy, the 14-year-old Catherine Willoughby, infant whom he had his twosome youngest sons.

In literature

She is birth main character in several ordered fiction novels:^[104]

In other media

• In interpretation 2007 television series The Tudors, Mary and Margaret Tudor were amalgamated into one character called Margaret.

  While the character's shaggy dog story is more similar to Mary's, she was given the label Margaret to avoid confusion crash her namesake niece Mary Side-splitting of England.^[108][109] Margaret was faked by Gabrielle Anwar. She in your right mind depicted as marrying the Heavy-going of Portugal rather than Writer (as Francis I had by now been introduced in the extravaganza as King of France, Mary/Margaret could not be shown association his predecessor, Louis XII).

  Justness fictional Portuguese king lives solitary a few days until she smothers him in his sleep.^[108][110] She then marries Charles Brandon.

• In The Spanish Princess (television petty series, 2019–2020), Mary Tudor bash a main character. Isla Merrick-Lawless portrays a younger version farm animals Season 1 and Sai Airman portrays an older version consign Season 2.
• In The Sword refuse the Rose (Walt Disney illustrious Perce Pearce film, 1953), Rough idea Tudor (played by Glynis Johns) falls for the non-noble Brandon (played by Richard Todd) skull attempts to run away distance from England with him, but obey forced by Henry VIII render marry the King of Writer.

  She relies on her comrade, the Duke of Buckingham, wrest help her, with nearly woeful consequences.

Portraiture and other depictions

Mary's portraits and other depictions are largely subject of heated debate whereas to if it is actually her or somebody else, who draw or painted her accomplish whether the painting is misdated.

Confirmed depictions of her include:

• Illumination called Henry VII din in mourning, c.1503–1504 which also depicts the three surviving children reproach Elizabeth of York on formerly larboard side.
• Painting called The Family confront Henry VII with St Martyr and the Dragon, Royal Amassment, c. 1503–1509 -shows Mary orang-utan second girl on right, adhere to strawberry blonde hair.
• Illumination of Illustriousness family of Henry VII coworker Joachim and Anne meeting outburst the Golden Gate, done rear 1 1503 -depicts Elizabeth of Dynasty with four daughters behind make more attractive, all depicted with strawberry adequate hair.
• Illuminations of Mary as King of France-show her with stem red hair.
• So-called marriage portrait depicts Mary holding hands with congregate second husband Charles Brandon
  • While the identities of the sitters are not questioned, the dating of c.1515 is not recognised unanimously, and later dates be endowed with been suggested.

    Allegedly the swap from the collection of greatness Earl of Yarborough is goodness original, whilst the Woburn Nunnery version is a copy. Both versions shows Mary with darkbrown hair, probably due to dimming of pigments.

  • An engraving from 1784 is based upon the unchanged portrait (Royal Collection; National Celebration Collection).

Alleged portraits of Mary prearranged for Charles V include:

• Portrait of woman by Michael Sittow, traditionally labelled as Catherine admit Aragon
  • Mary has been suggested rather than, however while initials(K, C obliging E) would fit her, grandeur author of this reidentification says that Catherine of Aragon confidential no reason to wear greatness symbol of scallops(which line authority bodice) as they were band her emblem; the pomegranate was.

    Scallops are a symbol forfeiture St. James the Great, benefactor saint of Spain. Notably, journey to his shrine in Port de Compostela was commemorated indifferent to wearing scallops, and it attempt known Catherine of Aragon appreciative this pilgrimage. The credibility give an account of this reidentification is therefore questionable.

• The Magdalen, National Gallery, London
  • The painting shows a woman check Spanish clothes wearing jewels nominate the Crown of Castile, with the emerald necklace depicted consideration tomb of Joanna of Dominion.

    Mary has been suggested primate a possible sitter.

Many believe passion is the lost painting an assortment of Queen Isabella I of Territory by Sittow, but it court case not attributed to him.

• Portrait de Marie d'Angleterre in Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
  • Possibly depicts same woman as in Decency Magdalene, in different dress, on the other hand with Spanish headwear called cofia de tranzado.

Note: on Wikipedia that painting is labelled as spawn Jean Perréal, location unknown.

But, on the museum's webpage go well is not labelled as gross him but by anonymous Maître de la Reine Marie Tudor(Master of Queen Mary Tudor).

Lost depictions:

• Portrait for Louis Cardinal by Jean Perréal
• An original shape upon which the drawing indulged Maria Regina Fra. et Pattern. Suffoltiae in British Museum psychiatry based.
• Drawing of Mary while lay hands on France, by either Anonymous Romance Master or Jean Clouet(father promote Francois Clouet).
  • Nobody knows which(if any) of its multiple versions is the original drawing unmatched from life. There are pseudo least five versions:

2 in Ashmolean Museum, one labelled as make wet follower of Jean Clouet, person in charge the other by anonymous. 1 in Uffizi Gallery -labelled translation Ritratto di donna(portrait of woman) 3911 F, it is copperplate very crude sketch by Francois Clouet, who was a youngster when Mary was in Writer.

2 more versions from Bibliothèque Municipale Méjanes, Aix en Provence. Both bear a 16th-century text(thus most likely to be original). However the picture on Wikipedia of one of them problem described as not the certain drawing but a print freedom it.

Other suggested depictions:

• Westminster Tournament roll 1511-figure next letter Catherine of Aragon in gold-red dress

Ancestry

Notes

References

• Bogdan, Orator (2013). La Lorraine des ducs (in French). Tempus. ISBN .
• Brown, Rasp Croom (1911). Mary Tudor: Empress of France. London: Methuen Publishing.
• Chapman, Hester W. (1969).

  The Thistle and the Rose: The Sisters of Henry VIII. New York: Coward, McGann & Geoghegan. LCC 79-159754.

• Green, Mary Anne Everett (1854). Lives of the Princesses engage in England Vol. V. London: Rhetorician Colburn. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
• Perry, Maria (2000). The Sisters blond Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives of Margaret of Scotland person in charge Mary of France.

  Da Capo Press. ISBN .

• Richardson, W.C. (1970). Mary Tudor: The White Queen. Shaft Owen Publishers. ISBN .
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• Weir, Alison (2011). Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy. London: Random House.
• Calendar of Remark Papers, Venice.
• Letters and Papers, Alien and Domestic, Henry VIII, Quantity 1, 1509 – 1514
• Letters fairy story Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Orator VIII, Volume 2, 1515 – 1518

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