Mary I

Mary the first was born on the 18th of February 1516. When she was Queen, she worked to restore Roman Catholicism to England as it's main religion, in doing so she killed all the protestants (people who didn't want to want to be Catholic) earning the nickname Bloody Mary!

When she was born, her dad (Henry the eighth) had already picked out a future husband (Phillip the 2nd of Spain.) She had a good education and was able to speak Latin, Spanish, French And obviously English, just like her dad. She was known as Princess Mary for she was next in line for the throne, until her dad had a male child who became became next in line for the throne. At nine, she moved to Wales and from then til her reign she was known as Mary of Wales.

After a while, she had six siblings including the future Edward the sixth and Elizabeth the first. She loved to gamble because she was rich and could get richer. She became Queen after Lady Jane Grey's 9 day reign. When she was queen she burned over 300 protestants.

Nowadays, She is known for a red cocktail and a child's game called bloody Mary were you say Bloody Mary 3 times until you see a scary face.

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