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1496-1533. Daughter of [[Henry VII]] and [[Elizabeth of York]]. Sister of [[Henry VIII]]. | 1496-1533. Daughter of [[Henry VII]] and [[Elizabeth of York]]. Sister of [[Henry VIII]]. | ||
Not to be confused with the other [[Mary Tudor]], Mary I, her niece who was named after her. | Not to be confused with the other [[Mary Tudor]], Mary I, her niece who was named after her. | ||
Mary became the third wife of King Louis XII of France and thereby Queen of France. After his death she married Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk without her brother’s consent. Her granddaughter Lady Jane Grey became Queen of England in 1533. | |||
== Early Life == | |||
Mary Tudor was the youngest daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York to live past childhood. She was born at the Palace of Richmond in March 1496. Her mother died 7 years later in 1503. | |||
When Mary was eight years old, her older sister Margaret left England to marry King James IV of Scotland. She and her brother Henry, who will become Henry VIII, were the only children left at court and so grew very close. Henry even named his first-born daughter, Mary I, after his sister. | |||
Mary was considered to be one of the most beautiful women in Europa at the time. She was first betrothed to Charles V, later Holy Roman Emperor, who was a nephew of Catherine of Aragon. This betrothal was later cancelled by Henry VIII. Instead he negotiated for his sister to marry the fifty-two year-old King of France, Louis XII. There are rumors that Mary only obeyed under one condition: Henry had to promise her that - when her husband died - she could take a second husband of her own choosing. She was allegedly already in love with Charles Brandon, a close friend of her brother. | |||
== First Marriage: Queen of France == | |||
When she was 18 years old, Mary married King Louis XII of France on 9 October 1514 at Abbeville. She was being crowned Queen of France on 5 November 1514. Despite being married twice, Louis had no living sons and hoped to produce an heir with Mary. But not even three months after the wedding Louis died on 1 January 1515. | |||
== Second Marriage: Duchess of Suffolk == | |||
After her first husband died, Mary took Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk for her second husband. They married secretly in France without the consent of King Henry VIII. The marriage was technically treason and Henry was outraged because he planned to wed his sister again for political aims. He considered to execute Charles Brandon, but after some negotiations with the help of Thomas Wolsey, he decided that the couple had to return Mary’s marriage dowry and pay an annual fine. | |||
Mary and Charles had four children: Henry Brandon (1516-1522), Frances (1517-1559), Eleanor (1519-1547) and Henry (1523-1534). Mary’s daughter Frances was the mother of Lady Jane Grey, who was de facto monarch of England and Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553. | |||
== Death == | |||
Mary died on 25 June 1533 at her home, Westhorpe Hall in Suffolk, after being ill for some time. It is not known what exactly she suffered from. The theories range from angina to tuberculosis and cancer. Mary was buried at Bury St. Edmunds. | |||
Mary was always referred to as the Queen of France and never as the Duchess of Suffolk, probably to remind her that she had married below her rank. | |||
== Sources == | |||
Chapman, Hester Wolferstan: The sisters of Henry VIII: Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland (November 1489-October 1541), Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk (March 1496-June 1533). | |||
Maurer, Michael: Kleine Geschichte Englands. Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, 2005. | |||
Perry, Maria: Sisters to the King: The tumultuous lives of Henry VIII's sisters - Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France. | |||
Revision as of 14:40, 21 December 2016
1496-1533. Daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Sister of Henry VIII. Not to be confused with the other Mary Tudor, Mary I, her niece who was named after her.
Mary became the third wife of King Louis XII of France and thereby Queen of France. After his death she married Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk without her brother’s consent. Her granddaughter Lady Jane Grey became Queen of England in 1533.
Early Life
Mary Tudor was the youngest daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York to live past childhood. She was born at the Palace of Richmond in March 1496. Her mother died 7 years later in 1503.
When Mary was eight years old, her older sister Margaret left England to marry King James IV of Scotland. She and her brother Henry, who will become Henry VIII, were the only children left at court and so grew very close. Henry even named his first-born daughter, Mary I, after his sister.
Mary was considered to be one of the most beautiful women in Europa at the time. She was first betrothed to Charles V, later Holy Roman Emperor, who was a nephew of Catherine of Aragon. This betrothal was later cancelled by Henry VIII. Instead he negotiated for his sister to marry the fifty-two year-old King of France, Louis XII. There are rumors that Mary only obeyed under one condition: Henry had to promise her that - when her husband died - she could take a second husband of her own choosing. She was allegedly already in love with Charles Brandon, a close friend of her brother.
First Marriage: Queen of France
When she was 18 years old, Mary married King Louis XII of France on 9 October 1514 at Abbeville. She was being crowned Queen of France on 5 November 1514. Despite being married twice, Louis had no living sons and hoped to produce an heir with Mary. But not even three months after the wedding Louis died on 1 January 1515.
Second Marriage: Duchess of Suffolk
After her first husband died, Mary took Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk for her second husband. They married secretly in France without the consent of King Henry VIII. The marriage was technically treason and Henry was outraged because he planned to wed his sister again for political aims. He considered to execute Charles Brandon, but after some negotiations with the help of Thomas Wolsey, he decided that the couple had to return Mary’s marriage dowry and pay an annual fine.
Mary and Charles had four children: Henry Brandon (1516-1522), Frances (1517-1559), Eleanor (1519-1547) and Henry (1523-1534). Mary’s daughter Frances was the mother of Lady Jane Grey, who was de facto monarch of England and Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553.
Death
Mary died on 25 June 1533 at her home, Westhorpe Hall in Suffolk, after being ill for some time. It is not known what exactly she suffered from. The theories range from angina to tuberculosis and cancer. Mary was buried at Bury St. Edmunds.
Mary was always referred to as the Queen of France and never as the Duchess of Suffolk, probably to remind her that she had married below her rank.
Sources
Chapman, Hester Wolferstan: The sisters of Henry VIII: Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland (November 1489-October 1541), Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk (March 1496-June 1533).
Maurer, Michael: Kleine Geschichte Englands. Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, 2005.
Perry, Maria: Sisters to the King: The tumultuous lives of Henry VIII's sisters - Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France.