Bloody Mary I - England's Worst Queen? Documentary

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[@christophercarpenter8868]

Catholics created Muhammad all evidence supports this.

[@pbohearn]

Mary fought hard for her happiness, to find love and become a mother. This was not meant to be. What’s truly tragic is that she wanted a child so badly she manifested it psychically. After the humiliation, departure from her husband, and loss of hope, I think she went crazy.

[@cranberryjuice563]

Mary Mary quite contrary is how that poem about goes taking the piss of her miscarriage

[@user-fq8rs7rz3i]

Crazy? No. Vengeful? Yes. Only religious people display such cruelty. She is a disgrace, just like her father.

[@jameskpolkastronomyhistory5984]

I am addicted to learning about henry viii and his family

[@jennifergarcia3852]

Yes! I feel ya in that. Theres just something about the reign of the Tudors and that whole era that I just find SOO fascinating. I can't even begin to explain what it is, and it's not just one thing. I just love the Tudor history.

[@annbush1826]

British school kids learn Henry’s queens by this little jingle, “Divorced, beheaded,died. Divorced,beheaded survived.” There were such extraordinary people involved in “the King’s great matter.” Cranmer and Thomas More Henry on first seeing “the Flemish cow” (oh England, the things I do for you.) Was he sterile by then? and was it syphilus?

[@jameskpolkastronomyhistory5984]

@@annbush1826 My Teacher Tought Me The Jingle In 6th grade

[@lethaschweitzer6411]

Hey u might like watching the Tudors on Netflix it might b all factual but its a good watch

[@jameskpolkastronomyhistory5984]

@@lethaschweitzer6411 I Do Watch The Tudors (Quality Content)

[@janicehurst8605]

What a lonely sad life Mary Tudor had..discarded by her father and also her husband Then to die hated by her people. Another engrossing story about one of the Tudors. Thank you again for an informative autobiography of one of the lesser known member of the Tudors 🤩🔥

[@TheCandiceWang]

Sad life for certain. I pity her. What all this turned her into.

[@tulip_rose765]

Indeed 🥺

[@Monster-ks2yx]

Mary earned the hatred of her people.

[@janicehurst8605]

I do agree with you that it was her own fault but some of the blame can be layed at the door of her upbringing by a staunchly Catholic mother 👩 also named as a bastard by her father plus all of the other stuff. She didn't seem to be able to rise above it. 🥺🔥

[@jamiemohan2049]

@@Monster-ks2yx Mary's death count isn't abnormal even for her short reign. Roughly 300 people were burned during her 4-5 year reign. She personally signed the death warrant of 7 people. The other deaths attributed by her were done by catholic courts. Her half brother had 5,500 killed in his 5 year reign .....she surely did kill people, as did her half-siblings and father.

[@tulip_rose765]

“Why should I apologise for being a monster when no one ever apologised for making me one?” -Me

[@dalehoward3704]

Great point. Both Mary and Elizabeth were treated terribly by their father.

[@tulip_rose765]

@@dalehoward3704 Yes...

[@queenelizabethiofengland7338]

Hi sis

[@tulip_rose765]

@@queenelizabethiofengland7338 Hello Lizzie!

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@@tulip_rose765 I was messing earlier I was pranking you guys, I think I went too far...anyways I’m gonna eat some pizza

[@jolo3118]

One thing that I learned from Dan Jones is that history is written by the victors. I don't think we'll ever know what truly happened behind the throne. I love this series and so glad I came across it. Finally, the algorithm got it right! Thank you so much for posting. 💞

[@felipedeodonoju3953]

Imagine! IMAGINE how powerful would’ve been if Queen Mary would have had an heir with Philip. That child would’ve possessed England (Wales), Ireland, and the Spanish Habsburg Empire…

[@kkandsims4612]

And never held onto it to be fair there was zero way that they would rule successful all the countries unless she had had many children to govern the areas for her

[@Raditz94]

A Tudor would have bien the most powerful monarch ever.

[@toddjohnson271]

It would have collapsed.

[@bettyleeist]

I think ruling under King Henry’s world 🌎 would’ve been much too difficult to rule under!You couldn’t beat Henry at tennis,or you’d be dead!

[@user-fq8rs7rz3i]

Not necessarily. You know what they say about the best laid plans......

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[@PeopleProfiles]

Channels pick up trolls along the way.

[@DocHoliday562]

I like to think they were accidents

[@chykim1]

Some dummy who hates learning...

[@davebeecher6579]

Right,and why keep coming back to dislike them again? Some people just natural haters maybe? Staying safe in Tennessee,

[@PeopleProfiles]

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[@brontewcat]

Very good and balanced documentary. I have always been an Elizabeth fan, but that doesn’t mean I can’t see the good and bad in both Mary and Elizabeth. I think you did a great job in demonstrating Mary’s strength s as well as her faults.

[@tulip_rose765]

Yes

[@user-fq8rs7rz3i]

They were definitely like their father. Such wickedness. But I’m glad Elizabeth let James 6 have the throne. Her father would’ve hated that . I think she did that on purpose to stick it to her father and end the house of Tudor. Some of Mary’s behaviour was revenge against her father too. He should never have treated their mothers so cruelly. And just think all that slaughter and cruelty to get a male heir, only for the boy to die. The best laid plans....

[@DamonNomad82]

IMHO, Mary I is a very complex historical figure. She was extremely intelligent, and one of the most educated women in the world during her lifetime. To simply call her either a monster or a victim would be a gross oversimplification. Many of the darker aspects of her character stemmed from being the daughter of King Henry VIII. Both his DNA and his cruel mistreatment of her and her mother during her youth caused her to resemble him in many ways, few of them good. She was, perhaps a monster in some ways, but a monster of her father's making. Her reign was a disastrous time for England, but many of the disasters were not of her making. Her shameful treatment of Protestants, however, was undeniable and unforgivable, so the epithet of "Bloody Mary" is well-earned and accurate. I hope that my view is somewhat more nuanced than that of my fifteenth great-grandfather, Reverend John Foxe, without going too far in the other direction...

[@MarilynRB]

Imagine how different things would have been for Mary if she was married at a younger age. We might have never had a Queen Elizabeth I If Mary had heirs. Henry was just awful to her and her mother.

[@suryasishtalukdar210]

Henry is the reason Elizabeth exists and we know about Anne Boleyn , she was no one , a terrible humanbeing but a much better King that some have been in your country

[@susankrepinsky4699]

@@suryasishtalukdar210 The 16th century of Meghan Markle.

[@jamiemohan2049]

Had she played the game with her father she would have been married younger. In the eyes of Catholic Europe she was always legitimate. She likely would have been re legitimized or stayed legit like Eleanor of Aquataine's (spelt wrong I know) daughters had she just played the game.

[@theduchess3]

@@jamiemohan2049 I don’t think it was Mary’s fault that she didn’t get married much earlier. After Anne Boleyn’s death, Mary did kind of reconcile with her father, yet he still didn’t arrange a marriage for her like it was custom for young women her age. The exact reason was political as Mary was much more supported, especially by Catholics.

[@r13hd22]

Women was so bad she was called BLOODY, yet you want to blame the father as if he wasnt also a pawn in the game that is religion. I am glad I view women as equal...as in equally responsible for their actions so men areant always the sole blame. If anything, Henry treated Mary far better than any would have in their position since women were not allowed to inherit the throne, as pointed out in the video. Mary should have played the game, like Elizabeth did.

[@latoyah1624]

I had to watch over a few days in order to give my complete attention tion and focus. VERY WELL DONE 👏. I love that her fathers policies and issues/wives were not heavily relied upon to flesh out the story. Mary has an interesting yet tragic life and while a lot of what her Father did to her and her mother make up a deal.of her later in life strongly held beliefs, I hate that some stories only rely on that. This was not one of those. Thank you for bringing this little known yet favorite Queen Of mine to life for others. I feel her story gets glossed over in favor of her PRE and post predecessors. Thank you for telling her story and doing it beautifully.

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You are most welcome.

[@hornybodhisattva]

Well said baby Gurl same

[@christopherbawden8714]

Greatings all! Thanks again for the continued support of the channel 😊 My thoughts on Bloody Mary after narrating this piece is that while the atrocities committed are unspeakable and evidently wrong, I do feel that Mary as an individual was placed in one hell of a bind, and all her awful experiences up to that point influenced her, for better or for worse. She was INDEED a fascinating women

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[@christopherbawden8714]

@@jessrosefawkes2721 glad your enjoy the content so much! Very happy to hear it 😊

[@jacey1963]

Great job Christopher Bawden :)

[@christopherbawden8714]

@@jacey1963 thank you! It makes all the difference knowing you all enjoy the content and my narration ☺️

[@christopherbawden8714]

@UCPKklc0CZN4mTsgwqDw5eZg Thank you! I'm glad to hear that 😊 i agree there. I believe the trials and tribulations she faced as a young women reflect poorly on Henry the 8th and his subsequent wives (to a point) with regards to Mary. I believe she did what she thought was best in the run up to surge in executions and life distorting events that evidently led to a horrific rule

[@chykim1]

I wonder how her mother would've felt about Mary's behavior? Catherine was a decent Godly woman, She wouldn't even allow her nephew to invade england on her behalf, however, her mother was a warrior queen, who was responsible for the Spanish Inquisition. So.. it makes you wonder 🤷

[@TheCandiceWang]

This is exactly what I wondered!!

[@Shane-Flanagan]

Mary did what she thought was right to return England to Catholism. Catherine would've understood. Catherine would've happily been martyred like like More and Fisher rather than betray her faith

[@krazyshorty89]

Queen Mary Tudor was tough but I don’t think she was England’s worst queen. At the beginning, she was a very forgiving queen. She wanted her reign to be a merciful one. She was England’s first Queen which was groundbreaking and courageous in itself. She was a Tudor- if she were male, her aggressions would have been over looked, even praised as ruthless, she should get her credit.

[@Shane-Flanagan]

Exactly 👍

Mary was not England's first queen

[@laceylewis3197]

@ said “worst”…

[@some_metalhead]

@ First crowned Queen. Empress Matilda and Lady Jane Grey were not crowned nor had a coronation.

[@BeckBeckGo]

@@laceylewis3197 the comment says first.

[@lisadiahanndavies4111]

Best Bloody Mary documentary I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen a few! Thank you!

[@PeopleProfiles]

Objective achieved then 🙂

[@tulip_rose765]

One of them, yes

[@Shane-Flanagan]

@@tulip_rose765 I wish you would call yourself your proper title, Queen Mary I of England

[@astxrism8236]

@@Shane-Flanagan yeah

[@ousslak1143]

Mary Tudor's misfortune was that history was written by her enemies. Mary was a brave and brilliant queen, she made the mistake to allow the pyre which was mainly recommended by the church cause Mary was tolerant toward the heretics. They convincef her that the drought was in fact a punishment from good and that fire was the only was purify the world. Mary s biggest problem was that she was a woman she had to fight the country and the parliament, and she was a strong figure and she managed to obtrude.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

It was not a mistake, it was an act of criminal/evil rooted in her desire for revenge for what happened to her. The irony is that Mary was NOT a brilliant queen - she herself was a heretic.

[@OLIVIAEILISHITMEHARDANDSOFT]

Yes I agree with you Mary was very brilliant

[@ElizabethF2222]

I've always thought Mary got a bad rap. Even though the burnings were so horrific and obviously very wrong, Elizabeth I executed many hundreds of Catholics and is "Gloriana." Mary executed 280 Protestants and is "Bloody Mary." She literally went from Princess to bastard overnight and endured much cruelty from her own father and Anne Boleyn. I can't imagine what that did to her when Anne Boleyn had her moved to Hatfield to work as a servant for Elizabeth. I think Anne was intensely jealous of Catherine and Mary and she couldn't hurt Catherine, so she took her anger and jealousy out on Mary who was a helpless teenager at the time. That is why I have never liked Anne, although I do admire her courage and intelligence. Great documentary! Love this channel!!!

[@TheCandiceWang]

It's not quite Fair to call her servant to the princess Elizabeth. I feel for Mary I, she endured all sorts of many types of unspeakable severe serious traumas, but she still needs to own her bad rap. Mary took out her revenge if you will, on ppl who weren't even her father, for all his abuses. Let's not compare the killings and lest we forget ROME WAS WRONG. Elizabeth endured different kinds of traumas and look what she made of her trauma. Look what Mary made of hers... Don't make this about Gloriana please.

[@ElizabethF2222]

@@TheCandiceWang I agree with most of what you wrote and Elizabeth endured a lot as well as a teenager (including being put in the Tower by Mary). However, Elizabeth executed many Catholics in HORRIFIC ways. I'm not sure which is worse; burning at the stake or hanging, drawing and quartering which was how Elizabeth executed many Catholic "traitors." She also had many of her own servants executed as well, including her long-time doctor, Dr. Lopez, who was innocent, on just the word of the Earl of Essex. It is not about Elizabeth I, but my point was that I don't think Mary was any more cruel than Henry or Elizabeth, so why is she "Bloody Mary?" Yes, Rome and the dreaded inquisition was horrific. Not denying that! There is no doubt that Elizabeth was a great monarch. I was just talking about their historical names and their individual reputation for cruelty.

[@TheCandiceWang]

@@ElizabethF2222 Agreed about the naming. Honestly history and even her current time period where she was alive were both cruel to Mary. None more so than her father, after he had to "move on." I know their dad is seen as tyrannical by many like me, but he's Def given a double standard compared to Mary just cuz he was the likeable summer king. I guess it's easy for me to see the difference between Mary's religious executions and E's bc she was monach first, so her protestant burnings were first, so I guess if ppl must compare the sisters, that's just how I myself see things 🙏 Yes when I finally found out what being drawn and quartered ACTUALLY was like, I about threw up lol. Such primal evil. I don't know what was with ppl who conjured up such executions. Definitely barbaric, as too many monarchs had folks drawn and quartered! Being a Joan d'Arc lover my number one fear of death probably would have to be burning :/

[@ElizabethF2222]

@@TheCandiceWang I think I would have to choose burning too but wow. What a horrible choice. Actually, I think beheading was the quickest and easiest and so was reserved for the nobility and titled men and women. Tudor England executions were absolutely horrific and I too wonder who came up with such awful punishments. So nice to have an intelligent discussion and an exchange of opinions and to remain civil. I see so many ugly responses when people see things differently. I don't know much about Joan d'Arc but what I do know about her, she fascinates me! So young to have commanded an army! Much respect to you and thanks for your comment and opinions!

[@brontewcat]

@@ElizabethF2222 Generally the evidence suggests the whole sentence of being hanged, drawn and quartered was not carried out to the letter of the law, usually the victim was cut down dead or unconscious. The one time Elizabeth ordered it to be done (with the first Babington conspirators) the crowd’s reaction was one of horror. This suggests it was not common for them to see it. So generally the victims only felt the hanging part. While it is true the were similar numbers of Catholic executed under Elizabeth as Mary there are some significant differences. Mary started the burnings about two years into her reign. There were no executions in Elizabeth’s reign for political or religious reasons for about 12 years. Then there was a rebellion in 1569 many of the rebels were executed. For the first third of her reign not one person was executed because of their religious beliefs. The hangings to which you refer did not start for nearly 20 years. This was well after the Pope excommunicated Elizabeth, and effectively told Catholics not only could they depose her, they should depose her. This made being a Catholic a political act as well as a religious one. The more Protestant of Elizabeth’s councillors had always wanted stronger measures taken against Catholics. Elizabeth was able to keep a lid on them until she was excommunicated. The number of Catholics then executed for treason took place over a 20 or 30 year period as opposed to three years of Mary’s rule. Catholics were executed for political reasons not religious (although many had not actually conspired against Elizabeth, so that may be a semantic difference ). Had Mary ruled as long as Elizabeth then it is likely the number of her victims would have numbered in the 1000s. This is why she is called Bloody Mary, and Elizabeth is not. However, the irony is Mary was probably the nicer as a person of the two women. I think Mary does get a bad rap, but I think she was a disaster as a queen. I also think had Edward lived, he would have got a pretty bad rap as a king because he, like Mary, was a religious fanatic and would have persecuted Catholics for their religious beliefs.

[@jonmilton3529]

By the way of numbers, Elizabeth I executed more Catholics (many, but not all, whose only fault was simply being Catholic) than Mary I executed Protestants. Yet, due to the bias of historians, Mary I has come down to us as "Bloody Mary," or the "worst queen of England," when in fact, many of the institutions and ideas of Elizabeth I found their genus in Mary's reign. Mary has gotten the worst treatment out of all the monarchs of England, including Charles I, simply because she was a woman and a devout Catholic.

[@feministfascist]

100%!

[@pbohearn]

What Henry8 did to Margaret Pole was unconscionable

[@infoskrimp420]

and Elizabeth is the “good queen” 🤔 oh how the patriarchy shapes history

[@ForeverEngland76]

Shit happens 🙂

[@EloHell1129]

To be fair Elizabeth really was a good queen, not morally though. And she also reigned for a lot longer

[@victoriahicks8956]

I hope that USA citizens will read stories like this, so they can understand why we have a separation of church and state.

[@MarilynRB]

I often wonder if Henry ever looked at himself and thought he was terrible to Mary. It’s so tragic how she was abandoned by him, not getting I’m married until she was essentially beyond child bearing years back then.

[@aprilgosa5779]

Marilyn Nah he never had an ounce of Conscience about what he did the only person a Narcissist like Henry thinks of is themselves the only fear they have is for their own lives he knew he was going to burn for eternity for his sins against innocent people and I am sure it terrified him but I don't think he had any remorse guilt is different than remorse Henry convinced himself he was justified in his behavior ll of it especially the beheadings of his wives and the Banishing of Catherine and Mary from each other they disobeyed me they deserve it how dare they defy my authority Henry was King before he was daddy the power went to his big ole head the one thing bigger than his belly was his ego

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

@@aprilgosa5779 This is strange, all the kings of England did this. Did these people go to heaven, man?

[@jobunny919]

He's a man. Of course not.

[@alexanderkarayannis6425]

History written by the victors...In the brutal age she became queen, she had no problem burning Protestant dissenters at the stake in large numbers, a Catholic queen succeeded by a Protestant one in the Protestant kingdom she reigned over..Thus nicknamed "Bloody Mary" for her ruthlessness, but,was her father,whom she succeeded, or indeed her own half sister and successor any better, or softer,when dealing with their own enemies...Hardly!...

[@TheCandiceWang]

E was. Henry VIII was not. I even know a good deal about his potential health threats, can manage to find some curious compassion for him, But understand that he still committed tyrannical acts and was the worst in many regards.

[@kshaaurin448]

@TheCandiceWang henry viii execute 72,000 people yet still not named bloody henry

[@RobertLStevenson909]

Her bloody Mary title was all anti Catholic propaganda

[@adrianainespena5654]

What rankles most is that a lot of those burned were humble people, whose own understanding of doctrine was not clear. She was punishing them for being uneducated.

[@Nooooooo2U]

Sick of people branding her as that. Truly a remarkable woman

[@brontewcat]

Thank you for pointing out that Edward VI was not sickly. It is such a misconception.

[@PeopleProfiles]

He's next week.

[@CissyBrazil]

What a documentary! All your research and artistry are wonderful. What complications Henry VIII made of everyone’s lives. Wow 😳 And Mary’s brother was pretty complicated as well. Great documentary! Thanks to PP!

[@PeopleProfiles]

Thank you Cissy!

[@anthonywarren9885]

I dont think it was Henry VIII's fault that his heir died at 16 years old...

[@anthonywarren9885]

@@PeopleProfiles what complications did Henry bring on his children??? Henry had an son and heir. Edward died as king so how was that Henry's fault???

[@lmw9610]

Henry and Anne Boleyn destroyed her spirit and turned her into a dark soul. Poor Mary had to go through so much pain, her poor mother too.

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[@jacey1963]

So, despite being the first Queen to rule in her own right, she will always be overshadowed by Elizabeth I

[@Brembelia]

Mary was overshadowed by Elizabeth for two reasons: (1) Like Mary Queen of Scots, Mary Tudor was a romantic and ran afoul of men who were not loyal to them, and (2) Mary was not the statesman Elizabeth was. When Mary was queen she did not fill the crown coffers nor did she build up the crown navy; Elizabeth did both. When Elizabeth inherited the crown,, England was broke. When Elizabeth died, she left England a very rich country. Plus, she was known for her overall wise governance.

[@harrietharlow9929]

Given all of Henry machinations to get a male heir, I find the irony that Mary, and after her Elizabeth, suceeded to the throne to be especially delicious. And it certainly doesn't hurt that Elizabeth's reign was long and sucessful.

[@TheCandiceWang]

Right reason for that. Mary I was super unstable. She didn't exactly accomplish what Eliz I did in her reign.

[@TheCandiceWang]

@@Brembelia bingo. Idk why ppl are not even understanding they're comparing apples to oranges here. Elizabeth used her Wits to learn from others' mistakes. She was mindful and incredibly observant. That's the whole freaking reason why she's revered as she is.

[@tulip_rose765]

Unfortunately yes...

[@LittleKittyCat]

She was the original Queen. She was never the worst queen. My favorite Queen.

[@ethanramos4441]

“When I am dead and opened, you shall find Calais lying in my heart” Mary I of England

[@tulip_rose765]

Hehe 😜

[@MELANIE2571]

Really enjoyed this. So fed up with how history and misogyny have portrayed historical female figures. She was a lone woman in a man's world, so she thought and ruled like a man for which she is called Bloody Mary. She was no more ruthless or tyrannical than other rulers . Her personal life was tragic

[@PeopleProfiles]

Glad you liked it.

[@TheCandiceWang]

Not quite so. I don't realkg believe the moniker is fair so many years on later, but she is comparable to others who also do not have a favorable regard. She was quite hot headed destructive unstable, all due to their father who comijttee such abuses. You could have substituted in E for all your description there, more than for M. Mary let Henry get the best of her. It's a shame bc he really did a number on sooooooo many family members and just destroyed them. Doesn't mean God gonna not hold her accountable for her atrocities. Just as He holds their father accountable too.

[@tulip_rose765]

You took the words out of my mouth.

[@CindyAbrodie]

History should call Henry as “ Henry the Tyrant” However they have a name for Mary when she didn’t kill more people than her father or even her amazing sister Elizabeth. I’m not in agree to demonize Mary she lived a horrible life.

[@flyingdutchman2442]

I guess that’s why he’s called Vlad The Cuddler. Or Ivan The Reasonable. Lol Women complain about everything, then wonder why nobody wants them to rule.

[@RespectOthers1]

It’s amazing all three of Henry VIII’s children had a go at being monarch.

[@moondancer4660]

And each of them disrupted the entire Country.

[@netgirljimi3225]

@@moondancer4660 I had not thought of this fact before. It is rare.

[@tedsenhillman1207]

Mary Tudor was the product of her upbringing. She can only be considered the worst queen of England due to the lack of queens. She was the only child of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Ergo the rightful heir to the English thrown. Henry was a monster who put her and Elizabeth through hell. He also took away Mary’s religion when it stopped suiting him. Bloody Mary is not a just earned nickname. Only about 300 Protestants were killed by the crown during her reign. A drop in the bucket when compared to a Joe Stalin, 20 million. Or any number of mediaeval or ancient rulers. Mic drop.

[@virgenfigueroa6864]

Amazing storys. Since I was a child I've been a geek for history. In school in 3rd grade I became obsessed with history and my grades where the highest of my grade growing up just in social studies history and English. I was Puerto rican always knew a lil English since my mom was born in NYC. My grandparents where from Arizona and Spain. I feel like a sponge now. I love history and theology 🤦‍♀️ I keep logs of info have lots and lots of notebooks 📓 with notes. I don't even know why cuz I never re read it 😑🥴 I just feel if I write it I won't forget about it. THANK YOU FOR UR VIDEOS AND INFO FROM A PUERTO RICAN 🇵🇷 FRIEND IN MASSACHUSETTS USA 🇺🇸 ♥

[@jansencaprimusicproduction3164]

I've been waiting to watch this uninterrupted! So worth it!!! 💪😁💯

[@Arthurboy777]

Thanks again for your amazing work! ❤️❤️❤️

[@harryhaller8975]

I love your videos very much - they take me back in time. Thank you so much.

[@Alejojojo6]

I think that the relationship between Mary and Elisabeth wasnt that bad. After all, Mary saw Elisabeth grow. She was put on the care of the new baby so even if at first she resented her, she come to accept that Elisabeth had no blame. In fact they even reported that Elisabeth as a kid was very fond of Mary. Also, when Anne was executed, Elisabeth was just 4 and was dishonored. Guess who took care of her expenses? Mary, who understood what it felt like to be in taken away from a prestigious position. In a way, Its pretty certain Elisabeth looked at Mary as a sort of a motherly figure. Mary knew she had to execute Elisabeth but she didnt, because she had cared for her and was her sister. They had lots of differences and argued a lot for sure (sort of a love-hate relationship), but deep down they loved each other. Thats why Elisabeth chose to rest alongside Mary.

[@sabine4759]

Don 't forget that Elisabeth 1 was arrested at the Tower because of Mary and only her Spanish husband Phillip persuaded her to release her.

[@Alejojojo6]

@@sabine4759 Not really. It was her, not her husband which did not executed her. It was in the best of Mary and Philip interest to have her executed, it would have assured catholicism in England and destroyed any suported monarch of the Protestant side. Mary did not killed her because she was her sister and couldnt do it.

[@sabine4759]

@@Alejojojo6 No, this is not traditional. Philip instantly felt in love with Elizabeth from the first moment he saw her and he was sorry not being married to her than to old and ugly mary! The court was talking about that subject constantly! And so did the people in London! He talked to Elizabeth a long time and was hoping to marry her after Marys death because Marys health detiriorated! He expected Elizabeth converting to the Roman catholic faith and Elisabeth promised to do so because she was afraid of being executed! Of course she wouldn 't had done that! There were only political and tactical reasons for her behaviour.Philip soon left mary and went to Bruessels to the court where he had a few mistresses and waited for Marys death! Mary hadn't any scruples at all executing her sister. Elisabeth was arrested not only once and Mary gave the orders to treat her harsh and brutal Eliabeth wasn 't tortured but they questioned very brusquely! It makes no sense idiolazing Mary , at least she wasn 't a good person!

[@Alejojojo6]

@@sabine4759 Philip did not fall in love with Elizabeth. She was ugly, she had dark teeth from eating sweeties and destroyed skin.... It was just a political move. He wanted to marry her afterwards because that means having hold still on England. With the death of Mary he had lost control of England somehow and Elizabeth was the obvious choice. Philip was very busy man, and Mary was close in her 40s, she couldnt give Philip an heir so it made no sense to waiste time with a Queen that wasnt going to produce heirs. Mary had raised Elizabeth, and had cared for her. At fist didnt like her but grew fond of her as she was an innocent child, Mary only disliked her mother not her. Elizabeth also was very fond of Mary as a toddler. She was the only one to understand her when she was repudiated from court by their father. When the obvious reasons to kill Elizabeth came, it would have secured Catholicism into the throne, but she didnt kill her because it was her beloved sister above all. Elizabeth was arrested once... she had her actually cared for in Prison and then released after few months instead of killing her. If that isnt a good person, WHAT IS!! Elizabeth wasnt torture or question at all. Idiolazing Elizabeth makes no sense.

[@irochristodoulou6505]

​@@sabine4759old? She was 37 at that time!

[@TexanAmiga]

This was so thorough and very interesting! Thank you 😊

[@PeopleProfiles]

Thanks for your support!

[@MalGK24]

Honestly, I wanted to know more about Mary I of England!

[@tulip_rose765]

Now you do 😉

[@krazyshorty89]

Would love for Queen Mary Tudor to get her big screen debut.

[@teeteringonthebrink.305]

@@krazyshorty89 Unfortunately, the person who best looked the part to play her has passed away (see other comments).

[@krazyshorty89]

@@teeteringonthebrink.305 I'll have to take a look. Truth is Queen Mary Tudor was actually a great beauty. Actual descriptions of her tell as such. Her beauty was enough to rival Mary Queen of Scots. Unfortunately, biased views of her reign depict her as some hideous woman in modern portrayals. Even paintings of are doctored to make her look evil. I like Sarah Boulgers take on Queen Mary Tudor

[@teeteringonthebrink.305]

@@krazyshorty89 Thanks for your response. It's all tongue in cheek really - the portrait of Mary that keeps coming up and which is used in the thumbnail looks, to some of us, like the late British actor Dennis Waterman who, despite being quite rugged, could never be seen as a good looking bloke. Not in the classical sense at least, although others may disagree with those sentiments. As for Bloody Mary herself...I bow down to your greater knowledge of the lady.👍

[@pop5678eye]

Fun fact: the Puritans who fled to America to 'escape religious persecution' were persecuted for... being intolerant towards Catholics. Under King James (Elizabeth's successor) himself a protestant, the crown wanted to finally end the religious fighting that tore the nation apart. This also meant silencing the puritans who believed the king should persecute Catholics a lot more.

[@ihatewhitecastle]

she’s literally my favorite tudor queen, i feel so bad for her

[@-snowy980-]

@Mary I of England me too

[@OLIVIAEILISHITMEHARDANDSOFT]

YES

[@ibrahimakbar798]

But queen Victoria I like her but now I think Mary I is more better

[@OLIVIAEILISHITMEHARDANDSOFT]

@@ibrahimakbar798queen Vicky was the most bad queen I’m sorry

[@katharper655]

How interesting! All this unbridled admiration for a religiously tyrannical Monarch, who suckered her People in her speech at the Guildhall, by declaring that she loved them as a Mother loves her children. She primarily did that so they would protect her from the Wyatt Rebellion. Against the preference of her "Beloved Children", she married Phillip II of Spain, reinstated the Roman Catholic Church, THEN PROCEEDED TO BARBECUE NEARLY 400 OF HER "BELOVED CHILDREN", including a pregnant woman who gave birth at the stake from the horrific agony she suffered...and the child was tossed back into the flames. Mary Tudor DESERVED the humiliation of her 2 phantom lregnancies. She was DESPICABLE..and fully deserving of the sobriquet "BLOODY MARY".

[@azaramoon4027]

I love studying history, many thanks for these videos.

[@jamesconstable3680]

Wonderful video as always!!

[@Odanti]

I enjoyed your video so much because you had many images that I had never seen before. Usually, everyone seems to only use the excepted paintings or images of the Tudors. I have always wished that there were more images of the Tudors. Thank you. Claire Ridgway is a Tudor expert. Maybe you already know her!? Happy Holidays I'm old fashioned because I'm old. 69 years young lol 😊 Here it goes..."Merry Christmas"

[@danybalaka3258]

Mary’s life was so hard and terrifying… Her father beheading his wives her mother been locked up and was never allowed to see her mother Now a days they call that child mental abuse and then they went ahead and made her QUEEN there something really wrong with these decisions…THAT IS JUST SAYING HERE IS TGE CROWN… YOU CAN NOW TAKE YOUR REVENGE…

[@johnbeechy]

i dont know whom it is that cuts that grass but either the wind or the animals they do a Good Proper Job 3:14 on that lawn (all along the coast line).lol thanks for another wonderful upload God Bless

[@athena5954]

Her up bringing was what made her so evil in adulthood 🤦🏽.

[@harrietharlow9929]

I agree. Had she not been subjected to all that she was, to judge by what we do know of her in childhood, she would have grown up not to be what she at last became.

[@TheCandiceWang]

@@harrietharlow9929 seriously. You put it into good words! What that man did to his wife and his first daughter...

[@tulip_rose765]

Yeah...my childhood hardships drove me insane, literally.

[@leanie9660]

She was no more evil than any other Tudor monarch (never mind the Plantagenates !). Her father was a monster....Elizabeth left the brave sailors who defeated the Spanish Armada to die by not allowing them to come ashore until many (MANY) of them had died (because then she'd have had to pay them...and she was notoriously cheap)

[@Shane-Flanagan]

Evil is a strong word

[@Bufoferrata]

The Prayer Book Rebellion during the reign of Mary's brother Edward VI cost over 6,000 lives. This includes the massacre of Clyst Heath where 900 prisoners, bound and gagged, had their throats slit on the orders of the Earl of Bedford. The young king is said to have read the reports of the rebellion's suppression "with great interest." Then came Kett's rebellion and another 3,000 dead. Why is Edward not reviled as the Butcher? Arguably, Mary is the LEAST bloody of all the Tudors. Henry VII killed masses of rebels and political opponents to secure the throne he usurped. His son and successor was a monster on par with Vlad The Impaler and Ivan the Terrible. As noted above, King Edward racked up a solid body count, and Good Queen Bess killed over 450 people following the Northern Rebellion as well as 130 priests and 60 lay people. The last is only a fraction of "Gloriana's" butcher's bill. "Bloody Mary?"

[@adrianainespena5654]

It is one thing to execute those who rise in arms against you, another to kill them because you do not agree with their religion.

[@user-mj8rc3bx5w]

I agree

[@Hannah-zb5ji]

Thanks for the video!

[@canman5060]

I think this is where we get the popular anger and annoying expression in Britain 'bloody hell' from !

[@tulip_rose765]

Bloody hell, I wonder how you found that out 😉

[@canman5060]

@@tulip_rose765 I found that out from the old British Hong Kong !

[@tulip_rose765]

@@canman5060 Interesting 🤔

[@cgrim1584]

This video was amazing! Bravo!

[@lukeporter1870]

Another good one guys, well done 👍👍👍👍

[@waltymcnalty]

I wish mary could have been buried with her mother catherine. out if all of henry’s children, she was the only one to have a real relationship with her mother. Who loved her the most.

[@joycefroney6162]

Capitalize the first letter of names..

[@lauralyford5502]

A very sad story. Mary was a victim of her father's cruelty.

[@amityboy14mo]

OMG THIS IS A NEW VIDEO!!?? Haven't seen a new video of my favorite bloody queen in AGES!

[@theresalaux5655]

Sometimes I feel very sorry for Mary but other times not. I can't decide.🤔

[@jacey1963]

I know exactly what you mean

[@laurel237]

Same

[@TheCandiceWang]

I know. I feel the exact same, lol. Very complex circumstances happened to her.

[@TheCandiceWang]

@@RenaissanceMan29 elaborate? I would love to know more of what you mean:-)

[@TheCandiceWang]

@@RenaissanceMan29 wow! Thank you :) I'll have to digest this some more and will think on it :)

[@stacysatterfield2154]

Jane Seymour was such a compassionate Queen toward Mary and Elizabeth..so was Anne of Cleeves, Catherine Paar

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

Don't compare this noble lady to the devil Elizabeth, she made pirates

[@lesgobrandon4314]

so glad we have you as a witness to set that straight for us 🙄

[@rebeccafoster8765]

Thank you for a great video!

[@edwardvargasozona]

Love history Thanks for video

[@shannonflaherty353]

The way Mary was treated was so unfair! To give your daughter all these honors and treat her as heir then bam you get a new wife and she gets treated like crap! Especially when she had done nothing wrong and neither had her mother who had always been such a wonderful and faithful wife. She was still in love with him untill the day she died and that's the saddest part. I believe in the end henry realized what he had done wrong he had left a good wife and a loving Family for what? Not saying Anne was a bad person who that she did cheat on him but any women who goes after a married man and demands he leaves his wife I'd not a very nice person in my view also the way Anne later treated Mary was so uncalled for! Also to be fair Elizabeth was treated very unfairly after the fall of her mother as well. Truthfully he didn't treat eiether of his daughters very well.

[@sophiacousland3452]

Anne Boleyn was no saint, but she was innocent of the charges laid against her. She originally didn’t want anything to do with King Henry, as she was happy enough to want to marry her betrothed Henry Percy and was also aware that her sister had been King Henry’s mistress. But King Henry was persistent and even ended Anne’s betrothal to Henry Percy, which infuriated her. She had tried to leave court at one point just to get away from him but she was trapped in a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation. No one was allowed to marry her, as marriages between nobles had to be approved by the King, and he wanted her for himself. She couldn’t run away to a nunnery as that would require her father’s permission, and that would never happened since that would ruin any advantages that her family could gain through her marriage. There were no options once King Henry set his sight on someone, and he eventually wore her down. She was smart enough to avoid being his mistress but there was still the matter of him being a married man. I’m not gonna lie, the way Catherine and Mary were treated was reprehensible and traumatized Mary. There’s no defense or excuse for what they suffered at King Henry and Anne’s hands. After suffering miscarriages and only having Elizabeth, she knew that her situation was precarious and she was slowly falling out of King Henry’s good graces. The straw that ended her was miscarrying a boy after catching King Henry with Jane Seymour. Her enemies chose that moment to strike and came to King Henry with trumped up charges of adultery and incest, high treason for a Queen which meant death. It is unclear if King Henry truly believed the charges or if he played along so he could get rid of her since he had Jane waiting in the wings. King Henry had already hired the French swordsman who was to be her executioner before she was was even tried or heard the charges against her, and was well on his way during Anne’s temporary stay in the Tower of London. While she was in the Tower she saw the executions of the innocent men she was accused of sleeping with, one of which was her own brother George. King Henry was married to Jane Seymour just days after Anne’s death, with young Elizabeth only being 2 years old.

[@gigpepe8348]

Finally,my time to shine

[@elbaestridge6503]

The best documentary about Mary Tudor ever 👍.

[@Quirky_Ventriloquist]

Strangely enough, Mary I is my favourite monarch.

[@Shane-Flanagan]

Nothing strange about it 👍

[@Quirky_Ventriloquist]

@@Shane-Flanagan It's because it said she's the worst, but thank you

[@Shane-Flanagan]

@@Quirky_Ventriloquist Oh I know, just meant it's ok that she's your fav. She was harshly treated during her lifetime and unfairly villanised throughout history. Its good to see people favour her and regard her more sympathetically

[@sandragrushoff9844]

I fail to understand how she prayed several time daily but then tortured people - who was she praying to, and did she know who she was praying to ?

[@TheIndependentLens]

Bloody Mary sort of looks like an angry Alfred E. Newman

[@ButterCookie1984]

Yes!

[@duchessmawi]

I’m just really happy that there are a lot of videos like this one nowadays. I’m already 21 now but I’m such a big fan of British royalty ever since I was 7 😌❤️

[@wvmountaingirl1976]

Waiting to watch your documentary on King Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville....hint

[@TheCandiceWang]

yes :)

[@tulip_rose765]

Ah yes, my great-grandparents!

[@apearson2805]

@TheCandiceWangp Llp

[@cdfdesantis699]

Very fair assessment of Queen Mary I.

[@nab-rk4ob]

This is the kindest look at Mary Tudor I've read or watched. Mental illness does run in families. Regardless, this does not write off what she chose to do once in power.

[@garethdavies6723]

Excellent video.

[@RIYAALRIYAAL]

Very interesting. Thanks

[@elleyw3908]

I love these videos!

[@MalGK24]

Will there be a video on Henry IV?

[@PeopleProfiles]

There will.

[@MalGK24]

@@PeopleProfiles Can't Wait!

[@sharjiljafric-3184]

I'd also like a video about Holy Roman Emperor Henry 4 & French King Henry 4

[@unja7790]

I love these lessons

[@annesmail4129]

great episode

[@onagaali2024]

These videos are impetus to my learning.

[@aprilgosa5779]

Also nobody forced Henry to marry Catherine of Aragon they suggested it but by the time it happened Henry was 18 old enough to decide and he decided he wanted to because they loved each other supposedly by that point ! Nobody forced Henry the 8th to do anything ever !

[@fangirl4444]

Mary I will always be my fav monarch on my mind. Am also a huge fan of her mother, Catherine of Aragon.

[@bluestrife28]

I used to be a little ambivalent about Mary considering how bright Elizabeth’s star shone; but when I saw an actual visual representation of what Henry put her through as a young girl, I can’t blame her one bit for the strength tempered with a huge dose of anger. The young lady that played her in The Tudors really broke my heart with her portrayal. I’ve certainly changed my views of her. I feel like the stress of that horrible betrayal ate at her inside until it finally consumed her. Henry killed his daughter .

[@bettyleeist]

I think,I have an old book(from;1969) about Mary Queen of Scots.I read this when I worked at a dance studio.This was only when the phone 📞 didn’t ring!Not that I didn’t like my job,of course!Now,that I have a lot of time,I can watch these documentaries!It is enjoyable!

[@Bk33p3r]

Now she is an urban legend

[@antoniyaantonova677]

Pls made a video about queen Matilda

[@PeopleProfiles]

Sure thing.

[@canman5060]

We get 'bloody hell' from bloody Mary.

[@Mr.D-Mentia]

And the famous alcoholic beverage is named after this legendary woman of course.

[@valeriaramirez2204]

​@@Mr.D-Mentia and the spooky bathroom mirror game

[@yvonneanitakramer7536]

I read that the painting of Anne Boleyn was painted 80 years after her death! That's pretty interessting 🤔🤷🏼‍♀️😳

[@reichan2590]

The opening music makes me think about LA Beast lol but this is a great documentary

[@nutrition182]

How dreadful that Protestants and Catholics lived in fear if there become an opposing King or Queen on the throne what might happen to them. This is why it's vitally important that we have freedom to choose and respect for one another's beliefs.

[@rachellewalters8111]

So Queen Elizabeth was a love child, conceived outside of wedlock? (Even outside of a legitimate Protestant marriage?) I don't say that to demean her, because I realize the entire situation is very complicated, and full of emotional decision making. Still it's very sad how Mary Tudor was treated after Henry VIII moved on to Anne Bolyn!

[@kerryandrew5835]

Wow This family was emotionally and physically brutal. It’s good that they done so that these days

[@bibleboy1147]

Can you do Napoleon Bonaparte? Unless you did already, then can I have a link?

[@PeopleProfiles]

Not yet, we will though, it will be an extra long video.

[@arnoldamaral7406]

@@PeopleProfiles please don't thank you 💔🇫🇷 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@Thebigflatmeeseburger]

Henry should’ve been faithful to his first wife. No husband or wife deserves to be left in the way Catherine was

[@justinthehedgehog3388]

Can't help but notice how much that portrait of Queen Mary Tudor looks like Dennis Waterman in drag. Comedy aside, very interesting. 👍

[@Headpfones]

I’m sorry Queen Mary, we know you did your best

[@barbehrhart]

Very interesting information more from Mary’s perspective than other videos. She’s usually made out to be a petty vengeful woman. Thank you for this video.

[@morfin51]

Can’t wait for a mini series on Isabel of Castile

[@zzz...3837]

I think Mary Tudor would have had better relations with Mary Stewart...

[@katherinecollins4685]

Very interesting

[@bettyswollocks1670]

Well the next time they make a film about her they should use Dennis Waterman to play the part he is the spitting image

[@careyannewesternpa5512]

She was condemned too harshly

[@bilindalaw-morley161]

Just here for the Algo A balanced report, thanks

[@RedPanda5594]

Thanks!

[@PeopleProfiles]

Thank you!