July 25 - Mary I gets married

[@ashleyclutinger4295]

Mary the first hold a record. The oldest queen to get married to her first husband.

[@kaseybrewer545]

I'm glad Mary's marriage made her happy, because it seems like she lived quite an unhappy life, filled with uncertainty due to all the drama surrounding her father. I feel like she probably just wanted a real family, since she was separated from her mother, and went through so many ups and downs with her father. Her marriage day probably brought her such hope for the future; especially hope for children of her own.

[@Danielle-mg5lf]

Kasey Brewer: little did she know...

[@jeanroughley1126]

A happy day for a woman who had seen so few totally joyous times. A most auspicious day - the feast of St. James - very precious to Spain. Oh to have seen her in her wedding apparel! What a picture!

[@astrinymris9953]

I have to wonder if her sister's unhappiness with her indifferent husband was yet another reason Elizabeth never wanted to marry.

[@ladyv5655]

I'm sure it didn't help. Phillip offered to marry Elizabeth not long after Mary died, which, to me, seems wildly inappropriate.

[@1028dianemarie]

She didnt want to be Queen and then be a subservient wife. Cant do both.

[@gidzmobug2323]

@@1028dianemarie Elizabeth would have been expected, I think, to be Queen "in name only". I do not think Elizabeth's temperament would accept that.

[@marionarnott750]

Mary would be yet another lesson on why marriage wasn't a great idea. Elizabeth had so many such teachers.

[@gidzmobug2323]

@@marionarnott750 True: Elizabeth's cousin (Henry's 5th Queen) was executed. Thomas Seymour (Katherine Parr's 4th husband) was a creep towards both Katherine and Elizabeth.

[@dmgib5239]

It's easy to forget Mary was almost 40 by the time she got married. Who can blame her for being so happy after waiting that long to be married. I'm not sure if she had any marriage prospects during the reign of her younger half brother, Edward VI, but we know she suffered many disappointments in this department during her fathers reign. As the first ruling Queen in England's history, the people must have been very worried about their new "king," who's allegiance was clearly to his father, the King of Spain and the Holy Roman Emperor. I'm sure that her sister Elizabeth noticed how unpopular this marriage was. Although it was the cause of much of Mary's unhappiness, it was probably also the reason why Elizabeth never pulled the trigger on a marriage of her own. She didn't want to end up like her sister, with the people questioning whether she was making her own decisions, or was allowing a foreign husband to make them for her. In my opinion, the success of Elizabeth I's reign was rooted in her decision to stay single, which set the stage for centuries of English Supremacy on the world stage. While this marriage was a disaster for Mary, at least it had some value for England, as an example for her younger half sister of what not to do

[@Ladybug-uf7uh]

This seems a bittersweet day. Mary had such a dysfunctional family, so many trauma's: first she's beloved, then she is not. She must've hoped this was a turning of the tide for her; happiness, love and children in her future. So many times it seems that it is not a good thing to know our futures. History seldom offers glimpses of happy endings. Really, Miss Claire, Thank you for staying with us, strong and steady.

[@peachymeechie1844]

Such a detailed account of her wedding. It must have been such a sight to behold. I'm sure Mary went all out for this occasion, because like so many things in life Mary had to wait for, this day as well. So I'm sure it was a dream come true for her. I can only imagine how she felt to finally be queen and living her dream. She had to have had such high hopes for the future. This had to be one of her most shining moments, and even though later we'd see her as bloody Mary I like to think of her as a beautiful and happy woman at this point. The people must have rejoiced for her as well. They thought their queen was going to be happy, healthy, and have children. So all was well with her on this day. That's how I would like to remember her as well, because I believe all along she had good intentions. She just made a miss step along the way somehow, and she gets a bad wrap for it. But after all her trials and tribulations, this day was a beautiful one in the life of Mary 1 and honestly she deserved to be happy for once. I think it's wonderful she did have her day!!

[@AshleyLebedev]

Poor Mary. She just tried so hard her whole life to be good and a part of something.

[@starpixiemomOO]

Awe, to imagine the sumptuous dress and trimmings. Thank you for bringing the news of times before! I love your content - and daily news - I love history

[@robinpinkham9398]

Nice to think of Mary actually happy.

[@GoGreen1977]

Don't think Phillip was all that thrilled.

[@marionarnott750]

@@GoGreen1977 he grudgingly described her to his friends as 'a good little woman' and got away from her as soon as he could

[@ThatWeirdPlaceInYT]

I think there was something wrong with the Tudor line. Maybe something genetic in Henry's line. He had enough wives to have had several children but only had three surviving children. Still born babies, a sickly son who didn't make it past 15. His illegitimate son also sickly died in his late teens. Mary basically barren with embarrassing false pregnancies. I believe this may be one of the reasons Elizabeth didn't marry, the prospect of dying during childbirth or exposed as being barren like her sister.

[@goaskalice9310]

I have loved your daily videos since first of the year, and I’m not talking Tudor new year! I hope you have plans for next because you are an amazing historian , not just that ,your pets and the bells!! Thank you Claire ❤️

[@MsKhasee]

Life is about moments I’m glad she had this happy one, she didn’t have many we can point to.

[@ellenspear50]

Winchester is so beautiful and with wonderful ancient history attached to it. I went there to see Jane Austen's burial place, and learned some of the history (bones of old kings, a smashed and reassembled stained glass window) but I had no idea that Mary and Philip were married there. I suppose Mary deserved a bit of happiness given her troubled life and terrible death.

[@masonch06]

It is nice to know that Queen Mary I had some happy moments in what seems to have been an overall sad life.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Poor Mary made the same mistake as her Mom and married not only a younger but married the wrong man... all because he was the son of her former fiancé Charles, and Charles had been close to her and tried to protect her and her Mom - though she also thought of Charles as her adopted Dad. Poor poor deluded Mary.

[@nibs8837]

It is nice to think of Queen Mary on this day, finally happy after a lifetime of strife, and although it would not last, I'm sure her memory of it was a comfort to her.

[@sharoncole8249]

Would have loved to try the dress on myself😁😁thank you clarie night night everyone❤❤❤

[@Cate7451]

I like your thinking!

[@theresecatalano4017]

Her dress sounds magnificent! Yes let’s leave Mary happy. Thank you Claire!

[@colinlavelle7806]

This marriage was I'm sure a happy event for Mary in an otherwise very sad life up until this time. But in saying that it was nevertheless a disastrous decision to marry King Philip and her advisors and council should have known better. The English were not all that fond of the Spanish and mistrusted them. Philip didn't spend much time in England with his wife & finally left England for good in 1558, Mary died later that same year after a phantom pregnancy which was possibly symptomatic of ovarian or uterine cancer. Poor Mary a tragic life in many ways?

[@girlsrule722]

Thank you again Claire. I love Tudor Times

[@teresacooper2724]

Mary and Elizabeth both had problems with their love lives. Elizabeth must have felt as if her life hung by a thread, and then watching as another kins woman was betrayed. It's no wonder Elizabeth was disinclined to wed.

[@virgilpine9712]

What a wonderful and thorough description of the marriage. Even though we don't have any illustrations that I know of, the written description is so detailed that I could envision it as you spoke. That said, I thought to myself how different England and the forthcoming United Kingdom would have been if Mary's womb had not been barren! That an entire nation and its people's lives would have changed so much if only for a child that was not born. For one thing, we would undoubtedly had had a different dynasty.

[@iamagoogler3324]

Mary wanted to be loved.

[@chiaroscuroamore]

Wow! Mary l’s dress sounds amazing! I’d love to see a recreation of it! Is Mary I one of the oldest queens to get married to her first husband? Whilst I don’t agree with her actions as queen, I do feel for her that the marriage only lasted for 4 years, ending upon her death. But as you said, today we remember her at her happiest. Thank you as always for these awesome daily videos! They really do make my day!

[@marionarnott750]

A replica can be seen if you Google Mary 1 wedding dress. It is truly sumptuous.

[@chiaroscuroamore]

Marion Arnott thank you!

[@alishafiee1129]

www.pinterest.com/pin/372602569156138176/

[@michellerobinson7054]

@@alishafiee1129 thanks

[@jamieyoho2310]

Thank u!!! U just sent me down a rabbit hole lol

[@francie18]

Such a shame, I think she really loved Phillip but he did not love her. She had so much fear and sadness in her life.

[@juliemcneely-kirwan9314]

So much hope, ending so sadly for poor Mary.

[@darlenefarmer5921]

Who were the seamstresses responsible for making the royalty/court clothings? Were they male, female or both? When you described Mary's gown, in my mind's eye, I visualized a stunning work of fabric art/details/style. Thank so much.

[@annalisette5897]

I wonder if Mary and her mother Katherine of Aragon had a gynecological problem such as polycystic ovary disease? One reason given for Katherine's death was suspected cancer which might in reality have been anything. I think she had had a 'false pregnancy' also?

[@tasi4372]

Mary probably had some disease from her father's side. Katherine and Anne Boleyn had a series of miscarriages which can be due to some std Henry had passed on to them. Mary might have been born with a genetic disorder due to the std Henry had passed to Katherine and it went undiagnosed

[@lexomil1414]

She had fallen in love at last but the man soon deceived her. Poor Mary.

[@savagedarksider5934]

He didn't give A fuck about her he wanted to "Assimilated" England into the Habsburg Empire.

[@camijaque2291]

Claire ,again thanks for your daily videos, which i wait all day long. How nice to know things about Mary that I would never have heard otherwise.

[@kimmaried.7313]

Thank you ❣️

[@aimee2234]

Sounds like a sight too see... Thank you, Claire!

[@shelleygibbons1065]

Was not a fan of her reign but always feel very empathetic and sad for her life as a child ! The rejection! She really just wanted to be loved

[@vilstef6988]

Thank you, Claire. A handsome description from the Chronicler!

[@maryannlockwood7806]

🇺🇸I didn’t realize how many countries they ruled over. 🇬🇧

[@lisabelmontage]

Happy Wedding day, Mary and Philip! At Winchester Cathedral visitors can see the cushions that Mary and Philip knelt on to get married.

[@bethjanelle20]

I very much enjoyed your reading of the events of this momentous occasion.

[@annwilliams6438]

I think her husband's father was one of the men she had been betrothed to as a youngster?

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Yes she was, and it’s a shame that they didn’t wed but he decided to marry someone else. In either case, Mary’s life was tragic.

[@hound3kz]

Claire, Can you tell us about the relationship between Mary and Elizabeth? I would imagine Mary resented Elizabeth because of the annulment of Henry and Catherine’s marriage.

[@TheAjjupiter]

Poor Mary had a rough life. Not always wonderful to be a Princess or Queen. I'm happy that she had a little taste of love.

[@terrignazari6330]

Thank you, Claire for another interesting and informative video. I've always felt a little sorry for Mary I, so I'm glad she had that short time in which she was happy. I think one reason her marriage went sour so quickly was because she expected too much from it. She appeared to have been a romantic at heart and entered her marriage with high and lofty hopes. If she had viewed it as a political arrangement, which, in fact, it was, she would have most likely not been as devastated when Philip left.

[@marionarnott750]

She fell in love with his portrait like a daft teenager with a poster of her heart throb. It:s heart wrenching to understand how this came about.

[@terrignazari6330]

@@marionarnott750 exactly!

[@marionarnott750]

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[@johnAsanz]

It does appear that Mary did love Philip and after seeing paintings of him as a young man I can understand why but how did he feel about her??

[@susannahdyro9154]

I hope her marriage was good for her after all she has been through she needs some happiness in her life

[@carolynambrose8194]

Poor Mary, maybe if she'd been just a little happier her reign wouldn't have been such a blood bath.

[@Lyndell-P]

🇭🇲🦘 A wonderful account of Mary's wedding day. So pleased she finally had some happiness in her life. I believe Mary was deeply 'in love' with her husband but... ... I very much doubt that Philip ever loved Mary at all. He just 'going through the motions' as it were! At least Mary had her wedding day to rejoice in. A spectacular wedding too, befitting a Queen. cont... Sadly, we all know what was to follow for Mary in the very few years ahead. Very lonely and sad times (personally) for Mary, but this day was a happy day - her Wedding Day! "Thank you" Claire 💓👑👍

[@savagedarksider5934]

Mary was not A Queen-but A mistake.

[@Lyndell-P]

@@savagedarksider5934 Why pick on my comment? I notice that you left No comment of your own! I was ONLY commenting on her wedding day - Not her reign. She is Not a favourite Queen of mine, but Queen Mary she was (while she lived). As for you saying she was "A mistake" that isn't true. At her birth she was much loved by both parents with Henry still hoping for a living son. A son that never came from his first marriage, although they did have a son who died - but others were stillborn. Tragic!

[@carolynpennock7061]

Did they paint a painting the married couple together? I would have loved to see what the dress look like.

[@alishafiee1129]

Carolyn Pennock www.pinterest.com/pin/372602569156138176/

[@sallyofstuart9702]

Is July the Tudor weddings month

[@charlottehackett6389]

As the bride and groom were so closely related, wouldn't they have needed a Papal dispensation to marry?

[@redcr24]

If only it had been a happy one.

[@GradKat]

Then, the marriage having taken place, she could get back to the important business of burning heretics.

[@LinLykins]

Well I share a wedding anniversary with Queen Mary , interesting.

[@CB-fn9sh]

Hi Claire, I was interested to here Philip and Mary held the title of king and queen of Jerusalem, was this from Philip's titles ? And does any king or queen hold this title today? I am loving your videos, hope you won't be stopping at the end of the year☺

[@roxymcdonald6518]

At least she had some happiness even if it was fleeting!!!

[@janicesnyder9305]

I have not been a fan of Mary's in light of her persecution of Protestants, but one can not help but feel sorry for her because of the various tragedies and disappointments she endured.

[@aquastar4336]

I honestly don't believe it was her age which kept her from getting pregnant. 38 isnt so old for pregnancy. My great grandmother had babies into her 40s. But Mary always suffered with weird reproductive health. Especially in the last years of her life. Fevers too. I think she had cancer or an ovarian cyst.

[@savagedarksider5934]

And that saved England from becoming A satellite state.

[@magical_universe793]

Maybe its not old for u but for her it obviously wasand i dont know many women that would want to have a baby in their 40s 😂

[@jasoncornell1579]

Call me certainly kept a comprehensive journal

[@Armylady74]

Thank you so much for doing On This Day! I have greatly enjoyed each day’s history lesson. Thank you for your hard work and dedication!😁

[@sarahmoulder500]

Hiya Claire was Mary 1 ever pregnant. Your videos are so amazing xx

[@388Caroline]

Are there any paintings of their wedding, Claire?

[@charlottebruce979]

Why did marry marry at 38? Even by today's standard that's fairly old for a first time marriage.

[@anneboleynfiles]

Well, she had been betrothed several times when she had been a legitimate princess but when she was made illegitimate by her father it really wrecked any chance of a marriage.

[@alicewestbury4817]

She wanted a son and heir

[@starkheart4441]

Why is that name Risley so familiar? Was he a Lord in King Henry’s Court?

[@anneboleynfiles]

He was related to Thomas Wriothesley who served as one of Henry VIII's chief advisors.

[@ashleyclutinger4295]

Was it true that empire Charles suggest Phillip to be her husband. But she went mass and had a vision and thought God told her husband to be is Phillip. But what did Phillip think about marriage someone older? And did he gave her a Pear Pearl for engagement gift?

[@marilyndargis6758]

Marriage was awful for her Phillip was not content to be a consort king m

[@Fubs_the_queen]

Pretty ballsy to claim King and Queen of France.... I know that a lot of the English Kings and Queens believed they were the rightful ruler there, but damn. Also, I’m a descendant of Count Lamoral van Egmond, who helped arrange their marriage! He was later executed by Philip II.

[@gidzmobug2323]

France was claimed by the Kings of England since Henry V. I do not remember when the claim was dropped.

[@napoleonbonaparte7529]

@@gidzmobug2323 I believe that after the french revolution, King George III dropped the style of "King of France"

[@Turefu2]

Why Philip left Mary? Wouldn't be better for Mary to marry an Englishman?

[@sagarika_0076]

It would have been better not to marry at all.

[@joshyishot]

Poo poo on Gardiner