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Catherine of Aragon (Watercolor painting by ig user @queenghostie )

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Inktober Day 5 - Mary I

The only surviving child of Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. Unsatisfied with a lack of male heirs and interested in greener pastures, Henry sought to annul his marriage. When the church refused, Henry spilt from the catholic faith and declared his union void. Mary was deemed illegitimate.

Her mother was sent away from court. Mary was never allowed to see her after that. Catherine died in 1536. Mary was inconsolable.

Regardless of her father’s new faith (and wives), Mary remained staunchly catholic until the end of her life.

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I made a digital painting of my favorite 16th century power couple, Mary I of England & Philip II of Spain ♡

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All of my artwork that i did this year !! I want to thank everyone that reblogged and liked my artwork ❤️ it made my year !

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Elizabeth of York and Henry VII of England (Digital drawing created by devianart user nami6)

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Painting of Princess Mary Tudor (later Mary I of England) created by twitter user @TudorFaces

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Katherine of Aragon

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“When she mounted the scaffold, her looks were cheerful, and she never appeared more beautiful. Observing some about her weeping, she said, ‘Be not sorry to see me die thus, but pardon me from your hearts, that I have not expressed to all about me the mildness that became me, and that I have not done all the good that was in my power to do.” 

“ So she went to the place of execution with an untroubled countenance. Her face and complexion never were so beautiful.  She begged her hearers to forgive her if she had not used them all with becoming gentleness, and asked for their prayers […] The spectators could not refrain from tears.”

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Flowers left at Anne Boleyn’s execution site on 19th May 2015. (taken from Tower of London twitter)

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Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn in The Tudors (2007-2010)

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ANNE BOLEYN, the tudors (2007 - 2010)

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Vanessa Redgrave as Anne Boleyn

A Man For All Seasons (1966)

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“You weren’t mine to lose.”

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“They burn the ships that carry the plague. They burn houses to the ground. If England has to burn to stop this evil…then I will see it done.”

Romola Garai as Mary Tudor in BECOMING ELIZABETH (2022)

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Becoming Elizabeth (2022-)

“So you were not in love with me?

“If you think it not possible for me to love Amy if I have once loved you, then I cannot have loved you, for I do love her.”

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So, Lord Dudley, you have made yourself an enemy of the Princess Mary.

a rose by any other name would

Becoming Elizabeth (2022–), 1x02 | 1x08 | 1x03 | 1x04 | 1x06

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You have a most dangerous friend indeed.

Becoming Elizabeth (2022–), 1x03 | 1x08