1、Mary I of England whos Mary I Queen Mary I of England reigned as Queen of England for a short five years(1553-1558)Mary earned her nickname,Bloody Mary,because during her reign,she had more than 300 persons burned at the stake for heresy(异教徒)(异教徒).1.Birth and family 2.Education marriage plans 3.Acce
2、ssion(就职)4.Spanish marriage 5.Religious policy 6.Death Guideline Birthday:18 February 1516 religion:Catholicism Family:She was the only serviving child of King Henry VIII of England and his first wife Catherine of Aragon.Her mother had many abortions before Marys birth,four previous pregnancies had
3、resulted in a stillborn(早夭)daughter and three short-lived or stillborn sons.Mary was a precocious child.In July 1520,when scarcely four and a half years old,she entertained a visiting French delegation with a performance on the violin.By the age of nine,Mary could read and write Latin.She studied Fr
4、ench,Spanish,music,dance,and perhaps Greek.Throughout Marys childhood,Henry negotiated potential future marriages for her.When she was only two years old,she was promised to the Dauphin,the infant son of King Francis I of France,but the contract was repudiated after three years.In 1522,at the age of
5、 six,she was instead contracted to marry her 22-year-old first cousin,Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.However,the engagement was broken off within a few years by Charles with Henrys agreement.EducationMarriage Plans Accession Date:On 1 October 1553 Spanish Marriage The marriage of Mary and Prince Phili
6、p of Spain was at Winchester Cathedral on 25 July 1554,which took place just two days after their first meeting.Religious policy after accession,she immediately adopted a high-handed policy towards the Protestants,and massacred the radicals among them.More than 300 people were burned to death on the
7、 burning stake,including Archbishop Cranmer who had announced that the marriage of her parents was invalid and that she was an unlawful child.And innumerable Protestants were forced to exile abroad.登上王位后,她立即宣布恢复天主教,并对新教徒采取了高压政策,屠杀其中的激进分子,在她统治5年中,有300余人被烧死在火刑柱上,包括那个敢于宣布她父母的婚姻为无效、她为私生女的克兰默大主教等,而被迫流亡国外
8、的新教徒则不计其数。她终于以其暴行获得了英国人民对其“血腥玛丽”的称谓后来就演变成女巫的意思。Death Mary was weak and ill from May 1558,and died at the age of 42.Although her will stated that she wished to be buried next to her mother,Mary was interred in Westminster Abbey on 14 December in a tomb which she would eventually share with Elizabeth.