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3 unusual facts about Mary Tudor


Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu

Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter, was arrested along with his wife and 11-year old son (his wife would be released two years later while their son spent 15 years in the Tower until his release by Queen Mary I on 3 August 1553).

La Basoche

She gets herself taken on at the tavern, where the next day the widowed Louis XII will receive his new young wife, Mary of England, the sister of Henry VIII.

Succession to Elizabeth I of England

Descent from the two daughters of Henry VII who reached adulthood, Margaret and Mary Tudor, was the first and main issue in the succession.


Ann Tyrrell

In 1953, she appeared unbilled as Mary Tudor sister of Queen Elizabeth I in the M-G-M historical drama Queen Bess and in 1955, she appeared in the film Seven Angry Men with Raymond Massey and Jeffrey Hunter.

Anne Bourchier, Baroness Dacre

Mary Fiennes (1495–1531), Maid of Honour to Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and Queen Claude of France married Sir Henry Norris, who was executed for treason as one of the alleged lovers of Queen Anne Boleyn.

Pattyndenne Manor

In the 16th century it was sold to Sir Maurice Berkeley, son of Lord Berkeley and a Standard-bearer to Henry VIII, Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I.


see also

Londres, Catamarca

The city was named Londres (Spanish for London) in honour of the fact that Philip II, King of Spain at time of its founding was at the time married to Mary Tudor (Mary I of England)