Mary Tudor
This article is about Mary Tudor, queen consort of France. For Mary Tudor, queen regnant of England, see Mary I of England.
Mary Tudor (March 28, 1496 - June 25, 1533), was the youngest daughter of Henry VII of England. She married first Louis XII of France, but he died less than three months after they were married. Not long afterwards she married Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk (the couple is pictured at right). This greatly angered her brother Henry VIII but he soon forgave them, though he fined them heavily.
Lady Jane Grey was their granddaughter. Mary's brother Henry VIII of England named his daughter, the future Queen Mary, after her. His warship, the Mary Rose, was also named in her honour.
Her English contemporaries frequently referred to Mary as 'the French Queen'.
Marriage:
She married firstly, on October 9 1514 at Abbeville, to Louis XII, King of France (June 27 1462 - January 1 1515), with no issue
She married secondly, on May 13 1515 at Greenwich Palace, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, (1484 - August 22 1545), with issue:
- Henry Brandon (b. March 11 1516)
- Frances Brandon (July 16 1517 - November 20 1559)
- Eleanor Brandon (b. 1519)
References
- Mary Tudor, the White Queen, by W.C. Richardson
- Lady Jane Grey and the House of Suffolk, by Alison Plowden, ISBN0531150003
- A fictionalized version of Mary's marital adventures is portrayed in the 1953 Walt Disney film The Sword and the Rose starring Richard Todd and Glynis Johns.
