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A Long and Illustrious History › The Tudors and Stuarts
Which Tudor monarch was known as 'Bloody Mary'?
- Catherine of Aragon
- Anne Boleyn
- Lady Jane Grey
- Mary I
Why this is the correct answer
Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, reigned from 1553 to 1558 and earned the nickname 'Bloody Mary' for her restoration of Roman Catholicism and the burning of nearly 300 Protestants as heretics. Her reign reversed the Protestant reforms of her father and brother Edward VI. She was succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I, who restored Protestantism.