and his baby sister, Mary, the former Queen of France whose secret marriage proved that Henry VIII wasn't the only Tudor who could live life like a period drama. She was betrothed twice.

The Mary Rose was built at Portsmouth between 1509 and 1511. Named for Henry VIII's favourite sister, Mary Tudor, later queen of France, the ship was part of a large build-up of naval force by the ...

Both were eventually executed as part of the French Revolution. As part of a peace treaty, Henry VIII used his sister Mary Tudor as a bargaining chip with France. King Louis XII pushed for the ...

As for Princess Mary Tudor herself, she would go on to become the first queen of England in 1553. But that's another story. Baynton’s brief rise illuminates the instability of Henry VIII’s reign.

Centuries later, however, the Tudor queen is remembered as one ... image of an unchecked tyrant that endures today. Mary I's parents, Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon Public domain via Wikimedia ...