THE FIRST QUEEN REGNANT | Mary I (1516–1558) was Queen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558. The only surviving child of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, she made history by successfully rallying popular support to depose Lady Jane Grey and claim her rightful throne as England's first undisputed queen regnant in July 1553. A devout Catholic, Mary dedicated her reign to reversing her father's English Reformation and restoring papal authority. Her rigorous persecution of Protestant ref
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THE FIRST QUEEN REGNANT | Mary I (1516–1558) was Queen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558. The only surviving child of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, she made history by successfully rallying popular support to depose Lady Jane Grey and claim her rightful throne as England's first undisputed queen regnant in July 1553. A devout Catholic, Mary dedicated her reign to reversing her father's English Reformation and restoring papal authority. Her rigorous persecution of Protestant ref
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