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Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, and as "Bloody Mary" by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558.
In 1559, Blanche Parry noted that Elizabeth owned a ruby ring sent to her by Mary as token. [21] Mary's body was embalmed with spices and sealed in a lead coffin. It was later said that important state papers and accounts in Mary's chamber were destroyed when they were used in the making of her cerecloth, in "cering the corse". [22]
[2]: 186 Many people were exiled, and hundreds of dissenters were burned at the stake, earning her the nickname of "Bloody Mary". [3] The number of people executed for their faith during the persecutions is thought to be at least 287, including 56 women. [4] Thirty others died in prison. [5]: 79
Bloody Mary is a legend of a ghost, phantom, witch, or spirit conjured to reveal the future. She is said to appear in a mirror when her name is chanted repeatedly. The Bloody Mary apparition may be benevolent or malevolent, depending on historic variations of the legend. Bloody Mary appearances are mostly witnessed in group participation play.
Juanita Hall (née Long, November 6, 1901 – February 29, 1968) [1] was an American musical theatre and film actress. She is remembered for her roles in the original stage and screen versions of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals South Pacific as Bloody Mary – a role that garnered her the Tony Award – and Flower Drum Song as Madame Liang.
We need to remember Daniel Enriquez who, as his sister said, “did die in vain” when a deranged gunman shot and killed the 48-year-old Goldman Sachs employee on the Q train as he was headed to ...
Mary and Louis XII of France, from a contemporary manuscript. Mary was the fifth child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, [1] and the youngest of those who survived infancy. [2] [3] She was born at Sheen Palace, on 18 March 1496. A privy seal bill dated from midsummer 1496 authorises a payment of 50 shillings to her nurse, Anne Skeron.
Mary Quant, the famous trailblazing British designer who is considered the maker of the miniskirt, has died at age 93.