Mary I

noun

1. Bloody Mary, 1516–58, queen of England 1553–58 (wife of Philip II of Spain; daughter of Henry VIII).

Mary I

noun

1. Mary I15161558FEnglishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler family name Tudor, known as Bloody Mary. 1516–58, queen of England (1553–58). The daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, she married Philip II of Spain in 1554. She restored Roman Catholicism to England and about 300 Protestants were burnt at the stake as heretics

Example Sentences

While Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot of 1605 dominate the UK's autumnal bonfire tradition, Lewes Bonfire Society also remembers the 17 martyrs burnt to death by Mary I in the town in the 1500s.

From BBC

The burning crosses are also paraded through Lewes each year to mark the burning of 17 Protestant martyrs during the reign of Mary I, often known as "Bloody Mary".

From BBC

In April 1555, Queen Mary I—better known to history as “Bloody Mary”—went into seclusion as she awaited the birth of her first child.

From National Geographic

She was deposed by her Catholic cousin Mary I nine days later and then executed, aged 17, in 1554.

From BBC

One of my goals was to find a way to tell Mary I loved her, and that I wanted to marry her, without scaring her off and losing her. 

From Los Angeles Times