Although Lady Jane Grey, the so-called Nine-Day Queen, had not been involved in the plot, her father was, and Jane subsequently was beheaded. She had a false pregnancy. Shortly after Mary wed at age 37, the queen and her doctors believed she was pregnant. She experienced morning sickness, her abdomen expanded and she reportedly felt the baby move. An official announcement was made that the queen was expecting and as the anticipated delivery drew near Mary retreated from public view for her lying-in period.
Sometime afterward, word spread that Mary had given birth to a son and her subjects started celebrating. However, the news turned out to be only a rumor. More time passed, but a royal infant never appeared and eventually it became apparent one never would. Several years after her false pregnancy, Mary once again incorrectly thought she was expecting. She ultimately died childless. Two days later, the celebrations at Greenwich included jousts, a pageant in the Hall, and a banquet of dishes.
It was cancelled three years later in The following year, Charles spent six weeks in England and was welcomed at Greenwich with even greater ceremony. However, while this visit gave Charles ample time to see the six-year-old Mary, this engagement too was cancelled a few years later.
From then on Mary returned to spending time at Greenwich along with the other royal palaces. Henry restored her to the line of succession in under encouragement from his last wife Catherine Parr. However, with Henry self-proclaimed head of the Church of England , this rehabilitation was a somewhat uneasy one, as Mary remained a loyal Catholic. Her Catholicism would become the guiding principle of her reign - and would define her reputation following her death.
However, nine days after Jane's accession, Mary gathered enough support to ride to London and claim the throne. Jane and her husband Lord Dudley were both executed.
Mary was crowned on 1 October , and quickly set about attempting to restore the Roman Catholic faith in England. She pushed the marriage through a resistant parliament, as she was desperate to conceive a Catholic heir.
Philip was given the title of 'King of England' and the pair effectively ruled together. When Edward died in , however, Mary had her own succession strategy planned: Proclamations were printed and a military force assembled in her Norfolk estates. Her initial ruling council was a mix of Protestants and Catholics, but as her reign progressed she grew more and more fervent in her desire to restore English Catholicism.
Nevertheless, Mary moved forward with her plan, persuading Parliament to assent after Charles consented to leave Mary in full control and to keep the throne in English hands if the union produced no heirs. Twice she was declared pregnant and went into seclusion, but no child was born. Philip found her unattractive and spent most of his time in Europe. Almost convicted heretics, mostly common citizens, were burned. Dozens more died in prison, and some fled to Protestant strongholds in Germany and Geneva, from whence they would later import the Calvinist tenants of English Puritanism.
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Still, she rode into London on August 3, , to widespread acclaim. Welcomed back to court, she survived Henry—and three more stepmothers—only to see her younger half-brother, Edward VI, take the throne as a Protestant reformer, adopting a stance anathema to her fervent Catholicism.
Though Mary could have sought refuge with family members in Europe, she chose to remain in England and fight for what was rightfully hers. Eluding the armies of her antagonists, she rallied support from nobles across the country and marched on London.
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