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Mary Tudor's Loss Of Natural Causes

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Mary Tudor, daughter of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, raised her as an extreme catholic and was born on February 18th, 1516. Mary’s father then divorced Catherine, changed the country to protestant, and made Mary illegible to become queen of England and Ireland. So she went to Scotland where hatred followed her to a point that she traveled back to England and became part of the royal family where she ruled England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558. As Queen, she took the head power away from the queen and gave it to the pope, then she burned 300 protestants for being heretics, making her known as "Bloody Mary" and feared by all. On November 17th, 1558 Mary died of natural

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