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MARY I
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; she was the wife of Philip II of Spain and when she restored Roman Catholicism to England many Protestants were burned at the stake as heretics (1516-1558)
Synonyms:
Bloody Mary; Mary I; Mary Tudor
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Queen of England (the sovereign ruler of England)
Holonyms ("Mary I" is a member of...):
House of Tudor; Tudor (an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603))
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