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  Queen Mary 2 te Rotterdam, Foto's Queen Mary 2, Queen Mary II, QM2, QMII - Navingo Maritiem Internet
Het grootste passagiersschip ter wereld is een dag te bewonderen geweest in Rotterdam.
Queen Elizabeth 2 na jaren weer in Rotterdam
Massale belangstelling voor Queen Mary II Queen Mary 2 heeft Rotterdam verlaten
cruise.navingo.nl /queenmary   (154 words)

  
  Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, was born in 1516 and suffered through a terrible childhood of neglect, intolerance, and ill-health.
England suffered during the reign of Mary I: the economy was in ruin, religious dissent reached a zenith and England lost her last continental territory.
Jane Austen wrote this rather scathing commentary about Mary: "This woman had the good luck of being advanced to the throne of England, in spite of the superior pretensions, Merit and Beauty of her Cousins Mary Queen of Scotland and Jane Grey.
www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon44.html   (437 words)

  
  Queen Mary
As Mary approached the outskirts of London, she was met by her sister Elizabeth, who offered her congratulations and rode in a place of honor with the new Queen.
Mary would most likely want to exclude Elizabeth from the throne, which meant that the crown would then fall to Mary Queen of Scots, who was about to marry the son of the King of France and was unacceptable for Spanish interests.
Mary had refused to allow Philip and Elizabeth to meet, but in April when the Court moved to Hampton Court Palace Elizabeth was brought there as well (she had still been at Woodstock until then).
tudorhistory.org /mary/queen.html   (1820 words)

  
  Mary I of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mary, the fourth and penultimate monarch of the Tudor dynasty, is remembered for her attempt to return England from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.
Mary suffered a phantom pregnancy; Philip released the Lady Elizabeth from house arrest so that he could be viewed favourably by her in case Mary died during childbirth.
When Mary ascended the Throne, she was proclaimed under the same official style as Henry VIII and Edward VI: "Mary, by the Grace of God, Queen of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith and of the Church of England and also of Ireland in Earth Supreme Head".
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mary_I_of_England   (3300 words)

  
 Mary, Queen of Scots   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mary determined to leave the land of her adoption and to seek that of her birth, but during the time since she had left it, an infant of five years old, everything was changed.
Mary was a widow, only nineteen years of age, and with opinions entirely at variance with those which had grown up amidst the people whom she came to rule.
Mary remained a prisoner, and the lords who had themselves usurped power, and had been concerned in the crimes in which she was accused of participating, declared that she should be dethroned on account of her misgovernment, and compelled her to resign the crown to her infant son.
www.royalstuarts.org /mary_1.htm   (2475 words)

  
 RMS Queen Mary 2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Queen Mary 2 is a Cunard Line passenger ship named after the earlier Cunard liner Queen Mary, which was in turn named after Mary of Teck.
At the time of her construction in 2003, the Queen Mary 2 was in every dimension the largest passenger ship ever built.
On January 8, 2004, the liner was christened Queen Mary 2 by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Queen_Mary_II   (651 words)

  
 Mary Queen of Scots: Biography with portraits
Mary's father, James V, believed this lineage had ended with his daughter's birth; certainly he never contemplated that in a matter of decades, his grandson would be king of Scotland and their old enemy, England.
Mary was taken to Lochleven Castle and held prisoner in that island fortress; fearing for her own life, she became desperately ill. She was forced to sign a document abdicating the crown in favor of her year-old son.
Mary was calm and composed before the several hundred spectators present; she listened while the execution warrant was read and then prayed aloud in English for the Church and her son.
www.englishhistory.net /tudor/relative/maryqosbio.html   (4317 words)

  
 Mary Tudor - Article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Recently scholars have begun to argue that Mary failed not because her policies were wrong but because by sheer misfortune she ran into the worst harvests and epidemics in the century and died before her work had any chance to take root.
Duffy demonstrates that Mary's restoration of the Catholic religion was not an external act inflicted on parishes by official decree, as was done with the dissolution decrees under Henry VIII and Edward VI.
Mary nearly revalued the coinage and, although the reform was deferred, Elizabeth's government could never have tackled the problem so swiftly had the ground not been prepared.
www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /classroom/alevel/mary_tudor1.htm   (1321 words)

  
 Mary Tudor
Mary Tudor is chiefly remembered as a zealous Catholic, reviled for her bloody persecution of Protestants and for her attempt to bring England once again under the Roman Church.
Mary gained the throne with popular support and was an able ruler, as stubborn and strong-willed as her father.
The Queen died in November 1558, and the attempted restoration of Catholicism was brought to an abrupt end with the accession of Elizabeth.
web.uvic.ca /shakespeare/Library/SLT/history/mary.html   (331 words)

  
 Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary was the daughter and only child of James V of Scotland by his second wife, a French woman called Mary of Guise.
She became queen upon his death when she was a week old, and Henry VIII attempted to betrothe her to his son, Prince Edward of England, in order to establish control of her and Scotland, (known as 'The Rough Wooing').
Mary's involvement is unclear, but shortly afterwards she was carried off by Bothwell, who had divorced the wife he had only recently married.
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 Queen Mary
Queen Mary is one of the most influential broodmares of the 19th Century, and established a family of vast importance in the production of classic winners and stallions that flourished for the next century and more.
Queen Mary's Moss Trooper filly of 1849 was named Braxey, and she was similar to Haricot, being small and unattractive.
Queen Mary's 1862 colt, Broomielaw (by Stockwell) was sold (along with Breadalbane, noted previously) to Henry Chaplin.
www.tbheritage.com /Portraits/QueenMary.html   (2322 words)

  
 MJKnecht's - Queen Mary I   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Queen Mary I, or as she was later known, "Bloody Mary," was the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.
Mary was not an attractive woman and she inherited congenital syphilis from her father.
Queen Mary, a fierce Catholic, refused to sit in the Cornation chair because it had previously been sat in by King Edward VI, her half-brother, whom she considered a heretic.
www.angelfire.com /mi/RedBearsDream/MaryI.html   (272 words)

  
 Mary Queen of Scots on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Through her grandmother Margaret Tudor, Mary had the strongest claim to the throne of England after the children of Henry VIII.
However, Mary's son, James VI of Scotland, succeeded Elizabeth to the English throne as James I.
Mary's reported beauty and charm and her undoubted courage have made her a particularly romantic figure in history.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/MaryQ1uee.asp   (381 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mary Tudor
Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; born 18 February, 1516; died 17 November, 1558.
Mary behaved with conspicuous courage, addressed the citizens of London at the Guildhall, and when they rallied round her the insurrection was easily crushed.
In Mary's second Parliament the title of supreme head was formally abrogated, and an attempt was made to re-enact the statutes against heresy, but was defeated by the resistance of the Lords.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/09766a.htm   (1790 words)

  
 Mary I
Mary Tudor was the only child born to Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon to survive childhood.
Mary had a good childhood as a young princess, and was the center of court attention in her earliest years.
Mary was apparently appalled at her father's action and there were come quarrels between Mary and Kathryn during the young Queen's reign.
tudorhistory.org /mary   (1086 words)

  
 Queen “Bloody” Mary
Queen Mary I of England was born February 18, 1516, the daughter of King Henry VIII and his first of six wives, Catherine of Aragon.
Queen Mary I was alienated from her father, King Henry VIII, during his divorce (it was not a divorce in the modern sense, but an annulment) from her mother.
Mary had always rejected and resented the break with Rome that her father had instituted and his subsequent establishment of the Anglican Church that had flowed from her half-brother's protestantism, and now she tried to turn England back to Roman Catholicism.
www.greatsite.com /timeline-english-bible-history/queen-mary.html   (741 words)

  
 Queen Mary
Pole was a grandson of Edward IV's brother the Duke of Clarence and a distant cousin of Mary.
In 1555 Mary was able to return to the Franciscan and Dominican monks the monasteries still in the possession of the crown that had not been given to private individuals.
Mary though, was not satisfied with these submissions and after a year repealed the right the condemned had to recant.
home.earthlink.net /~elisale/queenmary.html   (1650 words)

  
 Queen Mary I: Biography, Portraits, Primary Sources
Educated by her mother and a ducal governess, Mary was at last betrothed to her cousin, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (Charles I of Spain.) Charles made the unfortunate demand that she come to Spain immediately, accompanied by a huge cash dowry.
Mary's opinion on the match is not known but it would be safe to assume that even if she disapproved, she would never say so.
Mary was intelligent enough to not risk open disobedience, preferring the quiet celebration of Mass in her country home.
www.englishhistory.net /tudor/monarchs/mary1.html   (3865 words)

  
 QUEEN "BLOODY" MARY I
Queen Mary I of England reigned as Queen of England for a short five years (r.1553-1558), the first reigning queen since the disputed Mathilda in the 12th Century.
Born in 1516 to England's King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, Mary lived quiet life as a royal princess until about 1527 when the king began to seek annulment of his marriage to her mother.
Although at several points Mary threatened and put pressure on on her sister to convert to Roman Catholicism, she successfully resisted, survived, and became Queen Elizabeth I.
departments.kings.edu /womens_history/marytudor.html   (1482 words)

  
 Queen Mary I: Biography, Portraits, Primary Sources
Educated by her mother and a ducal governess, Mary was at last betrothed to her cousin, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (Charles I of Spain.) Charles made the unfortunate demand that she come to Spain immediately, accompanied by a huge cash dowry.
Mary's opinion on the match is not known but it would be safe to assume that even if she disapproved, she would never say so.
Mary was intelligent enough to not risk open disobedience, preferring the quiet celebration of Mass in her country home.
englishhistory.net /tudor/monarchs/mary1.html   (3865 words)

  
 Mary Stuart, Queen Of Scots   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mary Stuart, was born at Linlithge Palace on Dec 8th, 1542, 6 days later she became the Queen of Scotland.
Mary who was about to become 18 years of age was left in a difficult position.
Mary was Queen of Scotland from the year 1542 to the year 1567.
www.ctbw.com /maryscot.htm   (416 words)

  
 History of the Monarchy > The Stewarts > Mary, Queen of Scots
The birth of Mary and Darnley's son James that summer did nothing to improve their relationship, and when Darnley was murdered at Kirk o'Field, just outside the walls of Edinburgh on 10 February 1567, people suspected that she was implicated in the crime.
Mary escaped from Lochleven in 1568, only to be defeated at the Battle of Langside, near Glasgow, on 13 May. Fleeing south, she sought shelter in England, believing that Queen Elizabeth I would support her cause, but instead she was kept in captivity in England for 19 years.
Mary was finally executed at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire on 8 February 1587, at the age of 44.
www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page134.asp   (750 words)

  
 Royalty.nu - "Bloody Mary" - Queen Mary I
Mary was now officially a bastard, called "the lady Mary," but, like her mother, she refused to accept her change in status.
Mary's subjects were alarmed to learn of her engagement to the Spanish prince, fearing that England would become part of Spain.
Tortured by loneliness and unhappiness, Queen Mary fell ill. She died on November 17, 1558 and was succeeded by her half-sister, Queen Elizabeth I.
www.royalty.nu /Europe/England/Tudor/MaryI.html   (1352 words)

  
 About Mary I TUDOR (Queen of England)
Mary replied that she had never considered marriage until God had raised her to the throne but- now that she was Queen- she would lead her subjects down the path of righteousness.
Mary had refused to allow Felipe and Elizabeth to meet, but in Apr when the Court moved to Hampton Court Palace Elizabeth was brought there as well (she had still been at Woodstock until then).
The Queen felt "deeply troubled", she saw treason everywhere, and on Apr she put the investigation in the hands of men such Rochester, Jerningham and Englefield, who had served her for many years and proved themselves to be trustworthy.
www.tudorplace.com.ar /aboutMary.htm   (3917 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mary Queen of Scots
Mary, however, was sent to France, 7 August, 1548, where she was excellently educated, as is now admitted by both friend and foe.
Mary, though kept a prisoner, managed to escape, and again triumphed over her foes; but respect for her husband was no longer possible.
Mary, however, wisely refused to defend herself, unless her dignity as queen was respected.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/09764a.htm   (2439 words)

  
 Kids' Zone > History homework > Queen Mary I
Mary was the first crowned queen of England, but in many ways it was a success that she came to the throne at all.
Mary returned England to a Catholic country again and it was decreed that heretics (those not believing in Catholicism) would be burned at the stake.
Perhaps if Mary had lived longer, her changes might have stuck but the end of her comparatively brief reign brought the Protestant Elizabeth to the throne and all of Mary's work was undone.
www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page2074.asp   (668 words)

  
 Queen Mary's Meet   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Queen Mary 2, currently the largest, fastest and most elegant ship on the seas, sailed into the Port of Long Beach for “A Royal Rendezvous” with her royal elder relative.
The Queen Mary, permanently berthed in Long Beach, was the largest, fastest and most elegant ship when she first sailed in 1936.
Then the Queen Mary 2 began an amazing pirouette, turning 360 degrees within her own length, and showing off every angle of the great ship to the amazed spectators.
www.thequeenmarysmeet.com /EVENT_RECAP/index.html   (767 words)

  
 Mary Tudor and the Return to Rome
Mary, a devout Roman Catholic, was about to rule a country where the Reformation was twenty years old, and a generation had reached manhood to whom papal authority was strange and alien; a country which rejoiced in its insularity and hated foreign jurisdiction.
Mary's reign was characterized by fierce reprisals against those who would not go a massing.
The palace of the Inquisition was sacked and the mob rushed to the Capitol, and threw down the newly erected statue of the Pope, dressed the head in the 'yellow cap" and after dragging it through the streets hurled it into the river Tiber, as the soul of the "Inquisitor Pope" departed this life.
www.scionofzion.com /marytudor.htm   (543 words)

  
 Queen Mary's Meet   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Queen Mary quickly seized the imagination of the public on both sides of the Atlantic, representing the spirit of an era that was characterized by elegance, style and the height of luxury.
The Queen Mary was the largest and fastest troopship to sail, capable of transporting as many as 16,000 troops - a figure that has never been exceeded to this day - at a speed of 30 knots.
Dining on board the Queen Mary is an event in and of itself, with three award-winning restaurants to choose from.
www.thequeenmarysmeet.com /QUEENMARY/index.html   (1769 words)

  
 QUEEN MARY 2: Maritime Matters
QUEEN MARY 2, expected to receive a big welcome in New York, has had the media buzzing with her erratic progress on her fist transatlantic crossing from Southampton to New York.
QUEEN MARY 2 is expected to be delivered to Cunard on December 22 and sail from Saint-Nazaire in western France for Vigo, Spain.
QUEEN MARY 2 is expected at the terminal in December with naming ceremony in January before her maiden voyage.
www.maritimematters.com /queenmary2.html   (4658 words)

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