![]() ![]() Yet another marriage treaty was signed which provided that Queen Mary I should marry either Francis I or his second son Henry, Duke of Orleans, but Cardinal Thomas Wolsey who was Henry’s advisor, secured an alliance with France without the marriage. Negotiations were resumed with the French, with Henry suggesting that Mary should this time marry the Dauphin’s father, Francis I himself, who was eager for an alliance with England. However the engagement only lasted a few years before it was broken off by Charles with Henry’s agreement. At the age of six in 1522, Henry arranged for her to marry her first cousin, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. She was initially promised to the Dauphin, the infant son of Francis I of France when she was only two, but the contract was repudiated three years later. Queen Mary I was recognised from birth as one of the most important European princesses and Henry used her as every King used his daughter – as a pawn in political negotiations. Her Mother Catherine was responsible for her much of her early education. By the age of nine, Mary was well educated, displaying great linguistic skills in French, Spanish and Latin, she was also well versed in music and dance, with a fine contralto singing voice. ![]() She was barely four and a half years old when she gave a performance on the V irginals (a type of harpsichord) to entertain a a visiting French delegation. When Mary was three days old she was baptised into the Catholic faith at the Church of the Observant Friars in Greenwich and was immediately confirmed with Margaret Pole, eighth Countess of Salisbury as her sponsor, who was later to become her governess in 1520.Īs a child, Queen Mary I led a happy, sheltered life and was unusually advanced for her age. It was only as years passed when Mary was still his only legitimate heir that his desire increased to desperation to have a male heir to throne. Contrary to the commonly held belief, Henry was very pleased with her birth and presented her proudly to visiting noblemen and ambassadors. Mary was born on the 8th December 1542 at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich. Queen Mary I was one of five children born to Henry VIII and her mother Catherine of Aragon, but she was the only one to survive childhood.
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