King Edward VI of England died after a long illness at the age of 15. To the shock of many, the crown passed not to his elder ...

Though Mary could have sought refuge with relatives in Spain, she chose to remain in England and fight for what was rightfully hers. Eluding the armies of her antagonists, she rallied support from ...

Mary was the only surviving child from Henry VIII’s first marriage to Katherine of Aragon, a strategic union between England and Spain ... to wait on her new baby sister. In March 1534 she ...

Others suggest the name refers to Mary I of England (Mary Tudor) or Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart), who were both contemporaries in the 16th century, which is some 200 years before the rhyme ...