Was Mary the first Queen of England?

Answer 1

That is a trick question. Queen means, wife of a King. If you assume that definition, there were many queens before Mary. Mary was not the wife of an English King, however she was by definition the Queen of Spain, because her husband was the king of Spain.

If you mean Queen as the official monarch of a Kingdom, she was the first official female head of England in her own right, however, for the 9 days preceding her reign as queen, her cousin Jane Gray was declared Queen of England upon the death of Mary's brother Edward, but the rebellion was quickly squashed and Mary took back her rightful place in the succession.

Matilda was in fact the very first queen of England to inherit the title upon the death of her Father Henry I in 1135. She was immediately usurped by her cousin Stephen and civil war broke out in England. She regained her thrown briefly , but civil war broke out again and she never actually was crowned Queen of England. She fled to France where she lived out the rest of her life. King Stephen's only son died and agreed that the crown of England pass to Matilda's son Henry who became King Henry II.

Actually the wife of Edgar the Peaceful, Aelfthryth was the first king's wife to be crowned and anointed.

Answer 2

She was not favorably looked upon by many of the powerful Scottish nobility. Being politically minded they were sensing a change of religious mood in the south of Scotland (mainly Edinburgh, the Scottish capital) where the followers of John Knox, a disciple of Martin Luther, was raging against Queen Mary because she was a Roman Catholic. Mary was somewhat immature, more French than Scottish, and was always in some kind of intrigue or another with either her family in France or with the King of Spain. Queen Elizabeth of England had significant reasons to suspect Mary of treasonable plots against the Crown. While she had signed/ordered Mary's death warrant, with strong encouragement from Sir Francis Walsingham, she, never-the-less, wiggled out of direct complicity.

Answer 3

Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I were both daughters of King Henry VIII.

Mary I was born on 8th February 1516, became Queen of England and Queen of Ireland on 18th July 1553 and reigned until her death on 17th November 1558.

Elizabeth I was born on 7th September 1533, became Queen of England and Queen of Ireland on 17th November 1558 and reigned until her death on 24th March 1603.

Answer 4

Yes, Mary was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland (separately) from 1553 to 1558

Answer 5

Yes, she was the first queen regnant, to be called Mary: Queen Mary I.

Answer 6

No. She made a vow after her father had Catherine Howard executed to never marry and always kept that promise.

Answer 7

She was not. She was preceded by at least Queen Matilda, Mary, and Elizabeth I.

Answer 8

38 when Mary the 1st became queen