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Mary I (1516-1558) was queen of England and Ireland, half-sister to Edward VI and Elizabeth I.

She became the first female monarch of England when succeeded Edward VI (1537-1553). She restored Catholicism as the state religion of England. For her alleged executions of Protestants, she was nicknamed "Bloody Mary." She also jailed her sister and later successor Elizabeth. But her actual persecution of Protestants may have been exaggerated by historians connected to the re-established Church of England.

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