The Mary Tudor who became Queen Mary of England was a staunch Catholic and preferred to marry a Catholic. Marrying the heir to the throne of Spain was also a way of making peace between the two countries.
The marriage of a Queen Regnant was considered a dangerous thing. If she married a countryman, his faction might obtain dominance at court. A foreigner could bring strange customs or even the threat of being swallowed up in a larger empire with him.
During the struggles of her youth (her mother cast off, she declared illegitimate, under threat from the Boleyn faction and her father), it had always been her Spanish mother and her family who had stood by her side.
For the Habsburgs it was rather a natural thing to obtain new lands by marriage. Also, the England and the Low Countries had long been connected by intense trading. Philips was therefore the most logical choice on paper.
Perhaps it also attracted her that he was already a devout catholic like she was, but it was this factor that would cause problems during the marriage.
He was ambitious and very powerful, he had access to the new world which meant
strong trade links with them.
no, Queen Mary went on to marry King Philip II of Spain!
yes in 1614
In 1554, Queen Mary I of England married Philip II of Spain. Philip II is famous for the Spanish Armada of 1588. Mary burned hundreds of English men and women at the stake. This earned her the nickname Bloody Mary.
Mary I
Philip II of Spain was unable to control England through Mary. Elizabeth refused to marry him so he could not make England a Catholic nation again. He also failed to keep the Netherlands a Catholic naation.
Philip II married four times: to Maria Manuela of Portugal, Mary of England, Elisabeth of Valois, and Anna of Austria. He was known as a considerate and - in the case of Anna - loving husband, and as an affectionate father. All marriages ended because of his wives' deaths, in three cases because of childbirth.
Philip Mountbatten who became the Duke of Edinburgh.Prince Philip
Yes she did, amazingly! The poor guy was Philip II of Spain in 1554 but very few were happy about having a foreign king!
Her husband: Prince Philip.
King Philip II of Spain.
At the age of 37, Mary I of England focused her attention on finding a husband and producing an heir. While there were many potential suitors and opinions on who she should marry, Mary's cousin Charles V (of the Holy Roman Empire) suggested she marry his only son, Prince Phillip (II) of Spain.
Elizabeth's half sister was Mary Tudor, and Mary's husband was Philip II of Spain. So, Philip is the brother-in-law of ElizabethI