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Bloody Mary was a militant Catholic, and during her five year reign from 1553-58 carried out a genocidal campaign of persection against the English and Welsh Protestants. No-one knows how many she had tortured and executed, but it runs into thousands if not tens of thousands. Many were burnt at the stake, others were hanged, beheaded or shot by firing squad.

She also had no compunction about sentencing to death anybody who stood in her way when it came to Government policy, including all those who opposed her plans for an alliance with Catholic Spain. These included several senior and influential aristocrats, Government ministers and Court advisors. She was also responsible for the execution of Lady Jane Grey.

When she died of ovarian cancer in 1558, few people regretted her passing apart from her most zealous Catholic supporters.

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