Why did Mary you marry with Philip II?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

He was ambitious and very powerful, he had access to the new world which meant

strong trade links with them.