Mary Tudor | |
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Duchess of Suffolk | |
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Queen consort of France | |
Tenure | 9 October 1514 – 1 January 1515 |
Coronation | 5 November 1514 |
Born | 18 March 1496 Sheen Palace, London, Surrey, Kingdom of England |
Died | 25 June 1533 (aged 37) Westhorpe Hall, Westhorpe, Suffolk, Kingdom of England |
Burial | 22 July 1533 |
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House | Tudor |
Father | Henry VII of England |
Mother | Elizabeth of York |
Mary Tudor (/ˈtjuːdər/ TEW-dər; 18 March 1496 – 25 June 1533) was an English princess who was briefly Queen of France as the third wife of King Louis XII. Louis was more than 30 years her senior. Mary was the fifth child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the youngest to survive infancy.
Following Louis's death, Mary married Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. Performed secretly in France, the marriage occurred without the consent of Mary's brother Henry VIII. The marriage necessitated the intervention of Thomas Wolsey; Henry eventually pardoned the couple after they paid a large fine. Mary had four children with Suffolk. Through her older daughter, Frances, she was the maternal grandmother of Lady Jane Grey, the de facto queen of England for nine days in July 1553.