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1516-1558. Queen of England from 1553. She
was the eldest daughter of Henry VIII by
Catherine of Aragon. When Edward VI died,
Mary secured the crown without difficulty in
spite of the conspiracy to substitute Lady
Jane Grey. In 1554 Mary married Philip II of
Spain, and as a devout Roman Catholic
obtained the restoration of papal supremacy
and sanctioned the persecution of
Protestants. She was succeeded by her
half-sister Elizabeth I. When Mary died, the
Protestant Elizabeth I gained the throne and
settled the religious question, for the time,
during her long, pivotal reign.