Mary Tudor Gives Birth to a Girl

Mary Tudor, Daughter of Henry VIII and Queen of England in her own right, married to her cousin, Philip II, King of Spain and Portugal, gave birth to a daugther and died. That daugther, Catherine, born Queen of England, would eventually rule most of Europe and the Americas. Her father as her regent returned England to the Catholic Church. He arranged for her to marry her cousin Rudolf, heir to Maximillian II, King of Bohemia, Hungry and Croatia, Emperor of the Holy Romany Empire, Archduke of Austria. Legion has it that Phillip murdered his own son, Carlos, as it was believed that Carlos was unfit to rule, possibly insane, disobedient and deformed. With the death of Carols, Mary went on to the throne of Spain and Portugal, as well as that of England and Ireland and her husband's titles. Rudolf, occultist, removed, homosexual and withdrawn, he allowed Catherine to rule without question.