As today is the anniversary of Mary Tudor, Queen of France’s birth, I thought it would be good to make a Mary Tudor ‘factfile’. I’ve written quite a few articles on Mary so it’s good to do something different.
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| Motto | La volenté De Dieu me suffit (The will of God is sufficient for me) |
| Date of Birth | 18 March 1496 |
| Place of Birth | Richmond Palace |
| Parents | Henry VII and Elizabeth of York |
| Siblings | Three survived infancy: Arthur, Margaret and Henry (VIII) |
| Appearance | Mary was known for her beauty and the Venetian ambassador described her as “a Paradise – tall, slender, grey-eyed, possessing an extreme pallor”. |
| Marriages | Louis XII of France (9 October 1514 to his death on 1 January 1515) Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk (February/March 1515 to Mary’s death on 25 June 1533) |
| Coronation | Crowned Queen Consort of France on 5 November 1514 at Saint Denis. |
| Children | Henry Brandon (11 March 1516 – 1522) Lady Frances Brandon (16 July 1517 – 20 November 1559) Lady Eleanor Brandon (c.1518-1521 – 27 September 1547) Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln (c.1522 – March 1534). |
| Death | 25 June 1533 at Westhorpe, Suffolk. |
| Age at death | 37 |
| Resting Place | Originally Bury St Edmunds Abbey, but she was moved to St Mary’s Church in Bury St Edmunds during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. |
| Trivia | Mary Tudor, Queen of France should not be confused with her niece, Mary Tudor (Mary I). |
| Trivia | She was not known as “Mary Rose”, her name was just Mary. |
| Biographies | The Sisters of Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives of Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France by Maria Perry, Mary Rose by David Loades |
You can read more about Mary Tudor, Queen of France in the following articles:
- Katherine of Aragon or Mary Tudor? – The Re-identification of Michel Sittow’s Portrait of a Young Woman by Nasim Tadghighi
- Princess Mary Tudor
- Mary Tudor Marries Louis XII of France
- Death of Mary Tudor Queen of France
