Tudor Dynasty.

The English dynasty, which ruled England from 1485 to 1603, was composed of members descended from the Houses of Lancaster and York. It was essentially a chess game, where members were eliminated to reach the English throne. It had been seen fought by multiple houses over the centuries. Gruesome, violent, and filled with prolific individuals, England has seen its fair share of battles from royal members trying to win over the power that it held by dominating the entire island. The House of Tudor was no exception, and it was the only house in English history to break ties with the Roman church, produce its own church managed by a king, and produce its own bible written in English. So who founded such a house that is still considered by many to be one of the most famous and well-known houses in English history? Well, sit down and relax and delve deep down into the history of the king that ended the War of the Roses, a monarch that was obsessed with trying to procreate a male heir into the English family by constantly marrying, a king who was considered by many to be the first English monarch to be raised as a protestant, a queen known for killing and wiping out protestants and later on being remembered as the “bloody queen of England” and the “virgin” queen that changed England for the better.

Early life:

The daughter of King Henry VIII and the Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, Mary was considered the first of the couples 5 deceased children who survived infancy, and according to law was also considered the next and the sole heir of the Tudor fortune and dynasty, but being a female in a time filled with a mindset of extreme male dominance and kingship led to her being removed from the succession of the throne by her own father who believed that his own daughter was born illegitimate, and tried to annul the marriage between him and his wife in which case led to the final conclusion that Mary I was nothing but perceived as illegitimate.

Teen years:

Mary I was known to be extremely sick during her teenage years as she experienced irregular menstruation which might’ve been the reason for her failed pregnancies. She also experienced immense depression in her adolescence, which might have been the result of her father, Henry VIII, not being satisfied with having a daughter. This led towards a grueling process of one of England's most famous scandals: The separation between King Henry VIII, and Catherine of Aragon. Mary I was still young during this process, and was very well aware of why this was happening in the first place, and this definitely sparked a lot of insecurity in her, which led her to believe she wasn't good enough for her father.. Her teenage years consisted of the long divorce period, the marriage of Anne Boleyn of whom she hated and loathed, and the death of her mother which might’ve caused a severe mental breakdown which might’ve also led towards her instability and an intense anger towards her surroundings.

Pregnancy:

The most famous examples of phantom pregnancies includes of Mary I in 1555. This is considered the first highly detailed examples of phantom pregnancies in which the rare disorder caused the queen to mimic signs of pregnancies from a lack of menstrual periods to a bloated stomach. The queen wanted a male heir to takeover England as she loathed the idea of having her young sister, Elizabeth I, taking control of the English throne after her passing as it would’ve meant that the entire country would convert from a Catholic religion to a Protestantism. But tragedy would struck again in the royal household, when Queen Mary I went through a plethora of processes during her pregnancy that caused her immense pain, finally coming to the conclusion that she wasn’t actually pregnant as the pregnancy lasted between 11 to 12 months, going over the actual pregnancy deadline.