Was Queen Mary 1 of England loved by Philip of Spain?

The dashing Philip was regarded as handsome, and he didn’t feel much towards the Bloody Mary. Love between royals back then was rare, even unknown because marriages were political. Mary was a bastard child, who didn’t know her mother, but she was Catherine of Aragon, who was married to her brother. She (Mary) was a Catholic and wanted to reform England back to Catholicism and overturn her father’s change to the country’s religion.

Before her brother Edward died, he made a will that placed their Protestant cousin Lady Jane Grey as heir to the throne. This didn’t happen and soon Mary became queen and then Lady Jane Grey was beheaded for treason. The decision to marry was to secure her place as a queen and prevent her legitimate sister Elizabeth from taking her crown.

She married Philip of Spain, who was younger than her. This sealed an alliance with Spain and removed any rival threats. Mary began to love Philip but he didn’t feel the same about her. There was a movement to usurp Mary, with her sister involved so Elizabeth was put in the tower.

Mary had always been sickly and had irregular periods. The strangest episode was the phantom pregnancy and Philip dumping her afterwards. It may be possible that there was a miscarriage or baby was stillborn because Mary had a bump.

Mary seemed to have a liking for bloodshed, and many lost their lives under her 5 year reign. Protestants were executed, and soldiers up to thousands died in a failed attempt to keep Calias. It was her death age 42 from an illness that passed the crown to Elizabeth.

Angry Mary turning in her grave? Not only is she a subject of the Bloody Mary game, but her wishes that would happen after death went completely ignored. The wishes included payment of her father and brother’s debts. She wanted her money to go towards the building of new churches. And for her mother’s body to be placed beside her grave. As those requests went ignored, Mary could’ve been very enraged from beyond. After her death, Philip moved in on her sister Elizabeth but because he was obsessed by everything Catholic, Elizabeth wasn’t interested in him.

By Rayne (originally posted on Quora)