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Tudor, Mary (1496 - 1533)

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Brandon

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1496 (probably born March of this year)
Death Date: 1533-06-25

Notes

Left for France 2 Oct. 1514; returned to England mid-April 1515

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. France, Louis XII of (1462 - 1515)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: exactly 1514-8-18
    Union ended: exactly
  2. Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: after 1515-2-4
    Union ended: exactly
    Note: Date of private wedding; married publicly on 13 May 1515
  3. Ghent, Charles of (1500 - 1558)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1508
    Union ended: exactly 1514-7-30
    Note: Treaty of marriage signed 21 Dec. 1507; formally bethrothed 17 Dec. 1508; marriage treaty repudiated 30 July 1514.

Siblings

Male

Female

  • Tudor, Margaret (1489 - 1541)

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Queen Dowager of France
  • Queen of France
  • Duchess of Suffolk

Titles

  • Queen Dowager of France
    Assumed: 1514/15-01-15
  • Archduchess of Burgandy
    Assumed: 1509-04
    Vacated: 1514
  • Princess of Castile
    Assumed: 1509-04
    Vacated: 1514
  • Queen of France
    Assumed: 1514-08-18 (date of marriage by proxy; formally married 9 Oct. 1514; crowned 5 Dec. 1514)
    Vacated: 1514/15-01-01
  • Duchess of Suffolk
    Assumed: 1515-05-13
    Vacated: 1533-06-25

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Details of Properties

Residence

  • Grimsthorpe, Lincolnshire
    Acquired: 1515
    Residence of 2nd husband
  • Suffolk Place, London (city-county)
    Acquired: 1515
    Residence of 2nd husband
  • Westhorpe, Suffolk
    Acquired: 1515
    Divested: 1533-06
    Residence of 2nd husband; died here

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Chichester (Unknown), Chichester, Sussex Duchess of Suffolk's Bearwards
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent French Queen's Bearward
Performance - Chichester (Unknown), Chichester, Sussex Lady Suffolk's Bearward
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Queen of France's Bearward

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lady Suffolk's Bearward Tudor, Mary (1496 - 1533) Performing Animals 1
Queen of France's Bearward Tudor, Mary (1496 - 1533) Performing Animals 1
Duchess of Suffolk's Bearwards Tudor, Mary (1496 - 1533) Performing Animals 1
French Queen's Bearward Tudor, Mary (1496 - 1533) Performing Animals 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.