Tudor, Mary (1496 - 1533)

Biographical Overview

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Parents

Titles - 5
Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 4
Troupes - 4
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Brandon

Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 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

Siblings

Male

Tudor, Arthur (1486 - 1502) (patron)
Tudor, Henry (1491 - 1547) (patron)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. France, Louis XII of (1462 - 1515)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1514-8-18
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: after 1515-2-4
    Union ended: n.d.
    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: 1514-7-30
    Note: Treaty of marriage signed 21 Dec. 1507; formally bethrothed 17 Dec. 1508; marriage treaty repudiated 30 July 1514.

Offspring

From Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545)

  1. Female offspring: Brandon, Eleanor (b. 1518)
  2. Male offspring: Brandon, Henry (II) (b. 1522)
  3. Female offspring: Brandon, Frances (1517 - 1559)
  4. Male offspring: Brandon, Henry (1516 - 1522)

Primary Title

Queen Dowager of France
Queen of France
Duchess of Suffolk

Titles

  • Princess of Castile
    Assumed 1509-04
    Vacated 1514
  • Archduchess of Burgandy
    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
  • Queen Dowager of France
    Assumed 1514/15-01-15
  • Duchess of Suffolk
    Assumed 1515-05-13
    Vacated 1533-06-25

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Grimsthorpe, Lincolnshire
    Residence of 2nd husband
    Acquired: 1515
  • Suffolk Place, London (city-county)
    Residence of 2nd husband
    Acquired: 1515
  • Westhorpe, Suffolk
    Residence of 2nd husband; died here
    Acquired: 1515
    Divested: 1533-06-25

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1521-1522 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Duchess of Suffolk's Bearwards
Performance 1520-1520 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent French Queen's Bearward
Performance 1519-1520 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Lady Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1520-1521 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Queen of France's Bearward

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duchess of Suffolk's Bearwards Tudor, Mary (1496 - 1533) Performing Animals 1
French Queen's Bearward Tudor, Mary (1496 - 1533) Performing Animals 1
Lady Suffolk's Bearward Tudor, Mary (1496 - 1533) Performing Animals 1
Queen of France'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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)