Why Is Mary Tudor Illegitimate

Mary Tudor was born on February 18, 1516 and died November 17, 1558. She was the daughter of King Henry VIII of England and his wife Catherine of Aragon. She was named the princess of Wales by Herny but did not received the documents. The course of her life was changed by her father's pursuit for the annulment of his marriage due to his affection for Anne Boleyn.

Herny affirmed to the pope of his need for his marriage to be annulled due to Catherine being a widow of Herny's brother. The pope did not grant Henry his request, and in 1534, Herny broke from Rome and became the supreme head of the Church of England. This caused Mary to become illegitimate. Boleyn born Elizabeth; meanwhile, her title of princess was taken away. Mary corresponded with her mother in secret and never admitted being illegitimate.
She became the godmother of her stepbrother, Prince Edward. In 1544, she returned to court but was still considered to be illegitimate. After Henry died, Edward VI became sovereign in 1547. He made English to be spoken at church services rather than Latin. Mary did not approve and went to mass in her private chapel and continued the old form even though she could have been sentenced to death.

Edward died in 1533 and Lady Jane Grey took control of the throne for a few days. Mary was considered the rightful heir, so she became the Queen of England at 33 years old. Her goal was to reestablish Rome back into England. She wanted to marry Charles V's son, Phillp II of Spain. Parliament wanted her not to marry him, but she did not want Parliament to tell her who she could