ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -She was the first-ever Queen of England to rule in her own right, but to her critics, Mary I of England has long been known only as “Bloody Mary.” This unfortunate nickname was thanks to her persecution of Protestant heretics, whom she burned at the stake in the hundreds.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mary I, also called Mary Tudor, byname Bloody Mary, (born February 18, 1516, Greenwich, near London, England-died November 17, 1558, London), the first queen to rule England (1553–58) in her own right.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bloody Mary Mary did deserve the nickname because… she killed a lot of people/her method of burning people was horrific/she took England into a war/she executed Lady Jane Grey, her husband and supporters.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some stories suggest that the Bloody Mary was named after a server named Mary who worked at a saloon bar called The Bucket Of Blood in Chicago. Others claim it was named after Queen Mary Tudor of England. No one knows for sure, but as Prohibition waned the drink took off in America and the name stuck.

Detailed explanation-5: -Queen Mary I was given her nickname “Bloody Mary” because of the persecution of Protestants during her reign as Queen of England. She was a Catholic who tried to make England a Catholic country again, and in doing so, she earned a reputation as a heartless and cruel ruler.