Jane Grey was the granddaughter of Henry VIII's sister Mary.... Doing this, Mary earned the nickname "Bloody Mary." ... During the time that Bloody Mary was at the throne, she was deeming marriage to Philip of Spain.... Mary, convinced Elizabeth was faking, sent her own doctors. ... (Starkey 139) Through this pass, she was taken under the Bloody Tower and glimpsed, on the other side of the court and saw the scaffold on which Lady Jane Grey was executed. ...

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Mary, naturally, because she was raised catholic, changed the religion of England back to Catholicism. Mary had gained the title of "Bloody Mary" for the amount of people she had executed. Mary even imprisoned Elizabeth in the tower of London, then under house arrest as she feared she would be overthrown. Mary eventually died on November 17, 1558 leaving behind no heir, and as a result, leaving Elizabeth as the heir. ... After Elizabeth was crowned, Phillip of Spain, Mary's widower proposed to her. ...

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