Mary I of England

:For other people with this name, see Mary Tudor

Style and arms

Like Henry VIII and Edward VI, Mary used the style "Majesty", as well as "Highness" and "Grace". "Majesty", which Henry VIII first used on a consistent basis, did not become exclusive until the reign of Elizabeth I's successor, James I.

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When Mary ascended the Throne, she was proclaimed under the same official style as Henry VIII and Edward VI: "Mary, by the Grace of God, Queen of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith and of the Church of England and also of Church of Ireland in Earth Supreme Head". The "supremacy phrase" at the end of the style was repugnant to Mary's Roman Catholic Church faith; from 1554 onwards, she omitted the phrase without statutory authority, which was not retroactively granted by Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1555.

Related Topics:
God - Queen of England - France - Ireland - Defender of the Faith - Church of England - Church of Ireland - Earth - Roman Catholic Church - Faith - 1554 - Parliament of the United Kingdom - 1555

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Under Mary's marriage treaty with Philip II of Spain, the couple were jointly styled King and Queen. The official joint style reflected not only Mary's but also Philip's dominions and claims; it was Philip and Mary, by the grace of God, King and Queen of England, France, Naples, Jerusalem and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, Princes of Spain and Sicily, Archduke of Austria, Dukes of Milan, Burgundy and Brabant, Counts of Habsburg, Flanders and Tyrol. This style, which had been in use since 1554, was replaced when Philip inherited the Spanish Crown in 1556 with Philip and Mary, by the Grace of God King and Queen of England, List of Spanish monarchs, France, Jerusalem, both the Sicilies and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, Archdukes of Austria, Dukes of Burgundy, Milan and Brabant, Counts of Habsburg, Flanders and Tyrol.

Related Topics:
Philip II of Spain - Naples - Jerusalem - Ireland - Prince - Spain - Sicily - Archduke - Austria - Milan - Burgundy - Brabant - Habsburg - Flanders - Tyrol - 1554 - 1556 - List of Spanish monarchs

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Mary I's arms were the same as those used by her predecessors since Henry IV: Quarterly, Azure three fleurs-de-lys Or (for France) and Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or (for England). Sometimes, Mary's arms were impaled (depicted side-by-side) with those of her husband.

Related Topics:
Arms - Henry IV - France - England

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