Mary I
Mary I, better known as “Bloody Mary” due to her actions against the Protestants, was the Queen of England and Ireland until her death in 1558. She’s best known for her efforts to reverse the English Reformation and the harshness with which she ruled her people. Mary I looks just as severe as history makes her out to be in the first portrait, but her features have softened slightly in the modern day version. Perhaps she would have taken a gentler approach if she’d been born in modern times.
