Mary I (1553- 1558 reigned) grew up in the turbulent wave of European religious reform, and Britain also became a place where Catholicism and Protestantism fought to the death. Her mother, Catherine, was a Catholic spanish princess, and her father, Henry VIII, betrayed Catholicism and broke with the Pope in order to divorce her mother, supporting Protestantism and persecuting Catholics at home. Perhaps because of the above-mentioned growth process, or perhaps because of her rigid and stubborn personality, she became a die-hard Catholic and had a profound hatred for Protestantism. As an adult, he refused to convert to Protestantism and was almost put on the stage of treason by Henry VIII. Later, he married King Philip II of Spain, the defender of the Catholic world at that time. Immediately after she ascended the throne, she announced the restoration of Catholicism and adopted a high-handed policy against Protestants, killing the radicals among them. During the five years of her rule, more than 300 people were burned to death at the stake, including Archbishop Cranmer, who dared to declare her parents' marriage invalid, and countless Protestants were forced into exile. She finally won the title of "bloody Mary" by the British people for her atrocities. When she died of illness, it was said that the whole of London rang with bells of celebration, and it was her sister Elizabeth I who later became a famous monarch. (By the way, if an emperor in China only executed more than 300 people, he is definitely not a tyrant, because in China, "the emperor is angry, and millions of corpses are everywhere, and rivers of blood are flowing." Like Zhu Yuanzhang, tens of thousands of people will be executed every time they go to prison, but this still does not change that he is considered a wise monarch. But in Europe, the standards are different, and it is shocking to execute hundreds of people. )
Another story about bloody Mary is/kloc-the peerless Hungarian beauty Li in the 8th century. Countess Kester, look at unofficial history's description of her "long black hair fluttering in the air, two gem-like eyes with breathtaking light, lux dress like a flowing flame, wrapped her slender body like white jade, and the whole person is like a moving fire spirit". Her fame spread far and wide in Europe. It is said that countless men died for her duel, and even the French king fell for her. It is said that her beauty remained in her sixties. But the secret of her beauty is creepy-the blood of a girl. In her life, she killed more than 2,800 girls (this number may be exaggerated) and then bathed in their blood to maintain her rare charm. It is said that she even drank the blood of girls to clean the dirt in her body. Later, she was burned to death in the bathroom by angry people, but from then on, every full moon, ghosts cried in the castle where she lived. Later, the castle was sealed by the Pope and became one of the four haunted houses in Europe. This bloody beauty does exist in history, and I quote an exaggerated description here, but it is true that she killed many innocent girls in her life to keep her beauty. )
In addition to the above two, there are other sayings of "bloody Mary". For example, some people think it comes from an Austrian princess.