Mary I of England
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Mary I of England (1516-1558), Queen of England and Ireland, known as Bloody Mary for her persecution of protestants.
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- "When I am dead and opened, you shall find Calais lying in my heart."
- Said during her final illness, referring to England's loss of Calais to France.
- Raphael Holinshed, The Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, vol. III, page 1160 (1587) [1]
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Attributed
- "There are only two things: soul and body. My soul I offer to God and my body to Your Majesty's service, and may it please you to kill me rather than take away the old religion in which I wish to live and die."
- To her brother, Edward VI of England, who objected to her Catholicism.
