The daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, Mary was a devout Catholic, to the point of fanaticism.   In pursuit of her aim to make England a Catholic country, she unmercifully tortured and and had burned at the stake Protestants who would not renounce their faith, and thus earned herself the name, "Bloody Mary".

Husband of Queen Mary, King Philip II of Spain was disliked by the English, and treated Mary with coldness and disdain, spending as much time away from her as he could.   After Mary's death, and during the reign of her sister, Queen Elizabeth I, he sent the ill-fated Armada against England, and suffered an overwhelming defeat.

Katherine of Aragon was originally married to Arthur, son of Henry VII and Elysabeth of York.   On his death, she was married to his brother, Henry VIII.   She bore Henry six children who all died in infancy, save for Mary.   Henry divorced her, (Leaving the Catholic faith in the process), so that he could marry Anne Boleyn, mother of Elizabeth I.

Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury, was Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Mary.   The daughter of Warwick the Kingmaker, she was executed at Tyburn, on trumped-up charges of treason.

Dona Elvira was the Spanish duenna and Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Katherine of Aragon.   She was a ferocious guardian of the young Katherine, and confirmed her Queen's claim that the marriage to the sickly Arthur had never been consummated

The complete set consisted of the following five dolls :

• LE/55 - Queen Mary I
• LE/56 - King Philip II of Spain
• LE/57 - Queen Katherine of Aragon
• LE/58 - Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury
• LE/59 - Dona Elvira

Each doll was supplied with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity

The slideshow below displays the entire "Bloody Mary" doll collection

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