Bloody Mary.
"Having failed to produce an heir and feeling great political pressure from religious dissenters, Mary became increasingly hostile toward the Protestants as if, like her father, she believed God was punishing her. Therefore, she made active use of the heresy laws, ordering the arrest and later execution of many Protestants, including the Protestant archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer. In all, Mary had about three hundred people burned at the stake for their religious beliefs and consequently earned the epithet 'Bloody Mary'." (Robin. Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England: 245)
Bloody Queen Mary
" . . . The sanguinary laws against heretics were renewed, and put into execution. The shocking scenes which followed this determination have indelibly fixed upon the sovereign the epithet of 'bloody Queen Mary. . . ." (Adams. A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography: 530)
"Also known as the Spanish Tudor, Mary I has gone down in history as one of England's worst sovereigns, further tarred with the nickname 'Bloody Mary' for her highly unpopular executions of Protestant evangelical dissenters." (Carroll. Inglorious Royal Marriages: A Demi-Millennium of Unholy Mismatrimony)
Mary, Queen of Scots:
the Lady in Red:
Chelonis:
the Good Mother:
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| Mary of England Queen of France the Pearl of England @Wikipedia |
Mary Tudor
the Pearl of England
"The 'Pearl of England,' as Mary was styled by her fond brother Henry VIII, set up her hasty but splendid 'state' in a rude hut, which was turned, for the nonce, into a palace, whither the Bolognese flocked in crowds to admire the gorgeousness of her trousseau and general appointments. She was exquisite in her grace and accomplishments. 'Madame Marie d'Angleterre' won golden opinions from all who looked upon her. They were dazzled with the gems she wore, set by the artistic hands of 'Master William Verner;' and if our readers are desirous to peruse the detailed inventory of all the wealth which accompanied the 'Flower of England,'---a young blossom to be grafted on an old and withered stem,---they will find it in the business-like book of accounts of Andrew of Worcester." (Lonsdale. The London Quarterly Review, Vol 2: 386)
the Princess on the Run:
the Bold Lady of Cheshire: "King James called her the “bold lady of Cheshire” after she turned him down when he said he could advance the political careers of her sons." (Discovering Amazing Women by Rail)
Madame East:
the Queen of Tears:
Fat Mary: "Although even the homeliest of royal princesses were never usually short of willing suitors, Queen Elizabeth II's great-grandmother, Princess Mary Adelaide of Teck, rewrote the rule book. She was born in 1833, the daughter of George III's seventh son, Adolphus Duke of Cambridge, and known as Fat Mary—on the face of it an unnecessarily cruel nickname to inflict on a young girl, but conferred in these circumstances with some understatement. She was extremely short and weighed about 252 pounds. Her favorite pastimes were gluttony and dancing, the two combining with often dangerous results. She would thrash about on a crowded dance floor, squashing any unfortunate prince who got in her way. She alone could turn a quadrille into something not unlike a football-stadium disaster. Fortunately, Mary was not the sensitive type, and was bumptiously oblivious of the stares and sniggers that followed her everywhere she went. When she and Queen Victoria met in 1866, Mary had to be accommodated by two chairs. 'Mary is looking older,' Victoria bitched in her diary, 'but not thinner.'."
My Hackney (by Francois I)
A Great Slag, Infamous Above All (by Francois I)
the English Mare (by Francois I):
--"Mary was joined in Paris by her father, Sir Thomas, and her sister, Anne, who had been studying in France for the previous year. During this time Mary is supposed to have embarked on several affairs, including one with King Francis himself. Although some historians believe that the reports of her sexual affairs are exaggerated, the French king referred to her as "The English Mare", "my hackney", and as "una grandissima ribalda, infame sopra tutte" ("a very great whore, the most infamous of all")." (Wikipedia)
--"While serving as an English lady-in-waiting to the Queen of France, Mary Boleyn, older sister of Anne Boleyn, caught the eye of King Francis I. His memories of her were none too flattering, and he called her “the English mare”, “my hackney”, and “the greatest slut of all”. This reputation, however, did not dissuade Henry VIII of England from also sleeping with her. In fact, he liked the Boleyn family so much, he even later made Anne his second wife when she refused to become his mistress. Apparently Anne had learned from her sister’s example." (History & Headlines)
the Greatest Slut of All (by Francois I)
the Other Boleyn:
Mary Caroline, Duchess of Sutherland. (1848-?)
the Irish Savage. " . . . 'The loveliest woman I have ever set my eyes on,' according to Lord Rossmore (who had a conflict of interest, being one of her lovers), Patsy was known as the Irish Savage, combining professional beauty with startling feistiness. . . ." (Bertie: A Life of Edward VII: 167)
Moll Davis
the Flame (It. la Flaminia):
Mary von Waldersee:
Lusty:
Mary Wortley Montagu:
the Comet of the Enlightenment:
the Female Maecenas.
Sappho
Tabitha Bramble
Tabitha Bramble
la Belle Anglais
Fair Perdita: "A sobriquet bestowed on Mrs. Mary Robinson, from her performance of this character in Shakespeare's Winter's Tale, which attracted the attention of the Prince of Wales, and eventually led her to become his mistress." (Frey. Sobriquets and Nicknames: 107)
the English Sappho: "Over the years, Mary, plagued by her condition, evolved into an independent woman of letters. Her peers called her “The English Sappho”. She wrote prolifically, producing numerous poems, six novels, two plays, and a feminist treaty a la A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Wollstonecraft. She was also working on her unfinished memoirs." (Ban and Mary: A Lover’s Wager @Making History Tart & Titillating)
the Madonna of the Eighteenth Century (by Horace Juvenal)
the Wandering Couple:
"Mary’s condition seems to be of no impediment to their relationship. Although they were on occasion known to be unfaithful, they lived together for many years after her health problems commenced and became known as “the wandering couple”, a reference to their travels while under pressure of debts." (Making History Tart & Titillating)
The Wandering Lovers
" . . . All this raveling won Colonel Tarleton and Mrs. Robinson a new nickname back home: 'The Wandering Lovers.' They considered the possibility of wandering south to Italy, where Mary's merchant brothers lived. John, her elder brother, had offered to take her in; she seems to have seriously contemplated a permanent move to Leghorn, far from the 'calumny and persecution' of her life in England." (Byrne. Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson: 237)
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