New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-18
Ole Mory's of England
Lives of Royal Women Have 1ustHeo IN
Meaning OF the Name of Bitterness

, brave knight. Charles Brandon The young
King Henry VIII was exceedingly wrath
ful at his sisters daring to wed mere
ESQUIRE. but Mary. though only sixteen
was resolute. and Henry's queen, Rather
inc. srnoothed matters over, and presently
there was court marriage. and Charles
Brandon was made Duke Of suffolk. and
all was we'll This Mary became the grand
mother of the unhappy Lady Jane Grey.
In the life OF the hrst queen regnant of
England who bore the name OF Mary that
meaning bitterness" vas justified in every
way Bloody Mary's" prosecutions Of the
Frotestants brought sorrow enough 10 her
PEOPLE, and her own life could not have been
otherwise than bitter. She was mere cnild
when she was compelled TO declare pup
licly that the marriage % her father, KING
Henry VIII, 10 her mother was "incestu-
Gus and unlawful" Her marriage with the
gloomy Philip Of Spain brought her little
ioy. And IL was in her reign that Calais
the last French stronghold, was lost 10
Eneland-Calais. whose name, she saia'
would be found written on her heart
when she was dead.
Partly contemporane0us with this Mary
vas that Mary Of Scotland who was even
more unhappy. and whose son, James l.
succeeded Elizabeth as the first OF the Ing
nsh line Of Stuart kings.
Happier traditions surround the name OF
the next Mary-Mary Of Orange, born In
ISL. Il IS true that she was the enid OF
the iU-starred Charles I and Henrietta
Maria. but by her marriage at the mature
age Of ten 70 the Prince OF Orange she
es-aped the terrors Of the Civil War and
the sorrows which came 10 the other chill
dren OF Charles T. Moreover, IN her quiet
Dutch home she had a safe asylum 20 offer
her Young brothers when they were forced
10 fee from England.
Mary OF Modena. the second wife OF
James IL learned in very tender years
,ha, its hot al FUN to be Of lofty hirtn.
Her mother the duchess. believed that 70
spare the rod was 70 spoil the child. Long
hours Of study made the larger part Of the
u-tle Mary's life in her Catholic home, and
~ she 81 much as forgot a "Benedicitt at
the end OF her prayers, the Duchess mana
descended heavily on her ears Perhaps
however. it was the severity q thar carry
training that enabled her 70 bear Win
forti,ude the troubles of her Catholic hus-
hands reign. Doubtless she regarded him
as a martyr 70 the true religion. and doubt
less the same feeling upbore her during the
fight with the King and their children TO
St German and the hardship Of her later
lie there.
Their son. "the old Pretender." as he
was later known, married another Mary
Marc Clementine Of Poland. and their son
vas tie Young Pre,ender. Bonnie Prince
Charlie
Mari. daughter OF James II by his first
wife. second queen regnant of that name
wife q William % orange. was perhaps
tho most fortunate Of all those Marys Of
past times For not only was the Joint
reign Of her husband and herself one OF
great glory, but she was so beloved by
William that when. after her death, his
end came her likeness in a small locket
was found on his breast
IN later English history the name Mary
occurs frequently. George ~ had a daugh-
ter Mary. who married the Landgrave n
Hesse Cassel from which principally
came many of the Hessian nercenaries
that fought with the British troops in the
American Revolution. George III had
daughter Mary, and Queen Victoria be-
slowed it upon three Of her daughters
somewhere in the course OF their long
strings ~ names. TIE Duchess n Teck
was q Mary. and last OF all the Marys
comes her daughter England's queen.