Question: who was the first female monarch of england
Answer: Mary I Bloody Mary 19 July 1553 -- 17 November 1558 ( 5 years , 122 days ) 18 February 1516 Greenwich Palace Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon Philip II of Spain Winchester Cathedral 25 July 1554 No children 17 November 1558 St James 's Palace Aged 42 Daughter of Henry VIII Third Succession Act ( Jure uxoris ) Philip 25 July 1554 -- 17 November 1558 ( 4 years , 116 days ) 21 May 1527 Valladolid Son of Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and Isabella of Portugal Mary I of England Winchester Cathedral 25