QUEEN MARY I OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND (18 February 1516-17 November 1558)

BIRTH Mary was the only child born to King Henry VIII of England and his first wife Katherine of Aragon . Through her mother, she was a granddaughter of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile . She was born at the Palace of Greenwich in London , and was baptised three days later at the Church of the Observant Friars where her parents were married. Her godparents included her great-aunt the Countess of Devon , Lord Chancellor Thomas Wolsey , and the Duchess of Norfolk . The King's cousin once removed Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury , stood sponsor for Mary's confirmation , which was held immediately after the baptism. The following year, Mary became a godmother herself when she was named as one of the sponsors of her cousin Frances Brandon . In 1520, the Countess of Salisbury was appointed as Mary's governess. Sir John Hussey, later Lord Hussey , was her chamberlain , and his wife, Lady Anne, daughter of G