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The Spanish Marriage: 1554
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    Posted: 18-Jun-2015 at 20:43
For her husband Queen Mary I of England chose Philip, the son of King Charles I of Spain.       
Reaction against the "Spanish Marriage", as it was called, was violent.    
Parliament was against it. Mary's ministers were opposed.       
Protestant bishops of the English church disapproved. The people were against it.      
On October 29, 1553 Queen Mary announced that she was betrothed to Philip.
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Members of Parliament had protested violently against the Spanish Marriage. The Royal Marriage Bill became law.     
Philip was not too happy about the marriage.       
Queen Mary was eleven years older than he.      
But he had to go along because his father, King Charles, wanted to ally Spain with England.       
That way, Charles would be able to get English money and troops for his war with France.    
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