After some research, I have seen that the most stories of the bloody Mary myth finds its way to Queen Mary I. Writer David Loades has said in his writings, that Queen Mary can be remembered to some people as, "Bloody Mary" because of what acts happened well she was Queen and also Queen Mary's history that can add to why she was a harsh women. The writings state that the main point for why Queen Mary so called "Bloody Mary," was because when she was Queen there were around 290 Protestants executed, but also she wasn't the "bloodiest" of them all. Her father King Henry VIII is said to have executed 70,000 people in his reign. What does not make sense is that religious persecution was considered social and political control in the sixteenth century, so why is it that if Henry VIII killed over 200 times the amount of Queen Mary I why does she get a bad name for it? She got the name as "Bloody Mary" for doing something that is wrong now but then she was doing nothing different or worse than that of her own father. The whole story of the "Bloody Mary myth" at least the original seems that it all started after a Queen of England, who was just doing her job and how people judged her for it.
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Loades, David. "Why Queen Mary was `bloody.'." Christian History 14.4 (1995): 16. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Oct. 2011.
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