She was a legendary beauty who was married to King Louis XII of France in a dynastic marriage as part of a treaty settlement. However the 52-year old King had no living heirs and died before he could father one with Mary. She married Charles Brandon secretly while she was still in France. Henry had been dispatched to bring Mary home. Mary was Elizabeth of York's daughter and Eleanor Clifford's mother. Mary's Wikipedia article is here.
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ca. 1555 Caterina de' Medici by ? (Galleria degli Uffizi - Firenze, Toscana, Italy)
Mary Tudor
Ritratto di Isabella d'Este by Leonardo da Vinci (Musée du Louvre - Paris, France)
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