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Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors

What If Mary Tudor's Baby Was Real? | Tudor Alternate History

Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors

Heather Teysko

History

4.6624 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

What if Mary I's phantom pregnancy in 1555 had been real? In this episode, I trace what happens to Elizabeth, the Church of England, the Spanish Armada, Mary Queen of Scots, and even English-speaking America if one baby had actually arrived. Spoiler: almost nothing about the modern world looks the same. Related "What if" - what if Elizabeth had married early? https://youtu.be/Al8K_oLHEIY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:11.0

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0:13.0

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0:14.0

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0:17.0

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0:49.9

So here's the thing about Mary the first phantom pregnancies that nobody really talks about enough.

0:55.3

In the spring of 1555, rumors were flying across Europe that Mary had given birth to a healthy sun.

1:03.3

Bonfires were lit in London. Church bells rang to dams are sung. People are celebrating in the streets.

1:09.9

And then nothing. No baby, no announcement,

1:14.0

just this horrible, slow realization that it wasn't real. But what if it had been? What if in that

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