Mary Tudor's reign in England was unsuccessful because her goal of returning England to the Roman Catholic Church was never fully achieved. Mary Tudor's decisions as queen were mostly driven by anger and a desire for revenge. Although Mary Tudor could be very kind and sometimes give to her people one fact remembered by many is how Queen Mary allowed many brutal executions of people to be carried out in England just because of their choice of religion. This can curb people's opinions of her very quickly. Mary Tudor was born a princess into a very royal family; the Tudor family. Mary was born on 18 February 1516 in Greenwich Palace. Maria was baptized the following Wednesday. Cardinal Wolsey was named Mary's godfather. His parents, Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon, were very happy with their child's health and showed all signs of survival. Mary is Henry and Catherine's only child to survive infancy. . Henry VIII loved children very much. He loved to show off Mary by saying she never cried. Henry often got out of Mary's taxi to show off his long hair to foreign visitors. As Mary grew up, she took on many traits from both of her parents. Mary had a light complexion from her father along with gray eyes from her mother. (home-eartlink.net) At the age of 2 Maria became engaged for the first time to the Dauphin of France, son of Francis I. Three years later that proposal was interrupted. Shortly afterwards Maria was engaged to her cousin the Emperor Charles V. Charles later abandoned Maria to marry Isabella of Portugal. Henry VIII attempted to engage Mary with the most prestigious men in Europe. (Encyclopedia Britannica) Mary was a lively and enthusiastic child. Mary was always given the ticket… half the card… it didn't happen. Queen Mary was thought to be pregnant. This turned out to be false. Some thought Mary had gained a lot of weight at one time, but others thought it was a tumor. Queen Mary had failed to give birth to an heir to the throne. (bbc.co.uk) Queen Mary had an unsuccessful reign because she failed to return England completely to Catholicism, which was her main goal. Although Queen Mary eliminated all Protestant bishops and replaced them with Catholic bishops, this only lasted during her reign. Queen Mary had reinstated the Catholic Mass and banned Holy Communion. But he did not execute all those who were not Catholic. So England wasn't all Catholic. Whenever Queen Mary Tudor died in 1558, perhaps of cancer, all her hopes of ruling a fully Catholic country died with her. Elizabeth I was his successor. (royal.gov.uk)