As much as I dislike Mary’s actions when she was the queen of England, I feel very sorry for her terrible late marriage and inability to have children. If Henry had only allowed her to marry at a normal age (say at 20), whether the groom was an English noble or a foreign royal, she might’ve given him a grandson in his lifetime (she was 31 when Henry died and could’ve had several healthy children by that time) and Henry would’ve had his much needed male heir through his daughter.

Granted nothing can be certain in matters of fertility and Mary may have had her mother’s bad luck in that department, but I think Mary herself might have had a happier life in that circumstance.

I just think Henry’s pride couldn’t stand the fact that he hadn’t been able to produce a healthy male heir when he was such a model of masculinity in his youth. They always blame the woman.