Editing Mary Rose (section)

=== Naming ===

The common explanation for the ship's name was that it was inspired by Henry VIII's favourite sister, [[Mary Tudor, Queen of France]], and the rose as the emblem of the [[Tudor dynasty|Tudors]].<ref>See for example {{harvp|McKee|1974|p=4}}; {{harvp|Rodger|1997|p=172}}; {{harvp|Rule|1983|p=15}}; {{harvp|Weightman|1957|p=286}}</ref> According to the historians David Childs, [[David Loades]] and Peter Marsden, no direct evidence of naming the ship after the King's sister exists. It was far more common at the time to give ships pious Christian names, a long-standing tradition in Western Europe, or to associate them with their royal patrons. Names like ''Grace Dieu'' ([[Hallelujah]]) and ''Holighost'' ([[Holy Spirit in Christianity|Holy Spirit]]) had been common since the 15th century and other Tudor navy ships had names like the ''Regent'' and ''Three Ostrich Feathers'' (referring to the crest of the [[Prince of Wales]]).<ref name="Childs 2007 p. 17">{{harvp|Childs|2007|p=17}}; David Loades, "The ''Mary Rose'' and Fighting Ships" in {{harvp|Marsden|2009|p=5}}; Peter Marsden, "Reconstruction of the ''Mary Rose'': her Design and Use" in {{harvp|Marsden|2009|p=379}}</ref>
The [[Virgin Mary]] is a more likely candidate for a namesake, and she was also associated with the [[Rosa Mystica]] (mystic rose). The name of the sister ship of the ''Mary Rose'', the ''Peter Pomegranate'', is believed to have been named in honour of [[Saint Peter]], and the badge of the Queen [[Catharine of Aragon]], a [[pomegranate]]. According to Childs, Loades and Marsden, the two ships, which were built around the same time, were named in honour of the king and queen, respectively.<ref name="Childs 2007 p. 17"/>