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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
Mary Queen of Scots had a turbulent life that would shake the political stability of England and Scotland and draw major attention to the religious animosity that existed on the Isle of Great Britain.
With her claim to the English throne and her popularity as a political and military figure, Mary Queen of Scots threatened to overturn centuries of tradition, pitting religions against each other and drawing conflict from the lords of Scotland in their bid for power.
Birth & Childhood of Mary
Mary Stuart was born in Linlithgow Palace to the west of Edinburgh in Scotland on December 8, 1542. Her father was King James V, ruler of the Kingdom of Scotland, and her mother was Mary of Guise, a French noblewoman. Their family was Catholic, as was much of Scotland and a sizable portion of England. This would become a major factor in the future political maneuverings of the two kingdoms.
Mary was said to have been born prematurely
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During a host gathering earlier this year, when Mary, Queen of Scots appeared as a trivia answer and a fellow host said "Bloody Mary" as an aside, I went into full “hyper-fixation rant” mode. historisk period history has fascinated me since inom was 10 and held my first copy of a “Royal Diaries” book, “Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor.” inom might be the only person out there who would die of happiness if we ran a Tudor History theme night, and I’ve accepted that. A belated apology to my fellow hosts who had to listen to me explain the differences between the major British Isle Marys of the 1500s.
Apropos of this era — and the British crown's entire history, really — it’s complicated bygd multiple people named the same thing around the same time. In the 16th century, there were multiple reigning monarchs named Mary. Both of them were Catholic, but only one was nicknamed Bloody Mary due to her political and religious legacy. While two of those three qualifications do match Mary, Queen of Sc
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Mary, Queen of Scots
Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567
For other people called Mary, Queen of Scots, see Mary, Queen of Scots (disambiguation).
Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart[2] or Mary I of Scotland,[3] was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567.
The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland, Mary was six days old when her father died and she inherited the throne. During her childhood, Scotland was governed by regents, first by the heir to the throne, James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, and then by her mother, Mary of Guise. In 1548, she was betrothed to Francis, the Dauphin of France, and was sent to be brought up in France, where she would be safe from invading English forces during the Rough Wooing. Mary married Francis in 1558, becoming queen consort of France from his accession in 1559 until his death in December 1560. Widowed, Mary returned to S