Mary,+Queen+of+Scots

​Mary, Queen of Scots //by// //Damien Calloway// Mary Stuart " Mary, Queen of Scots " was a women who was beautiful, but people had some problems with her (Lindley).

Mary Stuart was born in a palace in scotland called " Lintithgow Palace " on the day of December 8, 1542. The mother who gave birth to her was called " Mary of Guise ", and the father was" James V of Scotland " (Lindley). After her father died she became queen (Lindley). Mary was Scotland 's youngest monarch, and also the first queen of Scotland (Phillips 74). During the year of April 1558 she got married to a man by the name of Dauphin Francis. He was the " heir to the french throne ", so by marrying him she became queen of France as well as Scotland (Phillips 120). Then Mary's cousin Elizebeth I went to the throne on November of 1558 (Lindley). Mary's husband died two years later (Lindley). She then got married to a spanish man named Don Carlos. He was her second husband. People really didn't like like marriage because it was a spanish marriage, and also catholic, so she married her first cousin Henry Stuart " Lord Darnley " (Lindley). He was her third husband. Then later she started scheming against Elizebeth because she was planning to assasinate her (Lindley). Mary was then captured, and was taken into captivity. She was a captive for 19 years. Mary went on trial, and was found guilty on the day of October 14, 1586 (Phillips 119). Finally the order was given. Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded, but something good happend later on. Her son James later became " King James I " of England (Lindley).

media type="youtube" key="XgDG_wc19aU" height="301" width="383" Mary was beheaded at Fortheringhay Castle on Februaury 8, 1587. FACTS: - Mary's execution took three tries to get it right. When the executioner took his first strike it hit her neck but didn't severe it completely, but in two more tries her head was decapitated. -  Queen Elizebeth was Mary Stuart's cousin, Mary still had problems with her though. - Mary Stuart was born into Catholic and Protestant religion. - Mary’s second husband Lord Darnley was murdered on February 10, 1567. - Mary’s third husband Bothwell died in a prison in Denmark on April 14, 1578.

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