2nd+Period+-+Mary,+Queen+of+Scots

By:Brittany M.
 * =2nd Period - Mary, Queen of Scots=



Date of birth:Dec.8,1542.

Location of birth:Not one found.

Parents’ names:King James V of Scotland and French Princess.

Family background:When Mary was just a few days old her father passed away.Then she inherited the crown of Scotland.The infant queen was pledged to marry Prince Edward of england.Mary and her family had a very strong catholic religion.

Date of death:Feb 8,1587

Location of Death/grave:Peterburg but moved in 1612 to Henry VII chapel west minster.

Education:Mary's Education was not neglected and she was taught some Latin, Itailan, Spanish,and some Greek.

Career: Mary was not the type of person who had a job or a career unless some people consider getting married and having children and then getting a divorce .Then turn around and doing the same thing over.Then she would carry on for a couple of years.

Legacy:The only thing that I knew that Mary was famous for was that she was a infant queen and at the age of 6 she was sent off to marry the one and only Francis II. Mary was a little bit famous for marring her own cousin HenryStewart.His real name was darnley he also tried to kill Mary.So she moved into her cousin's castle her cousin's name was Queen Elizabeth I.

Additional/Interesting information: Elizabeth I Belived that Mary was posed a threat to her throne.Mary was Executed by a man named Davidson he fined for 26,000 and imprisoned in the Tower London.Mary was forced into theMarrige of Earl bothwell and Mary was repeatedly raped in that Marrige.

Sources Cited (Mary, Queen of Scots – 2nd Period)

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