3rd+Period+-+Mary,+Queen+of+Scots

=3rd Period - Mary Queen of Scots=

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Date of birth: December 8, 1542

Location of birth: Linlithgow, Scotland

Parents’ names: King James V and Mary of Guise

Family background: Mary Queen of Scots or also known as Mary Stuart was the daughter to Mary of Guise and King James V she also had a brother named Moray. Mary's Grandmother was Margaret Tudor was also the older sister to Henry VIII. Mary's father King James died shortly after her birth. Mary's brothers also had died the recent year before her father did from that happening she was she was given throne when she was nothing but a tiny infant. Mary's family had much power so it shouldn't had been that had for her to rule being that she was born from a family with so much power.

Date of death: Febuary 8, 1587 Location of death/grave: Peterborough in the Great Hall of Foteringhay/ Mary's grave was not located



Education:Mary Queen of Scots went to France to be educated with all the information of French Court.Mary was taught Latin,Italian,Spanish and some Greek. Frence became her first language because Mary was more Frence than Scotish and Scotland was her homeland.

Career/Work History/Jobs: Mary Queen of Scots ruled as a job. At age 15 she was married to Dauphin at that time Catholic of Europe had mad Mary rightfully Queen of Scotland.When Mary was 18 in 1560 Francis died leaving Mary a widow and childless.After his death Mary sailed back to her homeland Scotland to rule as Queen because her mother had recently died.Mary finally married again in 1565 to Henry Stuart he was a Lord who had also claimed for English crown. Mary and Henry's marriage did not last very long because Henry thought he was the best and only cared about himself he was also eager for power and when he started to act that way that's when the marriage ended.

Legacy(What he/she is famous for): Mary Queen of Scots was famous because she was a Queen also she was the daughter to James V and Mary of Guise. Both of her parents were very powerful and royal so she was expected to be known because of her family background.

Additional/Interesting information:Mary was five feet eleven inches she had red-gold hair and amber colored eyes and she love music and poetry she also liked lap dogs and sing birds. Mary had a son who was named James VI and he was born in 1566 Mary agreed to make things better with Darnley but that didn't work out very well. Mary was accused of having something to do with Darnley's murder but how because there was no explosion of gun powder when the was found dead. Then Mary married Earl of Bothwell known the the leader of Darnley's assassins. Mary was forced to give up her thrown for her son James VI. After that Mary was imprisoned in the Island castle of Loch Leven for eleven months. Mary then escaped and some of her friends waited for her when Mary did escape she had no where to go so she had to sleep on the ground hungry and cold for three whole nights. Mary couldn't live the way she did for those three nights so she came along the border of England to beg Queen Elizabeth I for help but she was locked away in a room because she couldn't go to jail, she was a queen. Mary's health suffered from lack of her doing athletic things when she began to thicken people didn't think she was as beautiful. English Catholics wanted Elizabeth I to rule not Mary. Mary Queen of Scots was executed in 1587 in the Great Hall of Fotheringhay castle near Peterbourough Mary was fourty- four years old when she was killed so her son James VI had to take the throne.



Sources Cited (Mary, Queen of Scots – 3rd Period)

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