Elizabeth I

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Elizabeth I

• Mary Queen of Scots

Mr C. A. McGuinnesswww.SchoolHistory.co.uk
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Mary Queen of Scots

• Elizabeth and Mary were cousins.
• If Elizabeth had no children - Mary had a good
  claim to the Throne of England.
• Mary was Elizabeths heir.
• Mary was a Catholic. Problem?

Yes England could become CATHOLIC again.
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Marriage 1

• Marys first husband was Francis II.
• When he died she returned to Scotland.
• Better to be Queen of Scotland than an ex-Queen
  of France.
• But Scotland is now mainly Protestant.

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Marriage 2
Darnley become Marys second Husband. They marry
in secret. Scottish Lords do not like it - he and
Mary are Catholics.
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Lord Darnley v David Rizzio

• Darnley.
• Marys second Husband
• Tall and handsome but..
• Drank a lot, weak,
• Big Headed, Bad-temper
• He was Catholic.
• He wanted to be kingof Scotland.

• Rizzio.
• Marys secretary.
• Italian.
• Amusing.
• Charming.
• Marys Lover.

He had to go!!
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Murder 1- Rizzio

• Darnley and friends grab Rizzio and drag him
  outside.
• He clings to Mary, 6 months pregnant.
• Rizzio is stabbed 56 times.
• He is dead!!!

Mary no more tears now, I will think of revenge
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Baby James
June 1566 James is Born.
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Murder 2-Darnley - Kirk OField

• February 9th 1567.
• Mary leaves to go to a party.
• 2.00am House Blown up
• Darnley is strangled.
• Bothwells servant is at the scene.

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Marriage 3

• Husband number 3 Lord Bothwell.
• Married just 3 months after Kirk Ofield.
• Bothwell is Protestant and has divorced his wife.
• REBELLION - MARY FLEES TO ENGLAND.

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Prisoner

• Why not send Mary back to Scotland?
• Mary may be put to Death.
• Set free in England?
• No - she claimed the English Throne.
• Catholics were plotting to replace Elizabeth with
  Mary.
• Mary held prisoner for 19 years.

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Spy in the Camp
Agents
1570 Pope
Made it possible for Mary to write to her friends.
Told Catholics it was OK to get rid of Elizabeth.
Walsingham Elizabeths Chief Minister
Babington Plot
Letters
Babington and 6 others planned a foreign
invasion. Mary agreed to it.
Written in code but Walsingham knew what she was
writing.
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Execution
February 1587 Fotheringay Castle Wearing Red as a
sign of dying for her faith.
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Delay
Babington was executed in September 1586,5
months before Mary - why?

• Elizabeth could not bring herself to kill her
  cousin who she had never met.

• Elizabeth did not want to kill one of God
  representatives on Earth.

• Mary was a foreign monarch Elizabeth had no right.