Mary Queen Of Scots

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Mary Queen Of Scots

• By Arun Nair

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Introduction

• Mary Queen of Scots was born on December 8 1542.
  Her mother was Mary of Guise and her father was
  King James the fourth of Scotland.

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Early Life

• Queen Marys father James the fourth had died
  just after 6 days of her birth. So she was the
  queen when she was 6 days old. Her mother, who
  was French, sent her daughter to France to get a
  good education. She stayed at the French Kings
  Court.

King Henry II of France
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Marriage Death of Husband

• When she was 15 she married the French Kings son
  Francois II. But just after 1 year her husband
  died and she had to return back to Scotland in
  1561.

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2nd Marriage

• She had married her cousin Lord Darnley but soon
  found out that he was a drunkard. He even killed
  Marys secretary David Riccio by stabbing him 56
  times. However, in June 1566, Mary gave birth to
  a baby boy called James. He was to become the
  king of England when Elizabeth died in 1603.

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3rd Marriage

• On February 9th 1567, Mary and Darnley was at a
  house called Kirk O'Field. That night, Kirk
  O'Field was blown up. Darnley's body was found in
  the garden of the house. He had been strangled.
  Just three months later, Mary married Lord
  Bothwell. Bothwell escaped from when there was a
  war about his marriage but he died. Mary was
  arrested and held prisoner at Lochleven Castle. 

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Prisoner again !

• Mary later escaped from her prison and she fled
  to England where she hoped her cousin, Elizabeth,
  would look after her. Mary was Catholic and that
  was a problem for Elizabeth. So she put Mary in
  prison for 19 years in various places.

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Clever Coding

• In 1586, a man called Anthony Babington made a
  plot to kill Elizabeth, rescue Mary and then see
  her as the next queen of England. He wrote in
  code to Mary to explain what he was doing. Mary
  wrote back, stating that she agreed with what he
  was doing. Walsingham's spies spied both letters.
  Babington was arrested and in September 1586,
  Babington was executed. Now the government had a
  case against Mary.

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EXECUTION

• She was put on trial in October 1586.
• Mary defended herself well but the judges found
  her guilty. The trial lasted just 2 days. Mary
  was found guilty of plotting to kill Elizabeth.
  She was sentenced to death. In February 1587,
  Mary was given just 24 hours notice that she
  would be executed the next day.

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THE END!!!!!!!!