Drama Queen: Mary, Queen of Scots

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Drama Queen “Mary, Queen of Scots”

There have been many drama queens in this world. As it turns out, one drama queen in particular was actually a real queen. Her name was Mary, Queen of Scots. Mary had lots of drama throughout her life and it is was this drama that ended in her execution.

Mary was born December 8, 1542. Her parents were King James V and Mary of Guise. James, the King of Scotland, died shortly after Mary was born. He died six days after Mary was born. Mary became the Queen of Scots when she was six days old. There was lots of talk of who would take over being ruler until Mary became old enough to rule. Mary’s Uncle Henry the VIII declared that he wanted to take control of Scotland while Mary was still growing up. Mary’s mother wanted to rule while Mary was growing up. Mary’s mother acted as the regent. Mary finally became old enough and Mary’s mother had big plans for her to help the country of Scotland. (Mary, Queen of Scots Biography)

France and Scotland wanted to become an alliance. Their plan was for Mary to marry French Dauphin (later Francis II). In other words, Mary’s mother made a contract to have Mary marry Dauphin. (Scotland’s Mary). The French prince, Francis II and Mary got married in 1558. France and Scotland had a contract that if Mary had a baby boy the countries would unite. However, Mary made a secret contract that others did not know about. The secret contract said that even if Mary didn’t have a baby boy that France would own Scotland. The couple got crowned in 1559, but Francis II died the following year. Since Francis died from an ear infection, Mary returned to Scotland in 1561. (Mary Queen of Scots Bio). Unfortunately, because she was coming from France and she was Catholic, the peo...

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... finally executed for all the drama and problems in her life that she created. Some of this drama included, her getting married to Henry and then Henry murdered her best friend. Mary then blew up Henry’s house, and finally Mary tried to kill Elizabeth, the Queen of England. No matter what Mary did, it created excitement and drama but it unfortunately killed her.

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