Queen Mary Stuart was one of the most beloved and controversial women in Scottish history. The granddaughter of King James IV and his wife Margaret Tudor, Queen Mary's status as heiress-apparent to the English throne paired with the violence of the Scottish Reformation set the stage for one of the most dramatic and poorly understood lives of the 16th century.
Mary Queen of the Scots tells Mary's true story, focusing primarily on her reign as queen of Scotland, celebrating her life more than her death, and showing us all why she was truly a woman ahead of her time.
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Two months later all of Scotland rejoiced. Bells rang in every village, every borough, every town, and every city celebrating the birth of the new prince on the nineteenth of June fifteen sixty-six. Nowhere greater was the celebration than in Edinburgh Castle itself. From her office in the castle Queen Mary proudly wrote to her cousin Queen Elizabeth of her triumph. The boy was healthy! What more could she want?
That December Queen Mary and Lord Darnley celebrated their son’s baptism at the chapel royal in Stirling Castle, naming him Prince James Stuart. Following royal custom, Prince James received Stirling Castle as his own house, removing him from both his parents’ care. With James now safe in Stirling, Queen Mary attended to her own situation: ending the tyranny and abuse of her murderous husband.
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