Mary Queen Of Scots Research Paper

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Mary, Queen of Scots was born on December 8, 1542 in Scotland. When Mary was a child, the English began a war with Scotland. Because of the war, Mary’s mother sent her to France for safety and education where she lived for 13 years and was never able to see her mother again because she was murdered. At the age of six, Mary’s father died which granted Mary the title Mary, Queen of Scots. At this same age, Mary became engaged to the Dauphin. In result of Mary’s mother being murdered, she began to seek revenge to take the English throne. At the fifteen years old, Mary, Queen of Scots married the Dauphin but at eighteen she was a widow. Mary then married Francis II, they ruled for a little over a year then King Francis II died on December 5, 1560.