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This story is written by Tim Vickrey, who is an experienced teacher and writter.

Synopsis of this story

In 1559, Francis’s father died, so he was the king of France, and Mary was the Queen of France and Queen of Scotland too.

In 1560,Francis died when he was sixteen years old. Then, Mary came back to Scotland. When she arrived in Scotland, she was a young girl of eighteen. She thought everyone liked her. One day, Mary went to church, but people were angry very much because she is a catholic. Scotland is a protestant country, the Scottish people didn't like Catholics.

Mary was very angry with this. She thought she could rule Scotland without a man, but could not have a child without one, and every Queen needs a son or daughter to come after her. So she began to look for a husband.

At first, she wanted to marry Don Carlos, the son of the king of Spain. But he was a Catholic. Then, the Queen of England, Elizabeth, introduced her friend Robert Dudley to Mary. But Mary was very angry because there were lots of stories about Elizabeth and Robert Dudley. Finally, Mary found a better man, Henry Darnley, James’s father. Henry Darnley was four years younger than Mary. His grandfather was king of Scots and his great-grandfather was Henry VII of England, they were cousins.

In July 1565, Mary married Henry Darnley. But Elizabeth and many Scots lords were angry. Mary’s half-brother, the Earl of Moray tried to stop the marriage. Mary had to fight with Moray, and she was win, Moray ran south to England.Mary had to fight against Moray, and she won finally whereas Moray escaped to England.

Mary was happy with Darnley. However, as a king, she has a lot of works to do. At first, she wanted Darnley to help her, yet Darnley was not interested in the work. He often went out with his friends to drink, song and often fight.

At this time, Mary was pregnant. She was very tried because the many work. She needed to a friend to help her, the one is David Riccio. But, good times do not last lone. Moray’s friends began to talk about Mary and David Riccio.

One day in March 1566,Henry Darnley and his friend, Lord Ruthven broke into Mary’s room and killed David Riccio in front of Mary. Mary was very angry with this.

Next day, Darnley came to see Mary and said sorry to her. He told Mary, the Earl of Moray was back and wanted to kill them. So in the night, they ran away.

In next morning, they arrived at Dunbar Castle. Next day, Lord Bothwell came to help Mary. They defeated the Earl of Moray and killed Lord Ruthven.

On 19th June, James was born. Mary had a new man to help her. This time, she chose Bothwell.

On 9th February, Mary’s husband Lord Darnley was dead. Many people thought Lord Bothwell killed Darnley. But Mary didn’t think so.

On 15th May 1567, Mary married Bothwell. But Mary was wrong. All the Scots Lords were afraid of Bothwell, and many of them were his enemies. On 15th June, Bothwell and Mary rode out to fight them. Because Bothwell’s army didn’t want to fight, he was failed and Mary was took away by Lord Kirkcaldy. Bothwell died in a prison in Denmark and Mary was sentenced to death.

Lord Douglas’s son, William liked Mary. One day, he gave Mary some old women’s clothes and help her rode away through the night. Mary rode south to England. She thought Queen Elizabeth may help her. Yet, she was wrong again. She was put in English prison.

In 1587, Mary finished her life. A executioners putted down his axe and Mary’s head fell on the floor. It was twenty-five years old when she came to England, and now, she was forty-five.