Mary Queen of Scots - CLIL Polska

Mary, Queen of Scots, was born in Scotland in 1542 and became the Queen at a young age. England's King, Henry VIII, wanted her to marry his son to unite the two countries, but Scottish nobles favored France instead. Mary was sent to France and married the Dauphin. After her husband died, she returned to Scotland feeling lonely and sad. Mary, Queen of Scots Part 1. The Mary Princess Mary Stuart was born in Scotland during the harsh cold winter of 1542. Her father was James V, King of Scotland, but unfortunately he died when Mary, his only child, was seven days old, and so the infant became the Queen of Scotland. Immediately quarrels broke out among the Scottish nobles, each one trying to gain more power for himself and a deciding voice in the government of his country. But it was not only the Scots who were interested in the royal child. England's King, Henry VIII, proposed that when she grew older she should marry his infant son, Prince Edward, the heir to the English throne. This, Henry argued, would unite the two countries under one crown, and so put an end to the quarrels which had often led to war in the past. A treaty was actually drawn up, but the group of nobles who seized power in Scotland soon afterwards refused to recognise it. They favoured France, their old ally, rather than their old enemy, England. And Mary's mother was a French princess, so the child was sent to France to be educated, and later to be married to the Dauphin, the prince who was heir to the French throne. Life was very merry at the French court, and Mary was very happy there. She studied hard and became quite a clever girl, but there was plenty of time for riding and hunting, for music and dancing, and for the wearing of beautiful clothes. She married the Dauphin, and she was about 15 years old. Shortly afterwards he became King of France as Francis II. Young Mary Stuart, now Queen of France and of Scotland, allowed foolish friends to persuade her to call herself Queen of England also. She was descendant from Henry VII, and many of the Roman Catholics declared that she had a better right to the crown of England than Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Henry VIII. But Elizabeth had become Queen in 1558, and neither she nor her advisers had any intention of listening to those who questioned her right to the throne. Mary was a lovely girl, and at the French court she had every opportunity of developing her charming manners. She fascinated people, and won many friends. Unfortunately, her young husband died in 1560, and his childless widow was urged to leave France, which she had grown to love, and to return to her kingdom of Scotland, where she had not been since she was about five years old. She was very sad to leave her lovely French home and her many friends. A few of these accompanied her, but she felt very lonely as her storm-tossed vessel put into the fog-shrouded lease after a voyage of five days.