Презентация на тему: Mary I Stuart (Мария Стюарт)

Mary I Stuart

James V and Marie de Guise

Childhood

• Mary became Queen of Scots at only 6 days old, when her father James V died. She was the Britain´s youngest monarch ever.

• As a regent of the kingdom was appointed her relative, James Stuart

• The six years old Mary was engaged to the young heir of French throne, Dauphin Francois.

• She moved to France, where she spent the rest of her childhood at the court of her father-in-law, Henri II

• She corresponded regularly her mother, who stayed in Scotland to rule as Mary´s regent.

The first marriage

On April 24, 1558 Mary and Francois got married at Notre Dame.

Mary Stuart was popular at French court, they found her very pretty, witty, grafecul and self-assured

When Henri II died, Francois succeeded the throne and Mary became the Queen of France

In 1560 died Mary´s mother Marie de Guise and a few months later also Francois for ear infection.

Mary, at her age of 18, became a Queen widow

The second marriage

• In 1560 Mary Stuart married lord Darnley.

• Darnley was jealous of Mary's friendship with her private secretary, David Riccio

• Mary and Darnley didn‘t live together

• Darnley with his men killed David Riccio. Then Mary became a prisoner of her husband in her own castle.

• She escaped and started to live in her other castle Dunbar

The third marriage

• In 1567 her husband Darnley was assisinated by Earl of Bothwell and his men.

• When Mary was going to visit her son James to Stirling, she was abducted by Earl Bothwell and taken to Dunbar Castle.

• One month later Bothwell and Mary got married. Scotland was shocked, because he was Protestant and he also was generally believed to be guilty of the assassination of Mary’s former husband.