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Mary, Queen of Scots was the #queen of both #Scotland (r. 1542-1567) and briefly, #France (r. 1559-1560). Obliged to flee Scotland, the queen was imprisoned for 19 years by Elizabeth I of #England (r. 1558-1603) and finally executed for treason on 8 February 1587.

Brought up in France and then marrying the heir to the French #throne, Mary's world was turned upside down when her husband Francis II died in 1560 one year into his reign. The #queen returned to Scotland but her Catholic views clashed with Protestants there and two more #husbands and murder plots further discredited her reign. Following her forced abdication by Scottish nobles, Mary fled to England where she plotted unsuccessfully to oust her cousin Elizabeth I of England.

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Mary, Queen of Scots was the #queen of both #Scotland (r. 1542-1567) and briefly, #France (r. 1559-1560). Obliged to flee Scotland, the queen was imprisoned for 19 years by Elizabeth I of #England (r. 1558-1603) and finally executed for treason on 8 February 1587.

Brought up in France and then marrying the heir to the French #throne, Mary's world was turned upside down when her husband Francis II died in 1560 one year into his reign. The #queen returned to Scotland but her Catholic views clashed with Protestants there and two more #husbands and murder plots further discredited her reign. Following her forced abdication by Scottish nobles, Mary fled to England where she plotted unsuccessfully to oust her cousin Elizabeth I of England.

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