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the Queen of Scots and Queen of England
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the Queen of Scots and Queen of England.

On 1548, the young Mary, Queen of Scots is sent to France wherein she would grow up and would marry her husband, Francis II of France in 1558, secretly signing a treaty bequeathing the Kingdom of Scotland to her husband if she dies with no issue, however the parliament of Scotland would not allow this, however on December of 1560, her first husband, Francis II of France would die, she would be on a 9 months seclusion period before she would be allowed to return, she was sad about the loss of her being the Queen of France and the union of Scotland with France would break and on her return she would sign as Queen and be the ruler of Scotland.

Mary Queen of Scots was fond of her days growing with her first husband, Francis I and now she has the parliament to rule her and her decisions.

On the end of her first year in Scotland she would sign a treaty with England in 1561, wherein she would marry Philip II of England, the second son of Mary I of England and Philip II of Spain herself, she is 20 and her groom at the point is 16 at the point in time, she is said to have been fond of Mary I, the previous Queen of England and was also pious as her late Mother in law.

On the marriage of Mary and Philip II of England they would use the Tanto Monta, Monta Tanto as their own motto and the marriage would be blessed with many children, the children of Mary of Scotland and Philip II would be as follows;

Catherine of England b. November 10, 1563

Charles, Prince of Wales b. May 20, 1565

Philip, Duke of York b. November 2, 1568

Ferdinand b. October 20, 1573

Mary of England b. April 26, 1475

Mary I of Scotland would support the monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII and continued what Mary I of England started and on 1563, she would encourage the burning of the protestants during Mary’s term as Queen which would be supported by the catholic populace, she would be seen as a tyrant due to this but she and her husbands were said to be good catholics and were said to be bad to the Protestants.

Aside from the burning of Protestants she would be the sponsor of the church and the monasteries who supported the less fortunate, she would be known as a good queen and a very good successor to the legacy of Mary Longshanks in the end.

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