Reign of Robert of Scotland and France
Chapter I, His Birth
Mary Stuart, the daughter of King James V of Scotland and the French princess Mary of Guise, was born on about Dec. 8, 1542. A few days after her birth her father died, and she inherited the crown of Scotland. The infant queen was pledged to marry Prince Edward of England (later Edward VI), but the Scots rightly feared that Edward's father, King Henry VIII, wanted to annex Scotland to England. They therefore preferred a French alliance, so Mary was betrothed instead to the Dauphin (crown prince) Francis, heir to the French throne.
The child queen was sent to France. For ten years she lived with her mother's powerful relatives, the Guises, and acquired all the graces of the French court. "This small queen of Scots," wrote her mother-in-law, Catherine de' Medici, "has only to smile in order to turn all French heads."
At 15 she was married to the Dauphin. In the same year (1558) Elizabeth I became queen of England. Catholic Europe regarded Mary Stuart as England's rightful queen. The Dauphin succeeded his father, Henry II, in 1559 as Francis II. At 17 the young Mary Stuart had her first and only child to give Francis an heir to the thrones. The next year Mary was a widow with her son, Robert heir to both France and Scotland
What could you do with the Birth of a child between Mary Stuwart and Francis II? Continue this POD to its natural ends. What effects does this have on the world at large? With there being an heir to follow Francis what else would happen?
Alternatively what if Francis II had been born a healthly child, also assuming that Robert III (Robert IV in Scotland) is a health Child?
Chapter I, His Birth
Mary Stuart, the daughter of King James V of Scotland and the French princess Mary of Guise, was born on about Dec. 8, 1542. A few days after her birth her father died, and she inherited the crown of Scotland. The infant queen was pledged to marry Prince Edward of England (later Edward VI), but the Scots rightly feared that Edward's father, King Henry VIII, wanted to annex Scotland to England. They therefore preferred a French alliance, so Mary was betrothed instead to the Dauphin (crown prince) Francis, heir to the French throne.
The child queen was sent to France. For ten years she lived with her mother's powerful relatives, the Guises, and acquired all the graces of the French court. "This small queen of Scots," wrote her mother-in-law, Catherine de' Medici, "has only to smile in order to turn all French heads."
At 15 she was married to the Dauphin. In the same year (1558) Elizabeth I became queen of England. Catholic Europe regarded Mary Stuart as England's rightful queen. The Dauphin succeeded his father, Henry II, in 1559 as Francis II. At 17 the young Mary Stuart had her first and only child to give Francis an heir to the thrones. The next year Mary was a widow with her son, Robert heir to both France and Scotland
What could you do with the Birth of a child between Mary Stuwart and Francis II? Continue this POD to its natural ends. What effects does this have on the world at large? With there being an heir to follow Francis what else would happen?
Alternatively what if Francis II had been born a healthly child, also assuming that Robert III (Robert IV in Scotland) is a health Child?
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