![]() ![]() Mary fell passionately in love with Henry, Lord Darnley, but it was not a success. A Protestant husband for Mary seemed the best chance for stability. ![]() Scotland at this time was in the throes of the Reformation and a widening Protestant – Catholic split. In 1561, after the Dauphin, still in his teens, died, Mary reluctantly returned to Scotland, a young and beautiful widow. In the middle of this, Mary was sent to France in 1548 to be the bride of the Dauphin, the young French prince, in order to secure a Catholic alliance against Protestant England. None too pleased by this, Henry sought to change their mind through a show of force, a war between Scotland and England… the so called ‘ Rough Wooing’. It was initially arranged for Mary to marry the English King Henry VIII’s son Prince Edward however the Scots refused to ratify the agreement. She was born in 1542 a week before her father, King James V of Scotland, died prematurely. ![]() ![]() Her life provided tragedy and romance, more dramatic than any legend. Mary, Queen of Scots is perhaps the best known figure in Scotland’s royal history. ![]()
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