Extraordinary fate of Mary Stuart : crowned queen of Scotland when she was only six days, queen of France at 16, widowed at 18, married again at 22 years old, murderer of her husband, and then remarried at the age of 24 and, finally, beheaded at 44 years of age.

A week after his birth, Mary lost her father to the cholera. Then opens a long period of instability caused by the king of England Henry VIII, who wants to unite the kingdom of Scotland to that of England. For this, he desires to unite his son to Mary. The regent of the kingdom thistle refuses to do so. Finally, Mary is betrothed to the son of Henry II of…

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