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Samurai Death of Mary Stuart. Part II

ended Part I with the murder of Rizzio, and so the story goes ...

nobles who murdered Rizzio Mary retained in the palace with the intention to form a junta to govern in the name of the queen. But she's very clever, with the help of some of his followers, managed to fool everyone by pretending he had reconciled with her husband.

must be said that Lord Darnley was a major conspirator against his wife, he was vain, conceited and say that "lush and bisexual."
Mary managed to escape the castle of Dunbar and managed to regain his power. Enlisted the help of the Earl of Bothwell . This man was fierce in battle, manly and violent and it was already suspected that the queen and he were lovers.

Anyway, Mary Stuart and I needed it over the top to maintain their combat power and nobility. The differences we saw Mary at that time between Lord Darnley and the Earl Bothwell were abysmal. Her husband despised in many cases openly conspired against him, drinking and neglect of duty, while the Earl Bothwell and supported it "exercised its role as lover."

But this situation, make no mistake, it was not favorable, the rift between Mary and her husband were dormant and were real , the separation was not an option, because if this happened the child had share would be considered illegitimate and therefore lose their inheritance rights.

But something changed again the life of Mary Stuart. The February 10, 1567 dawn, a huge explosion was heard in Edinburgh, came from Kirk o'Field ... Guess who live there? Lord Darnley. The poor man appeared in the garden of his residence, perhaps strangled. Here you can place bets on the guilty did Mary? "The Earl of Bothwell? Do the nobles?

At that time all blamed Mary and her lover. some historians now believe that the culprits were the nobles, including Bothwell, but Mary was not aware of the murder would occur.

The immediate consequences of this murder were two:
"The nobles headed by the brother of Mary got more power.
"The Earl Bothwell was charged but was acquitted.

Three months after the murder of Lord Darnley was a famous incident in the life of Mary Stuart: Bothwell allegedly kidnapped and raped . Nobody believed him, least of what happened next: Mary "pardoned" and to save his honor should marry, so the Earl of Bothwell was divorced from his wife express way and married Mary in a Protestant wedding. Her third husband and third failure, the nobles refused to accept the new king, fighting broke out, Mary was defeated , but retained by the victors and Bothwell fled.

Mary was unpopular in his kingdom, the people screaming for the kill and finally locked up for a year at Loch Even. Elizabeth I tried to convince her to divorce but she refused saying she was pregnant. Shortly after abortion.
The pressure was very strong and Maria had to abdicate in favor of his son and give the regency to his brother while the child was younger. His brother took away their property. Mary Stuart

gathered his forces and managed to gather a small army and escaped his prison. It played all out in a battle: Langside. Their defeat was total.

he took the worst decision of his life , instead of traveling to France he went to England seeking the support of his cousin. Isabel refused to see it, decided it was better than Mary to face a tribunal for the murder of Lord Darnley, and here ... Here Mary was lost in a million plots confirming his feud with Elizabeth I of England. Mary was still held, although some wanted to run.

to 1584 Mary enjoyed a fairly flexible captivity: receiving visitors, danced, went hunting ...

The treason against Elizabeth continued, but there was one essential: the Babington, an English Catholic who planned the death of the queen and then the establishment on the English throne of Mary Stuart. We found some letters from Mary to prove their involvement. She definitely had not abandoned his desire to the throne of England.

Now Elizabeth had a solid foundation for high treason. L you others involved were executed and Mary underwent a trial a court chosen by Isabel. Mary Stuart claimed that he could not bring to trial because she was Queen of Scotland and could not be subject to English law. When he realized that did not work, chose to defend himself as a Catholic martyr who was persecuted for his religion. She was sentenced to death on October 15, 1586. Still, Elizabeth thought for a few months to sign the statement of his cousin, knew that implementing a queen could lead to problems. But the fear was stronger and in February 1587 Mary Stuart met his fate, was beheaded in a hall of Fotheringhay Castle.

His son did what she could not, was king of England and Scotland.

About:

Mary Stuart: Mentirosa adulterous . (very recent article on the queen of Scotland)

Sources:

National Geographic History, n º 51

Mary Stuart. John Guy

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A life of tragedy Mary Stuart. Part I. Mystery of Obanos

PRINT in the post I usually do not split, but the story of Mary Stuart, I will, to be more comfortable reading. Life of Mary Stuart was intense and full problems, and as long as it has a life must take into account the events and people surrounding the protagonist. And he would not publish a post too long. Without further ado, I leave you with Mary Stuart.

Mary Stuart was born in a hard place: Scotland, a country with rich valleys and a powerful nobility used to defy and betray their monarchs. To make matters worse, neighboring England, was more powerful and rich and therefore a potential threat.

For these reasons the King James V of Scotland , father of Mary, was allied with France, the eternal enemy of England. Thus, Mary's mother was French: Marie de Guise . This woman, say with a great personality, had two abortive births and the third (that's the charm) was born Mary Stuart. But since his birth, was unlucky, because while she was born in 1542, his father died of dysentery. She became queen in just a few days of life and the culture medium was in the country was not at all favorable: the nobles wanted the power and status was favorable, they had to oppose a widow and a baby.

A very difficult situation ended with the king of France, offered to secure the throne of Mary in exchange for his son to marry Fancisco. So, she embarked for France with six years. There he found a comfortable life and received a good education. In 1558 was celebrated the marriage between Mary Stuart and Francis and in 1559 the events are turned upside down the lives of the young couple: Henry II, King of France is the death from wounds received in a tournament. Francisco becomes King of France under the name of Francis II and Mary becomes Queen Consort. The two at the tender age of 16.

In 1560 Francis II dies of an infection and last but not least, months later, Mary's mother dies in Scotland, stripped of its power by the nobles. Following the death of women in Scotland French troops withdrew and the country adopted as the Protestant religion.

Mary Stuart then found the first hard decision to take in your life, stay peacefully in France travel to Scotland to exercise their right as queen. Traveled to Scotland, and suppose, but would not be recalling here his life full of difficulties.

was somewhat cautious and before leaving for France agreed to respect the Scottish Protestantism, but in return they should stop celebrating Mass without problems in his private chapel. Why so gave the queen? it is supposed Catholic above all ... Some see this decision reflects the great goal of Mary Stuart, came to the throne of England, for Mary was the granddaughter of Margaret Tudor and great-granddaughter of Henry VII. Therefore, this decision can be interpreted as a plot full of patience not to deal with the English throne, Protestant.

stepped And Mary (in 1561) the ground where she was born, without support and with a sad deal to celebrate mass. At that time, allowed counsel for a group of nobles and public affairs were in the hands of his ambitious brother James, who held power almost completely.

Therefore it can be said that was more or less deprived of power. But Mary, began to make both friends and enemies from the beginning. This woman nearly 1.80 cm tall, attractive, sophisticated, cultured and refined, in short: Renaissance. He won over some of his subjects for his amibilidad, but sparked major Protestant antipathy among many French-style life, fond of hunting, party organizer of masks, read poetry and played several instruments.

In 1562 there was a significant event in the reign of Mary Stuart, John Gordon (Earl of Moray), son of the Earl of Huntly, challenged the Queen without any shame. James, the brother of the queen, saw this aportunidad incident as a great and convinced her to go against him. Thus Mary, a Catholic, he led an army against the main Protestant and Catholic Scottish noble like her: The Earl of Huntly, not to give up his son.

Now I pose a question, a benefit or hurt Mary defeat the most important Catholic family in Scotland? On the one hand, one might think that going against the Catholic minority, Mary was not favoritism, but on the other, Catholics might also think that as a Catholic Queen disfavoured them. What is clear was that James pulled out a big chunk of this, kept the property and the title of John Gordon.

In 1565 Mary Stuart married a Catholic like her Lord Darnley (Henry Stuart). This link had two major consequences:

-Elizabeth I saw it as a major threat . For this wedding could endanger the throne of England. If Mary alone, was seen by the English Catholics as the successor to the throne (remember their ancestors), with Lord Darnley was afienzaba, because he also descended from Margaret Tudor. Therefore, the offspring had was really dangerous. (Shortly after the marriage had a son, James, the future king of England and Scotland)

"Besides the noble Scots thought this link would trigger a Catholic reaction and rose against Mary.

The Queen was strong enough to force the Lords rebels led by his half brother the Earl of Moray to take refuge in England. This was the moment in which Mary had to take to strengthen their Vistoria, but events turned the tables. Her husband demanded to be named King and Mary made a big mistake, refused to negotiate with his brother. Among this turmoil, the Queen appointed a secretary, the Italian David Rizzio, a musician who aroused jealousy among the nobles and had a tragic end, he killed a group of nobles led by Mary's husband, Lord Darnley, in the presence of same queen in the palace of Holyrood .

So far the first part, soon will publish the final.