Mary Queen of Scots - A Tragic Tale of betrayal Documentary
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I have to bring this up, in your video you stated “grandson of James IV of Scotland, Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, he was not a grandson of James IV of Scotland, he was the grandson of Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox, he’s from the male line Stewart’s of Darnley branch, through his paternal grandmother Countess Elizabeth Hamilton, he’s a great-great grandson of King James II of Scotland through his daughter The Princess Mary of Scotland, Countess of Arran
I love Mary queen of Scots and Francis the second ❤
She is NOT Bloody Mary! There were 3 Marys. Bloody Mary was Henry VIII’s daughter with his first wife Catherine of Aragon. She became Queen of England after Edward’s death. This Mary is Henry VII's granddaughter.
No matter how much I watch reign or the movies or research i do.. I am totally obsessed with this women!! 💯😍
What a lassie! But plz don’t take reign as historically accurate, the girl that plays her speaks with an English accent for starters I just don’t think it captures the true essence of Mary. The Scottish documentaries are really gd, better than fiction! If you want me to list any I can or if I can find any links!
@@lyndsaycrawford Reign was how I was introduced to her.. But In my comment, I mentioned that I have done research... & tbh a little to much actually.. 🤣 Whatever content I get about Mary Queen of Scots I’m obsessed 😍
@@linaynocencio1816 I get that. I enjoyed Tudor’s & I did learn a few things from it. Obviously they embellish stuff to keep the viewers happy but sometimes idk why they bother cos the truth’s usually better than fiction but it definitely leads you to google then you start reading bits n bobs on the internet then it’s the books & documentaries & that’s a good thing! There’s a really gd documentary by Neil Oliver, it’s actually a 4 parter about clan warfare, starts at Robert the Bruce & the last 1 is Mary doll! Brilliantly narrated everything explained very well. Maybe I’m being bias cos I’m Scottish & so is he but I found it really interesting. Really rate this one too, I was fascinated from start to finish! Slainte🏴✌🏻
same i have been totally obsessed with reign and Mary Queen of Scots
For sure! I really enjoyed Reign; amazing costumes and jewelry. The obviously made up dialogue was pretty entertaining enough. However, I still couldn't help myself from being a harsh critic, because they lost me when she (and others) didn't have that sexy Scottish accent that I've personally had the pleasure to hear first hand.
“If I could be anything in the world I would want to be a teardrop because I would be born in your eyes. Live on your cheeks, and die on your lips”
Mary, Queen of Scots
She definitely followed her heart Mary doll, as so many of us do, I think that’s why a lot of ppl love her
@@lyndsaycrawford Yep I agreed
Beautiful quote, thank you.
@@barbaraolson600 your welcome
That is a beautiful quote, one of the best I've heard, do you know the background of it?
"Since I Was A Child I Have Been Alone, On Foreign Soil. I Know How To Keep My Life, And My Crown. And I Will."
Mary *Proceeds to get head chopped off*
Jane Seymour
Problem was she ruled with her heart, not her head!
An enigmatic queen ever since she lost that intelligent,although never used head, to rule with logic!
Hello Jane ❤️
“My heart is my own.” Mary was a woman WAY ahead of her time. Iconic.
@@cityofjesse5447 Indeed!
This was one of the most detailed documentary on Mary, Queen Of Scots and I loved it, her story is so interesting.
3🎉🎉 16:54 🎉😢🎉😢
I am so obsessed with this woman lol. I originally became intrigued when I started watching reign, but then after playing around with ancestry dna, I found out she’s one of my ancestors!!
No freaking way
Thats so cool!!!
That’s so cool
Yeah the queen of sheba was my mum lol
That means that you and I are related too!
It's so lovely to watch a movie or a documentary about yourself. :)
You look like the offbrand Chinese version of Mary Queen of Scots.
🥰
Oh dear ancestor. 😍
Yes, I prayed for you, as Lady Joanna Mordaunt and later Joanna Kempe in England, and others who remained loyal to the Faith. Long Live the Queen of Scots.
@@BigMelvinHarrisSmoke lol I’m dead
Honestly, I think she just made bad choices. Had she not married, or at least not married Darnley. If she would have been more focused on ruling her own kingdom vs. trying to take Elizabeth’s. Perhaps even making an alliance instead of an enemy. She would have done better.
I totally agree. Mary doll definitely followed her heart & it lead to Darnley which is a shame he was such a scheming bastard but she did outwit him, her arsehole half brother, Moray & most of the clan chiefs (especially earl of Douglas) when they tried to overthrow her & killed Rizzio in front of her when she was heavily pregnant hoping to make her miscarriage but unfortunately Darnley’s murder did not bode well for her. If I could recommend any documentary on MQS it would be Neil Oliver clan war fare. It’s 4 parts, Bruce is first & Mary’s last but it’s so gd to understanding her ancestors & everything else best docu I’ve watched about her.
She tried making Elizabeth and England her ally but they plotted her demise because of fear suspicion and religion. Mary was wronged
@@leylarose6599 oh she was definitely wronged, she only wanted to be Elizabeth’s heir she didn’t want the English throne while Elizabeth sat on it. I believe it was imagined plotting & suspicions on Elizabeth’s part. (Before her imprisonment anyway) Mary’s initial success as a catholic female ruler in the labyrinth that was Scottish politics was second to none & perhaps that unnerved Elizabeth. Not just Mary’s Catholicism but the “nobles” at Mary’s court were only noble in title, they were clan chiefs at their core & even more ruthless than the nobles in Elizabeth’s court. Mary must’ve been formidable. Unfortunately Mary did not learn from her mistakes where Darnley was concerned & personally I believe the “nobles” were just happy to get the infant prince into their clutches & rule as regents on behalf of a future “king” & I think Elizabeth was quite stupid not to see that, seen as she herself was a Queen in a man’s world. Even executing another Queen was appalling, especially with own mother’s appalling execution.
Darnley was sent by Elizabeth?
@@timeafrank6145 yeah Dudley before him. I’ve read Elizabeth wasn’t pleased with her marriage to Darnley cos both of them were Stuart’s & both had a claim. Daenerys may have been weaker but still had one. Not that he did Mary any favours
I honestly believe James moved Mary's body to basically rub it in the face of Elizabeth even though she too was dead and also because he wanted to give his mother the burial of her birth right.
@@RenaissanceMan29 Mary scarified so much more for her son than most women could even imagine. But he couldn’t risk trying to save her either. He would’ve lost support left right & centre & the powers that be would’ve flung their money & support behind someone else & made them king then what would it all been for. Or if he raised armies and went to war for her, what if he was killed? I’m sure there would’ve been a shitload of small print involved, that firmly tied his hands, when James vi became heir apparent to Elizabeth.
James at least respected his mother's Legacy
He didn’t even care about his mother for a long time, being raised away from her, and as a Protestant vs his mother’s RC faith. Why would James have done such to snub QE1 who made him her own official heir? This is the first I’ve heard of this sorry I’m a little confused. You could have it right on the money, I just am not sure why he’d want to throw it in QE1’s face esp when she was already dead and gone...
@andy msc, ok, that part would make sense. Thanks :) helps me understand better. I could see the remorse happening POSSBLY, since had his mom not been beheaded, maybe it wouldn’t have been as certain for his own self to be made heir by Elizabeth. We do know that Elizabeth at least, had so much remorse sorrow and trembling at letting the execution take place after all those years.
I never really got much feeling that Mary queen of Scots OR her son James either possessing much remorse over most anybody... but I’m still learning :P hopefully they did. I don’t particularly like King James for being a “witch” hunter :P
@@TheCandiceWang I don’t think he didn’t care for her he just didn’t know her. He must’ve been wondering wtf she was up to getting involved in these plots. Had she succeeded overthrowing Elizabeth her supporters would’ve wanted her to commit Scotland to Catholicism & James had already committed Scotland to Protestantism. Sometimes I wonder if she told conspirators whatever they wanted to hear to get out her dire situation & run to James for help lol. That would be a completely different history. Royal families were really strange, still are.
As a historian, I can unequivocally say that the narator tells the story of Mary QoS with the same gusto, intent and element of surprise as I do telling my kids ghost stories.
Mary was very played, but also made a lot of very bad choices. She just wasn't cut out for the things she tried to do. She should've followed Elizabeth and remained unmarried after Frances.
A lot of those "choices" were forced. And if she didn't marry Darnley, we wouldn't have the current monarchy today.
Mary’s initial success as a catholic female ruler in the labyrinth that was Scottish politics goes far too unacknowledged & perhaps that unnerved Elizabeth. Not just Mary’s Catholicism but the “nobles” at Mary’s court were only noble in title, they were clan chiefs at their core & even more ruthless than the nobles in Elizabeth’s court. Mary must’ve been a formidable Queen . Granted, Mary did not learn from her mistakes where Darnley was concerned & personally I believe the “nobles” were just happy to get the infant prince into their clutches & rule as regents on behalf of a future “king” & I think Elizabeth was quite stupid not to see that, seen as she herself was a Queen in a man’s world. Even executing another Queen was appalling, especially with own mother’s appalling execution, who like Mary, her only real crime was ending up with the wrong man! (& a few plots to kill her😬)
Banrigh na h-Alba 🏴💙
One thing that is never often mentioned is when Mary married the Dauphin Frances she signed a document that would have made Scotland a French colony had they had children
@@pedanticradiator1491 that’s ironic considering we basically ended up an English colony under her son James
@@pedanticradiator1491 did it not mention that in this vid? I knew that but I think I read it somewhere rather than watched it
As a Tudor enthusiast, I’ve always been fascinated with Mary, Queen of Scots. This was a great documentary, so thank you❤️
So crazy how they treated queens! She was the freakin ruler and the way they treated her was horrible. It blew my mind how they just busted in killed her friend Rizzio and then tried to detain her, like what?!
RIGHT?!
EXACTLY!!
Omg exactly!! They would've NEVER done that to a king!!! :(
They would definitely have done that to a king. Kings have been murdered, tortured, and maimed throughout history.
Elizabeth 1's final contribution to England was to deliver Scotland's Monarchy to be under the power of England's developing Parliamentary authority. She succeeded in that by overthrowing Mary 1 of Scotland, incarceration her for 19 years, separating her from her son, the sole surviving Tudor male heir, then botching her execution, a favorite pastime of that sadistic Tudor gangster mob.
Scotland now had no independent of England Monarchy, their Parliament was next, before that a few massacres to keep them loyal, like the McDonald's of Glencoe. And they've looted Scotland ever since on the pretence we're a union of equals. They have 60 million voters to our 5.5 million. Elizabeth 1 got her fathers desire, England absorbed Scotland by treachery.
She dies knowing that her son is the start of a new dynasty that he will wear the English crown and her descendants her blood will be in every single king and queen who sit on the English thrones yes she didn’t get to raise her son but everything happens for a reason and btw she died when her son was in his 20s so she knew her son lived through his childhood not like many children the that decade
you wanna try putting a period somewhere in that paragraph?
@@julianakleijn9254 If you find it difficult to read without mentally using your own punctuation just say so
she deserved so much better, she was such an amazing queen
@@jamellfoster6029 Usurped the throne from her brother and then went on a religious jihad against her own people ...
@@Dumpling101 what are you talking about? Her half brother was a bastard, Mary was the legitimate heir & queen. Her half brother ruled in her stead but he was never king so how could she usurp him. She also told her subjects to worship as they liked without fear or favor. This enraged Protestant zealot Knox who went to work on turning the Protestant faction of HER country against HER. Idk where you’re getting your jihad bullshit from but it never happened. (Well John Knox was responsible for a lot religious persecution) She ended up in civil war with her brother, both Catholics & Protestants fought for their rightful queen. She assured them no matter how they worshipped, if they were to die on that day they would all go to the same heaven. Her brother served as lord protector & was bitter that she was back to rule, not to mention spurred on by nobles/clan chiefs into a civil war. He came groveling back for forgiveness, which she granted. Mary queen of scots biggest mistake was not exiling Knox
@@Dumpling101 Your comment has no relation to reality. Where did you get such a notion? Her brother was not legitimate, and could not possibly have been king. Lyndsay is correct in her explanation of what was actually true.
@@lyndsaycrawford Agree 100 percent with you.
@@jamellfoster6029 it is absolutely naiveity to believe Mary Stuart was only in it for love, peace and tolerance. Nonsense. All it shows is people, such as you, being easily manipulated.
Elisabeth got lucky that Mary’s son was so young and largely influenced by Scottish prodostants cuz if he had been older stronger and Catholic and allied himself with France and Spain he easily could have done the same thing as Elisabeth had to his mother and even know the English throne was his anyways after her death he could have just claimed it sooner and with a Catholic goal .
As always, I am fascinated by Mary, Queen of Scots. The history of her life is tragic. Though we will never be sure, I believe that she was not guilty of the "crimes" that she was supposedly to have done.
Going forward. Wish F. M Nicola S had a handle on Scottish and British history. Clueless. James Sixth and 1st of U. K. The Union is what,it is and true to us for all. From Scots lass, forever, but currently in England. Nicola, go back to your roots. God bless. Angel 😇
100% agree 👍
I am following this channel for quite some time .. I think I've seen them all, documentaries. I was just waiting for MQS's ... And yet,... Few minutes ago I opened my laptop & saw brand new docu about her... Many thanks for the upload.
THANK YOU. There’s not enough documentaries about Mary Queen of Scots. I enjoyed it. Very informative!!
How many people here are going to claim they're related to Mary? Seriously, you could make it a drinking game.
My claim is well documented thank you! Envious much?
This is Mary, Queen of Scots **Scottish music intensifies** if you get that your legendary
I get it, and yes, I am legendary. I know
I definitely get it. Don’t know if I’m legendary or just Scottish 🏴
@@lyndsaycrawford one and the same!
@@dyhia1311 love it. Alba an Áigh 🏴
LOVED THIS! I remember reading the biography by Dame Antonia Frasier years ago regarding Mary Stuart. Such a fascinating story.
Is Fraser Dame or Lady?
@@deanvrabl lady
Yeah Frasier’s definitely a Lady
That doesn’t sound right lol, her title is Lady
@@lyndsaycrawford and she got that title just because she's written so many books about royals ?
I LOVE the Scottish peeps! Long live Scotland!
@@fanroche8573 Freedom.🏴🏴🏴🙏
@@fanroche8573 ..... We are Independent! .....And we are part of a team! ... Job done.... Pary time!!!
‘Mon the Scots 🏴✊🏻
Mary Queen of Scots
Ros Breacan 🏴🌹
*plays bagpipes*
Great as always. Such a tragic figure
ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS!!! By far the best Mary video on here!! I have been waiting for one that isn’t just about her life in Scotland 🥰🥰 thank you
I am the only one that thinks Mary still won bc her son James became king
Nope, even the way she died shows victory, total badass queen.
nope. I still think Mary won because James became king. It was through his great grandmother Margret Tudor, my 14th great grandmother, whose descendants would unite the crowns of Scotland, Northern Ireland and England.
She absolutely won! I completely agree with you.
Elizabeth was always going to give James the throne. She believed it was his by right and also she was sick of the squabbling between Scotland and England. She wanted them united. She didn't marry on purpose, not only to keep her power as Queen but also she knew she had a secure heir in James. What Elizabeth didn't appreciate was Mary trying to usurp her throne to restore England and Scotland to Catholism
@@AC-ze1nh she never named her successor until they were literally waiting on her death bed and even then she had no choice because her councilers were plotting for james to get the throne once she died. She saw it coming lol
Elizabeth the first and Queen Mary are my favorite queens, I am obsessed with them, the she way she faced death proves what a great woman she must have been. Today we have so called royals always in the news for stress and other petty problems but these were worthy of being called royals.
They are also my favorite queens. The way my 12 great grandmother faced her death proves to me that she was a woman of great faith.Though a tragic queen, she must have been a great woman. Elizabeth was a great woman herself. She ruled as queen for 40 years and without being married; most of her retainers kept saying "get married" and her idea of marriage was "I'm married to England".
I agree, however in the defense of todays royals they are the last existing monarchs and they really are just celebrities with Royal blood. They legally don't rule anything, not really.
she wasn't that great. she spent most of her life trying to steal a throne that wasn't hers. she was overthrown because she was complicit in regicide. She was a terrible queen and she plotted repeatedly against elizabeth instead of allying with her. she was a TERRIBLE ruler and she made terrible choices. The only thing she ever did right was die like a martyr because dying a traitor is too embarassing. Elizabeth is the success story. She ruled for 45 years. Mary couldn't even rule her own country.
I love that King James had her interred directly across from Queens Mary/Elizabeth and at the same height and level of regality.
Today’s is the anniversary of Mary Queen of Scots death
gabh fois ann an tartan sith 🏴🌹
suaimhneas siorraidh dhuibh Mary x
@@Dorvita beautifully said, it’s a beautiful language. Saor Alba 🏴
Saoirse Alba
She didn't stand a chance, upon her return to Scotland! 1) Another woman ruling the isle! 2) John Knox 3) Her brother, James against her 4) Elizabeth feeling the sheer threat of her and maybe a bit of jealously 5) No truly firm nor viable support for her and the position she was in, save maybe the Pope...who was powerless in Scotland! A very sad existence and being born at the absolute worst time!
Cool the water running through the stones in the wall on that opening shot. So interesting to think a crew of guys worked for years to build that very hallway/stairs. Went home to their families at night, or drank their nights away at the inn/pub with a lady friend. Hell, could very well have been a generation or two.
TY❤️So much for this video!
No problem 😊
The Staffordshire Hoard included a piece of metal inscribed with a message I think was meant for Queen Mary who was imprisoned at Staffordshire. It was inscribed with numbers 10:35, saying "Arise O Lord and let thine enemies be scattered and them that hate thee flee before thee." Since a large treasure possibly including the hoard had been stolen from a library in France where it had been disdainfully kept since it had been an undervalued present to the king of France, I am thinking a supporter of Mary in France tried to deliver this valuable treasure to Queen Mary and had either failed or come to misfortune after burying it for safekeeping while he waited opportunity to give it to the Queen who sometimes got away from her captors in the Staffordshire area and was brought back.
When I first heard of the Staffordshire Hoard I wondered if it had any connection to Mary Queen of Scots, without knowing why. This video says clearly she was held captive in Saffordshire so that makes the connection for me. She had many friends in France who could have sent this treasure to her, which may have included weapons before it was buried.
I had no idea she was at Sheffield castle!! That’s amazing! I do love Mary queen of Scots and knowing she was here in my home city 😍 I’ve always been fascinated by old castles and used to love walking round Sheffield castle as a kid trying to imagine what it might have been like.... which was kinda difficult given it was turned into a huge indoor market BUT I had a great imagination lol. I believe the cells are still under where the castle stood and the city sometime open them up for tours xxx
Thank you ,very interesting
Mary ruled with her heart. She wanted Elizabeth's kingdom as she felt that she was the rightful queen of England and the Roman Catholic Church had also decreed that Mary the rightful queen. She should have ruled her own kingdom and tried to make alliances with Elizabeth I which would have gone better. Tragically, Mary chose not to do that.
If you watch “Reign” or any of the modern movies, they get it all wrong. Reign is what I call “historical fantasy” and is filled with inaccuracies, despite being fun to watch. The actresses in that show are amazingly beautiful though.
Well it’s tv and movie. There is accuracy but they are heavily dramatized to make the story exciting so people will watch. You can’t expect accuracy in something that is based off of history or true events.
@@kellyolson1952 yeah, not in these days when attentions spans are so short. 🤣. Did you watch “Reign” by chance?
just wanted to say thank you for posting these documentaries.....love ANYTHING that has to do with the Tudor and Plantagenet dynasties....
Absolute class lads. Love the medieval stuff you guys do!
I love the medieval stuff as well. These documentaries give you more history of that period than what we learned in school.
The story is so timeless and captivating! Thanks for uploading!
I find this woman to be fascinating. I learn more and more of my 12th great grandmother. Mary's life was a tragic one. Though she wanted the English throne as she believed she was the rightful queen, she would not succeed. Even the Roman Catholic Church called her the rightful queen of England and Elizabeth the "heretic queen". I am amazed that Mary didn't focus on her own kingdom. in the end, she got the last laugh on Elizabeth. Her son, James VI became Elizabeth's successor.
@@apuppynamedoz It is true that Mary was butchered by the headman's ax; that was on orders of her cousin Elizabeth I. Do I believe in the Casket Letters? No I don't. It was Oliver Cromwell and Parliament who executed Charles I. Yes, James VI and Charles I were protestant Kings. The Church of England is Protestant. Elizabeth I chose not to marry. It was my family who formed Britain into what it is today.
Really.... You're 12th great grandma? Through whom's line exactly? I'd love to know. And obviously James took the throne, he was next in line and wasn't a Catholic, like his mother who was unable to raise him, and never tried to save her either. That wasn't a last laugh considering he was appointed by Elizabeth herself. Had he stepped in and saved his mother then sure, she would have had the last laugh but unfortunately, she waited for over 25yrs for him to save her for nothing because he saw her as a threat to his reign, especially since she was a Catholic.
@@smithamy1982 Through my maternal Great Grandfather Stuart. James was RAISED Protestant since his mother was FORCED to abdicate her throne when she married her 3rd husband the Earl of Bothwell. She was not a threat to his reign. There was nothing he could do to save her. It was the Scottish nobility that sent her running to England in the first place. The Scottish nobility was not going to allow Mary to regain her throne as they did not want to be put under the guise of Rome again. They went through a Protestant Reformation. What I probably should say is that it was Margaret Tudor, the wife of James IV and sister of Henry VIII, got the last laugh. Henry VIII had said that NO heir of his sister Margaret would sit on the English throne. He never thought that ALL THREE OF HIS CHILDREN would not have children (his heir didn't live long enough to marry and have children). You seem to have lots of problems with people's family tree. I am proud of my family tree.
Did she have twins what where them
@@dareronhall1040 Mary, Queen of Scots, did not have twins. Go to the nearest library and check out a book on Mary Queen of Scots.
Well done !
Wonderful video! 👍🏻
Absolutely brilliant!
Fabulous narrator. Intriguing history and the illustrations depicting their images are so real and stunning...
Eternal rest, grant unto her O Lord
and let perpetual light shine upon her.
May she rest in peace.
Amen
This is so cool! :D I am related to Mary. I get to learn a lot about her from ur channel!!
omg you're blessed... hehe I dunno much about the royals, but they are definitely fascinating
Excellent once again
Such a great piece--thank you very much. And your narration is superb. So listenable (if listenable is an actual word)!
This video is helping so much with my biography I am writing on Mary.
Nice work!👍🏼
Great way to condense and tie up loose end. Thank you...
Thanks that was great.
Love this. Thank you, all details are right on. good job xoxo. And my family will rule once again. I'm giving it two years.
The Plantagenets are gone I live in the burgh that was home to the royal Stuart’s (Renfrewshire) I would rather they would take over Scotland 🏴
So you're telling me that actual history is much more interesting than whatever a CW script writer can come up with
Who would have expected that?
As much as I loved Reign it was horribly innacurate
Love the documentary!!!
She was the best monarch of the House of Stuart next to her son. Very nice!
We will never know the truth but one thing is certain and that’s that being a woman in those times was rough, especially a woman who’s a queen too. God bless their souls.
I wish the music wasn't so loud it's distracting and I have a hard time hearing over it.
OMG!! I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!! 😁😁
Great documentary! May I ask where the image as reference for Mary in the thumbnail (also in the video) came from? I absolutely love it!
I suspect that Mary was (as described by one historian) a spoiled princess. She was raised in the fairyland of the French court. Cossetted and beloved, she grew up believing that she was a privileged being whose will could not be questioned. Moving to Scotland must have been a real shock...the Scots were not fawning diplomats and courtiers, they were fierce, battlehardened brutes. She took the throne during the most complicated period in European history; while religious wars were being fought everywhere. I doubt that she was prepared to understand the complexity of every decision. Meanwhile, in England, prepared since infancy to fight and prevaricate, Elizabeth ruled carefully and consulted endlessly....
I’m getting swept away by the beautiful scenery in this show
This is amazing IM OBSESSED
Excellent work on this one! First I've ever heard that Mary suffered from arthritis, but with Elizabeth sticking her in those unhealthy, damp, dark castles, it's no wonder. Mary should have exiled that horrid, woman-hating John Knox on her first day as queen. I would have.
Agreed! She came back from France & said ppl would be free to worship how they chose so Knox set out to destroy her reputation. I think her nobles were responsible for feeding him info to use as propaganda to turn the country’s mood against her. I think her nobles were responsible for her marriage to Bothwell for the same reason.
You have to wonder what would happen if Mary would have become queen of England
If…
If my sister had balls, she would be my brother ;
would this turn my brother in law into a woman or just a drag ???
that is so very true. I have often wondered about myself. I wonder what would have happened with the church. Would we have seen the monarch being the head of the Roman Catholic Church or would it still be what it is today? Good questions to think about.
@@kathrynjordan8782 nope, I don' think so... but she went to Heaven (hopefully) early for a reason, maybe we don't deserve her...
"We Are King And Queen, Chained Together As Surly As Two Prisoners In A Dungeon."
Finally! Someone mentions the Ainslie Tavern Bond so many Mary Queen of Scots videos miss which approved the Earl of Bothwell's acquittal on 12 April of implication in the murder of Lord Darnley, recommended him as an appropriate husband for Mary, Queen of Scots, and pledged to assist in defending such a marriage Good Job!!
I was born in Linlithgow, I was a palace guide as a teenager and one of Mary’s “four Mary’s” was my great x 9 grandmother x
Long live the Queen of Scots⚔️🏴
About Mary Queen of Scotts? My favorite monarch is Elizabeth I. That should answer the question.
And the best one too... Mary was just a moaning Minnie
I like both.
Elizabeth was a Villain and a ruthless Queen 😁😁😁
I am currently listening to Allison Weir’s series on Henry’s wives. I plan on adding Mary, Queen of Scotts. Weir’s books are wonderfully narrated. The books, as good as they are, are a wonderful sleep aid. They put me to sleep quickly. I then go back to where I fell asleep. Katherine Howard is the most interesting, while Katharine Parr is also a great listen.
Came here after watching Reign. Was wondering, after Francis II died, why Charles or Henri didnt just marry Elizabeth? I find this kind of history fascinating!
Elizabeth? The virgin queen who refused to give up any power by marrying and subsequently her husband would become king and would have more power than herself?
@@smithamy1982 Yeah because she didn't need a king to rule. I think Elizabeth never married because of what her father did to her mother. She was afraid of it happening to her.
Elizabeth had very good reasons not to marry. For one her mother was murdered by her father when she was only a toddler, she was sexually abused by her stepfather and caught up in a scandal that almost cost her her life. Her sister's own marriage to Philip of Spain had been a disaster. Also the last thing England wanted was to be ruled by foreigner.
Could you make a video on Catherine de medici
I never understood why children (tbh I can only think of girls off the top of my head) were sent away to their spouses country (especially being a regnant themself) when they were already a ruler of their country or would be. I mean obvi for political purposes but no one thought hmm let me have them stay here so they could actually know their peoples wants and needs/ country’s geology/ how their court is handled/ etc. It’s like they said let’s just throw them back in their birth country and just hope it goes well even tho they don’t really know anything about us. I wonder how diff things would’ve been if she would’ve been raised in Scotland
Mary was sent to France partly for her own protection as the Scots were scared that Henry VIII of England would capture her and force her to marry his son
I was always fascinated with her story 😭😭😭😭
22:44~That castle looks like the secret MI-6 HQ from the James Bond movies.
Mary Stuart, so *not* bloody Mary.
Correct. "Bloody" Mary is the appellation that Mary Tudor has had to bear for almost 5 centuries! I blame Charles II of Spain.
Re-check your facts, baby.. bloody Mary was her cousin, Mary the 1st of England, actually
I see Queen Mary of Scots as a fighting survivor, who had to deal with men who hated her as a woman and Queen.
Hello everyone. Queen mary stuart had a tragic end and even a tragic fate.she made poor choices in men Which affected her life for ever
Mary was unfortunately a poor judge of character, and since leaving France after the death of her husband her life appeared to be a series of one bad decision after another. Granted her devout follower of Catholicism created some problems for her, but selecting the weak Darnley as her 2nd husband was demonstrably a poor decision. Relying on Bothwell to get his support and then marrying him was another poor decision. After that, I'm not too sure she could have done anything to turn her life around and regain her position as monarch. Men would be most unforgiving of a female ruler who had flouted any moral or cultural laws, a truism of the times that Elizabeth understood, but Mary unfortunately did not.
The perfect example of the truth being sooooo much better than fiction! Fuckin LOVED this, I never tire of this stuff🏴well done that was fascinating, the music was perfect👌🏻 goosebumps the lot!
“And she took her rightful place as Queen of Scots” 🏴✊🏻 Banrigh na h-Alba. Slainte
Why did you feel the need to use the F word? So uncool🙄🤣🤣🤣
“The F word” Fuck off!
@@pinklady3885 I thought the Gaelic was much cooler though
Can you do Queen Elizabeth Woodvile Next? Thank you this video was amazing
The top of sum1s head as they jumped slightly into the shot at 8:17, right at the bottom of the left side of the screen distracted me. Lol!🤣😂🤣What an Easter egg! Now anyone reading this will see it too!
Bess of Hardwick is my 12th Great - Grandma on my mom’s side. This adds some juicy history to our family.
Mary risked everything to bring an heir to both England and Scotland.
Well done! Very informative. I'm loving the background music. It adds a lot to the narration.
She was victims of circumstances and nothing else
I am obsessed with this era of England
I think it's a false dichotomy to view Mary as either Machiavellian schemer or clueless innocent. Mary was indisputably a player in the Game of Thrones, and I suspect that if Elizabeth had granted Mary's desire to be named Elizabeth's heir, Mary would have immediately used this concession to claim the English throne on the grounds that Elizabeth was illegitimate, making Mary the rightful queen. I feel sure this possibility occurred to Elizabeth as well, and was why she refused to grant Mary this concession.
But I also believe that the Scottish lairds were behind Darnley's murder, and pinned it on Mary. This way they could continue to effectively rule Scotland in the name of an infant monarch, which they much preferred to having an adult queen in charge. It should also be mentioned that on Mary's twenty-fifth birthday she'd come into her full majority, and the lairds would have to return income-bearing lands they'd been "administrating" for her during her minority, which was another motive to depose her before that date. After all, Mary had already produced a new heir, making her expendable in their eyes. Elizabeth would have never made such a mistake if she'd been in Mary's position.
TL; DR-- Mary was a kinder, gentler Cersei Lannister, who wasn't as smart as she thought she was, and tended to underestimate people around her. Elizabeth was a more cautious and streetwise Margaery Tyrell. 😉
I love Mary Queen of Scots and I think she was treated badly and taken advantage of.
But she was still a bird in a gilded cage!!! No matter how nice she was still in a cage!!!
On the Radio4 show _Quote Unquote_ there was a great quotation once from a schoolchild's history essay;
"Elizabeth I could have no peace, with Mary Queen of Scots constantly hoovering in the background"
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History likes to write Elizabeth as the protagonist and Mary as the antagonist. The truth is, Elizabeth was brought up in a court that killed for sport and Mary was an easy target because of her naivity. “The wicked may prosper in this world, but they will burn in hell in the next”
Could you do a history of the Black Queen of England,
Charlotte of Mecklenburg?
I will like to see something about Robert the Bruce please
Please do a documentary on King James I of England!
Wiggles?
Mary Queen of Scott is my favorite.
I think her ancestor Queen Consort Euphemia de Ross was cooler, but maybe that is because she was the Daughter of my Ancestor the War Master of Scotland, the Chief of the Great Clan Ross, the 4th Earl of Ross, Hugh Ross, husband to Robert the Bruce's sister.
@Randy Ross Interesting!
Pretty impressive how no one seemed to have any trouble with the loud background music. Unfortunately, his was impossible to hear for me....
I hope my children love our families heritage as much as I do.
She is a distant relative according to the report of my family. I suspect she was true to her own heart.. and our hearts are complicated things.'
I'm a direct decent from Mary! I agree with you about her heart. I can't imagine what it would be like to try to rule a kingdom and your heart at the same time.
Ivie Noelle Forsyth
Right?
Our family is direct as well on my mother's mother's side. We have also had clairvoyance and healing in that lineage for as many generations as I am aware of. I have little doubt that she did too, and so her pain within the betrayals she experienced would have been deeply wounding as well.
Thanks for sharing your history and thoughts. Blessings!
Well hello family..... she's my great great great.......grandmother
Heather Lawrence
Hi! Cousin 🤗!
@@heatherlawrence84 There'd have to be more "great"s in there if Mary was alive in the 16th century...
Wow, good job on the effort that you put into making these documentaries. Your documentaries are like 40 minutes to 7 hours long with a lot of information and you make new videos every week. You put a lot of effort into researching and making these videos, and you might have people to help you make these videos and I bet you made some mistakes and had to start again. I wonder if you can make a documentary on the house of Stuart.