Mary, Queen of Scots: Her Journey from French Court to Royal Power 🇫🇷👑

What was life like in the glittering French court, for the young and newly married Mary Queen of Scots? What momentous destiny was her formidable mother, Mary of Guise, planning for her? How did Mary become, in 1559, not only the queen of Scotland, but also of France, and - according to her Catholic French supporters - the queen of England? What would Mary do when unexpectedly widowed in a distant court of vipers? And, what did her cousin, the famous Protestant English Queen, Elizabeth I, make of this young, charming, Scottish pretender to her throne...?

Join Tom and Dominic as they discuss Mary Queen of Scots; her rise to the throne of France, and her burgeoning rivalry with Elizabeth I.

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00:00 Mary, Queen of Scots in France
08:00 Mary's Homesickness and Her Mother, Mary of Guise, in Scotland
09:26 Who were the "Four Marys"?
13:50 The Ambitious Guise Family: Plans for a Franco-British Empire
15:32 Mary's Marriage to the Dauphin and Secret Treaty Threatening Scottish Independence
18:25 Mary's Tudor Bloodline: A Claim to the English Throne?
20:52 Mary as Queen of France, Scotland, and "England"
23:11 Elizabeth I’s Ascension and Rivalry with Mary
25:36 William Cecil and Protestant Opposition to Mary's Claims
27:53 John Knox and the Scottish Protestant Revolution
39:14 Fall of Mary of Guise and the End of the Franco-Scottish Alliance
45:16 Treaty of Edinburgh: Humiliation for Mary
48:22 Sudden Death of Francis II: Mary’s World Collapses
55:13 Mary Returns to Scotland: A Dark Omen

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Producer: Theo Young-Smith
Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett
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