| Princess Mary Stuart was born at Linlithgow Place, | | | | the Firth of Forth intent on capturing Edinburgh |
| Linlithgow, Scotland in December 1542 to King | | | | and kidnapping Mary, however she was secretly |
| James V of Scotland and his French wife Mary of | | | | hid at Stirling Castle. The French came to the aid |
| Guise. The week old Mary became Queen of | | | | of the Scots, the King of France, Henry II, |
| Scotland when her father died at the age of 30. | | | | proposed to unite France and Scotland by |
| Things were moving rather swiftly for Mary, | | | | marrying Mary to his three year old son, the |
| when just six months old, the Treaties of | | | | Dauphin Francis. With her marriage agreement |
| Greenwich promised Mary to be married to | | | | settled, the five year old Mary moved to France |
| Edward , son of King Henry VIII in 1552 and for | | | | in 1548 to the French court. In 1558 she married |
| their heirs to inherit the Kingdoms of Scotland and | | | | the Dauphin Francis with him assuming the title |
| England. | | | | King consort of Scots. When Henry II died in |
| However, the Treaties of Greenwich fell apart, | | | | 1559, Mary, Queen of Scots, became Queen |
| the agreement did not sit well with the Scots, | | | | consort of France, her husband becoming Francis |
| Henry embarked on what has become known as | | | | II of France. Mary was next in line to the English |
| the 'rough wooing' designed to ensure the | | | | throne after her father's cousin Queen Elizabeth I |
| agreement was met. He began raiding Scottish | | | | who was childless. |
| territories, in May 1544, English forces arrived in | | | | |