Arguably the most famous Scottish royal, Mary, Queen of Scots left her mark in history. Born in 1542 and queen of Scotland until 1568, she was also briefly the queen of France. A great-granddaughter of Henry VII, she also had a strong claim to the crown of England, and was recognized particularly by Catholics. But with a number of bad marriages and a series of political miscalculations, she was forced to flee Scotland. Mary then became the prisoner of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
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