A short history of England . e granddaughter of Margaret, the sister ofHenry VIII, who married the king of Scotland. She was there-fore Elizabeths cousin and the next heir to the throne. Indeed,if the marriage of Elizabeths mother to Henry had been illegal,as all Roman Catholics claimed, Mary had a better right to thethrone of England than Although Mary was the daughter of theking of Scotland, born in that country,and nominally its queen from her infancy,she had been brought up in France, hadmarried the heir to the French throne,and just after Elizabeths accession hadbecome, throug
A short history of England . e granddaughter of Margaret, the sister ofHenry VIII, who married the king of Scotland. She was there-fore Elizabeths cousin and the next heir to the throne. Indeed,if the marriage of Elizabeths mother to Henry had been illegal,as all Roman Catholics claimed, Mary had a better right to thethrone of England than Although Mary was the daughter of theking of Scotland, born in that country,and nominally its queen from her infancy,she had been brought up in France, hadmarried the heir to the French throne,and just after Elizabeths accession hadbecome, through her husband, queen ofFrance. She threw down the gauntletto Elizabeth by using the title Queenof England. Scotland, and she made no effort at this timeto make good her claim to the throne of England, a rivalry withElizabeth thus began which was to last through their lives. Marywas eight years younger than Elizabeth, well educated, attractive,intelligent, and quite the equal of Elizabeth in shrewdness, though. Mary Queen of Scots (amedal by the Italianengraver Primavera) 1 The relationship of Mary and Elizabeth is shown by the followingtable. Henry VII. 14S5-1509 Henry VIII, 1509-1547 Edward VI1547-1553 Mary Elizabeth1558-1603 Marearet James V of Scotland IMary Queen of Scotsborn 1542, died 1587 THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH 341 her inferior in self-control. Her long residence at the Frenchcourt had given her all the love of scheming for which that courtwas famous. She knew how to seem artless and confiding evenwhen she was really working out some deep-laid plan. She habit-ually used her charm as a woman to further political intrigues,and in her private life and amusements was frequently plotting tocarry out political objects which she wanted to reach perhaps farin the future. The greatest difference between her and Elizabeth ^ - - f JP- mil v^^f^yi,
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