Queen Mary the Queen Mother, as the mother of the Queen of Scots, was annoyed with daily hooking up with the nobles, and it was not easy to take a break, when there came a letter of state from England.
For a Frenchwoman who had been indoctrinated from the beginning to the end of her life that the English were bad, her dislike of England had deepened since becoming Queen of Scotland.
It's like having a China on top of Vietnam, and a Soviet Union on top of China, and having a neighbor who is more powerful than you are, and the whole country feels unsettled, especially a country that has a long history of problems with your own country.
When she thought of being blackmailed by the nobles into accepting England's terms for her precious daughter to marry the son of whichever tyrant of England, the Queen Dowager couldn't help but wrinkle her pretty brows and her good-looking face became fierce.
Having a daughter of her own with great difficulty, who would not be given to the son of a tyrant, Queen Mary could not help but make up her mind.
Mary de Guise (ariedeguise, born Lorraine Baldrick, died Edinburgh Castle) was the second queen of King James V of Scotland and the mother of Mary I, Queen of Scots.
Marie de Guise was the eldest daughter of Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Guise. She married Louis d'Orléans at the Louvre. The marriage was a very happy one. Their son Francis was born. She attended the wedding of King James V of Scotland (later her husband) to the daughter of the King of France in Paris.
On the month and year of her husband's death, she became a widow of years. Her second son, Louis, was born on the same day.
And in the same year and month, the wife of James V. of Scotland also died.
As a traditional ally of France, James V wanted to continue to have good relations with France through marriage.
So James sent word to King François I of France, through the King of England and his uncle - Henry VIII - that he was interested in Marie de Guise.
François I told Mary's father about James' proposal. At first Mary was reluctant to marry because she did not want to leave France, in addition to the fact that her second son had died shortly after his birth. But at her father's urging she agreed.
The two were married at Notre Dame in Paris on the day of January. After the marriage Mary had to leave her son in France. She was crowned Queen of Scots in Scotland. She had two sons, but both died young.
And shortly after the birth of her daughter Mary on the month of January, James Fifty died six days later, and Mary I, who was only six days old, became Queen of Scotland.
And Henry VIII was the one who took advantage of the situation and forced Scotland to submit to himself, making Edward from then on have a doll's marriage or a girl five years older than him.
"Will James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, please come grand!"
Currently, the Regent of Scotland is James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, who is second only to the infant Queen Mary as heir to the Scottish throne, and so by virtue of his many years of ruling prestige, the position of Regent is a worthy one.
Queen Mary on the other hand, because of the French, and although Scotland and France have been friends for generations, it is no less than a fool's dream to fully integrate into Scotland and become Queen Regent.
Soon there was a sound of footsteps in the Linlithgow palace, followed by the greetings of the maids of honor, and Mary knew that it was Earl Allan arriving.
Sure enough, a middle-aged man in his forties walked in, with a head of black and yellow curly hair, a face that appeared thin, and a faint beard at the corner of his mouth. A layer of red wrapped underwear was covered under his black jacket, and on his feet he wore black deerskin boots, plus white side stripes, the whole person looked extraordinarily imposing.
"My dear Lord Regent, you are finally here!" Queen Mary couldn't help but let out a voice when she saw the Earl, for her daughter she appeared to be in a state of confusion.
"My Majesty the Queen Mother! What has happened? How could you be so flustered!"
"Dear Lord Earl, here's the thing ..."
"Now the regent of England, the Duke of Somerset, that same devilish earl of four years ago, he wants my Mary to marry that tyrant's son again."
"This is something I will never agree to! What is your opinion?"
"My Majesty the Queen Mother! I think it's better to wait for the four great families to arrive before we discuss this together!"
When the Regent heard this, he knew that this was a tricky thing to decide on his own.
At that time, the whole of Scotland was controlled by four great families: the family of the Earls of Beaton, the Earls of Argyll, the Earls of Lennox, and the Hamiltons.
These four families have been the biggest obstacle to the Scottish kings' grasp of power, and they have held a firm grip on Scotland's power.
In less than an hour, almost all of the four great families had arrived, Bishop David Beaton, Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll, and Adolphus Lennox, Earl of Lennox, together with James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, the most powerful and powerful landed men in the whole of Scotland.
"Gentlemen! The situation is this ... " As Regent, Earl of Arran began by explaining the reason to the others who had arrived, and by the way passed England's letters of state to the ministers in turn.
In less than a moment's time, this group of powerful Scottish men were aware of the details.
"Her Majesty the Empress Dowager! Gentlemen! I don't think I can agree with England's opinion, after all, the Greenwich Treaty was not ratified by the Parliament, it's null and void!" The Earl of Argyle was the first to speak, clearly expressing his opposition to the opinion coming from England, for him, a native-born aristocrat, his family's sorrowful grudge with the English was too deep.
"I'm also against agreeing to a marriage with an Englishman; after all, we're allied with the French, and we don't have to be afraid of those English pussies!"
The Earl of Lennox was a pro-French faction and had a lot of faith in Scotland's allies, the French; after all, England had lost the Hundred Years War.
"Gentlemen! I still think we should discuss this carefully, it's not like we're even repeating that war from four years ago!"
Bishop Beaton was an aspiring Protestant, and had a relatively high opinion of England, which was at this time the beacon of the Protestant nations.
"I'm also more in agreement with the rejection of the English, our Scotland must never be handed over to the English!"
Finally the Lord Regent threw out a summary to end the discussion.
Queen Mary, who was observing from the sidelines, also looked extraordinarily pleased that her own daughter would not have to suffer far from England.
"Then! Let's get ready for a war! The time has come for our revenge!"
Archbishop Beaton stayed aside and couldn't stop shaking his head in his heart.
At this time, at Windsor Manor, King Edward received a letter from London.