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El pars Rue se encontrw al nacer y el cual le tocw
gobernar, era un territorio diWidido, cuya poblaciwn se
conWertra rgpidamente a un calWinismo ambicionado
por *nglaterra. 1ara colmo, naciw baKo el recha[o de su
padre el rey de Escocia , Ruien en esos momentos se
encontraba graWemente enfermo de cwlera y esperaba
con ansia el nacimiento del Rue serra su heredero, ante
la ausencia de hiKos Warones. Al enterarse del alumbra-
miento de una niva, de acuerdo con la leyenda, eYcla-
mw: £Comen[w con una muKer y terminarg con otra ”.
Esto hacra alusiwn al hecho de Rue los Estuardo habran
obtenido sus derechos al trono cuando María de Bru-
ce, hiKa de Roberto *, se casw con Walter Estuardo, cuyo
hiKo serra el primer rey de la nueWa dinastra.
En esas condiciones, especialmente cuando co-
men[w la lucha por la regencia, Rue en un principio
Ruedw en manos del duRue de Arran y posterior-
mente asumida por su madre, el panorama para la
reina niva pintaba desolador.
That was the country that was hers to rule. A
divided country quickly converted to Calvinism
and coveted by England. To make matters worse,
her birth was not well received by her father, the
King, because at the time he was gravely ill with
cholera and in the absence of children, he looked
forward to the birth of who would be his heiress.
Upon learning that she was a woman, accord-
ing to the legend he exclaimed: “It began with a
woman and it shall end with another!”. It allud-
ed to the fact that the Stuarts had obtained the
rights to the throne when Mary Bruce, daughter
of Robert I, married Walter Stuart, whose son
would be the first king of the new dynasty.
The overview for the young Queen in these
conditions was a bad one, especially when the
struggle for the regency - which initially was in the
hands of the Duke of Arran and was subsequently
assumed by her mother - began.
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8.MarraEstuardo,
quienseconviertiera
enreinaa lospocos
díasdenacida./
Mary
Stuart, who became
queenwith a few
days old.
9.Torresurdelcastillo
Tutbury,donde
algunosaseguran
haberWistoasomado
alespítitudeMaría
Estuardo./
Tutbury
Castle South Tower,
where some claim to
have seen the ghost
of Mary Stuart.
10.Laciudadentera
deEdimburgoparece
estar impregnada
porsuhistoria
y lospersonajes
enella,Marrano
es laeYcepciwn. /
The entire city of
Edinburgh seems
to be impregnated
by her story and
the characters in
it, andMary is no
exception.
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Foto /
Photo
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