Tragic Facts About Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots (AKA Mary Stuart) is one of history’s most disastrous queens. From the time she became an infant monarch to her tragic demise, Mary attracted attention. And she still does. For centuries, novels, television shows (see the CW's Reign for an example), and even songs have reviled and romanticized her. So behind all the legends and mythology surrounding her, what are the important facts about Mary Stuart?
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[@ItzNiekoyo]

A crazy detail left out from Mary and Darnley’s marriage is that Darnley murdered the aforementioned David Rizzio right in front of Mary during a meal, suspecting that she was pregnant with David’s child. This murder directly led to his downfall and later death at Kirk o’field.

[@monicawylie3985]

Yep. That was a biggie

[@Thedarkestduchess]

Yes. Yet another crazier detail is still left out from your add on. Lord Darnley was ACTUALLY the one sleeping with David Rizzio, not Mary. And, James, her son, looked just like his father, Lord Darnley. Just J U S T like him! So, he was wrong, and i believe he knew far better

[@awAtercoLorstaIn.]

I love you guys with your ridiculously brutal bonus facts! The past was nuts. Can you imagine this happening today? Our scandals are so lame, not that I’m complaining…

[@AKAHeatherJoy]

Whoa! I didn't know that!

[@lindsey5528]

David Rizzio’s only crime was having too much rizz smh

[@laurachapple6795]

Mary always struck me as being that one friend we all have who is reasonable and intelligent in most things but has self-destructively terrible taste in men.

[@LauraFromMarkerQuest]

Along with all the illegitimate half-siblings, Mary actually had two legitimate older brothers who died as young children. If even one of them had lived, her life might have gone very differently.

[@LauraFromMarkerQuest]

Also, I believe she was innocent -a figurehead of rebellions that weren't of her making. Also also, her last request was to have her body sent back to France and interred beside that of her first husband, who was the only one of the three who had actually loved her. Elizabeth refused.

[@clownbag]

Mary is one of my favourite figues throughout history.

[@NewMessage]

As a great man once said...'Mary, Mary... Why you buggin'?'

[@OttoRascon]

Indeed!

[@DarthSk8r]

ah yes, the bard trio of Run, D.M.C., and Jam Master Jay..

[@TH-hy9kr]

"Story about Mary was well to tell She seemed to scheme for a dream to sell She spent a night locked in a cell..." I knew Mary well cause she Raising Hell

[@monicawylie3985]

😂

[@thishappycrafter272]

WOOHOO! 🙌 LOVE this narrator!!!

[@aprilmeowmeow]

y'all are so fucking weird.

[@Linnzy]

Me too but he sounds a little off from his usual self, just not...as excttic as he usually do. I'm genuinely curios if something is wrong with him, as in, something happened to him or ifhe's just having an 'off-day' or tired of this job. I even went so far as to thinking it was somewhat of an imposter or worse, trained AI ?!

[@NotData]

I always thought her death was accurately portrayed on that BBC radio show just before that penguin on my TV exploded.

[@JuhiSRK]

Always a good time for a Monty Python reference.

[@justmeandthethree]

I love these videos. The joke about SpaghettiOs was pretty funny.

[@aldousorwell3807]

In a twist of fate, the Franco American Dynasty was usurped by the King of Italian Canned Goods, Chef Boy of Ardee...🍝

[@LENFALCO]

All those broken hearts back then is haunting you

[@Electriceye1984bySam]

BEST narrator❤ love this channel gets me through the workday

[@Blitzkrieg1976]

"Toni Whisky" (sp?)😂😂😂😂 I adore you, Sir Narrator, informative and the humor is on point👌

[@firetorch2424]

Hope this channel narrator and videos never end❤

[@ridureyu]

Yes, but how DOES her garden grow?

[@navret1707]

. . . . With silver bells and cockle shells. And one measly little petunia.

[@lynettecummins2438]

This is my first time seeing this channel. It was fantastic....I really enjoyed it. 👍

[@hpyles30241]

1,200 watched this in 30 minutes and only 160 likes? How hard is it to push a like button guys? These are awesome videos with a awesome narrator. Come on you guys...

[@Dave-bj3pq]

😂😂

[@MarvinJBush]

I have seen or read this story several times and it still baffles me. I just don't understand, for the life of me, why Elizabeth I kept Mary hanging around on English soil for years suspiciously plotting against her. And then finally saying, "OK, off with her head."

[@susief995]

Elizabeth repeatedly was worried about setting a precedent that it would be ok to execute queens/former queens, since she was also a queen

[@JimiBurleigh]

There is a great channel on the people places and events in Scottish history called Scotland History Tours. There is an extensive playlist of videos on Mary and her incredible life. It's run by a bloke named Bruce Fummey the funniest Afro-Celtic comedian and historian working today.

[@Andrea.S.Alvey12]

​@@JimiBurleigh Bruce is wonderful!

[@thegreencat9947]

Looking for indisputable evidence?

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Fascinating history on Mary, the social dynamics of the past in that area are very different than today!

[@monicawylie3985]

Toni Whiskey 😂😂😂. That struck me funny.

[@aniE1869]

That's so weird. I was just looking up Mary Queen of Scotts last night. And it's not like it's a algorithm thing in this case.

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

If you googled it, then it was the algorithm; KZbin belongs to Google.

[@aniE1869]

@@MariaMartinez-researcher I'm subscribed to the channel and it wasn't posted until today. The algorithm didn't force him to make this video within the few hours of me looking it up and the video being posted.

[@Sara-gl8ue]

I've had that happen a few times. It makes you question whether or not we really are in a matrix 😂​@@aniE1869

[@btetschner]

0:39 Hahaha! We watched There's Something About Mary (1998) all the time my sophmore year at Doane University when I lived on First Floor Frees. I was actually a pizza delivery boy less than two months after the film was released.

[@FXGreggan.]

Thank you for explaining this mess, I love watching these tv shows and movies and it's all so confusing as a non-brit :)

[@Bunjamin27]

Please make this person the full-time narrator!!!!

[@thishappycrafter272]

YESSSSSS!!

[@andrewweaver2517]

Love it! Keep up the great work.

[@ubergeek1968]

Mary was a pawn for power hungry men. She was setup for failure by her brothers and by Bothwell. Her marriage to Bothwell was likely forced and she had been raped. I have written a novel about Mary, Queen of Scots where she is interviewed by a time traveling historian. He ultimately falls in love with her and vows to save her from the axe... which he ultimately does. Mary was rescued and moved to a convent in France where she lived another 50 years. One day I hope to finish it and get it properly published.

[@Sara-gl8ue]

I believe in infinite parallel realities. You might be tapping into one of Mary's 😊

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thank you for this! 👑

[@Cobbmtngirl]

Recently found this channel; I’m a new subscriber. Appreciate the humor throughout the two videos of yours I watched so far! TY! Dont change a thing!

[@savmcvvik6003]

Great video ! ❤

[@GeorgiaGrown90]

She's my 14th great grandmother. Her story is just tragic.

[@CherokeeBird]

She's my 11th 😊

[@NASCARFAN93100]

PLEASE Bring Back Timeline!

[@paulcowlishaw]

Yes definitely really interesting

[@twillison8824]

Indeed, timeline is great.

[@monk607]

I promise you will always get more views if you keep OG tom as the narrator

[@GrnEyes1988]

So glad it's the OG narrator 😂

[@mirzar8695]

For real 😂 makes it 10x fitting for the humor and better deliverance

[@markevindarko]

Hello, There!! I've been a faithful follower for some years now. I love your channel, and I think you should make a segment about Mary Jeanette Kelly, the last known victim of Jack The Ripper. Little is known about this woman, except that she was an immigrant, and that she was married at some point, and that she was extremely beautiful. I hope you take my request into account. May The Force be with You. Best, Marco.

[@AKAHeatherJoy]

WOW! Mary Queen of Scots is an ancestor of mine through the Stewart line. I have read 2 different books about her but there are several things you presented in this video that I have never heard about or read about before! Thank you for sharing your love of history with us! You're one of my favorite channels!

[@ubergeek1968]

Howdy, Cousin... I am descended from her Half-brother Robert!

[@Donk_038]

Could you guys do a video about Nostradamus? Thank you.

[@btetschner]

11:09 I have a Lamy Fountain Pen, it takes ink cartridges. It is supercool!

[@CherokeeBird]

She's my direct ancestor a few times over on several different limbs. My husband's as well. Turns out, most of us are directly decended from all the royal and noble families of the world, no matter your race. Alot of Europeans died out during famine and sickness, so it makes since that those better off would have better health, thus surviving. 😊

[@breaththatwerks]

"Known to her friends as Toni Whiskey." Love it ❤

[@btetschner]

3:16 Reminds me of the music video "Mary's Getting Married" on the Journey to Bethlehem soundtract (2023).

[@btetschner]

5:39 What a glorious day!

[@vicky1732]

Lets do one comparing the show Reign vs the real facts about Mary's demise..

[@Jonathan-ye1nm]

My favorite narrator

[@btetschner]

8:00 I am considering getting a day planner, I am not sure which one though...

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

It seems so hard to be a royal with the name of "Mary" back then

[@WilliamHaisch]

Back then there was a severe name shortage, hence all the same names. 😂

[@user-yh8ex2nr6c]

yeheyy the old voice actor is back

[@olamuyiwaojo555]

Hi please can you make a video about George III of great Britain and his madness

[@e42yh]

Yay!!

[@tburrrg2502]

James Stewart was my 14th great grandfather and I’ve always wanted to know if those funky collars itched like a cone of shame does on a dog lmao

[@eduardpena6580]

“Mary, Mary quite contrary how does your garden grow? With cockle shells and silver bells and pretty maids all in a row.” The garden refers to growing cemeteries, as she filled them with Protestants. Silver bells and cockle shells were instruments of torture and the maiden was a device used to behead people. This saying was applicable to either Mary Queen of Scott’s or Mary Tudor the Catholic Queen of England.

[@katietoole8345]

"Weird History All Star" was a solid throw away joke.

[@joeyjojojunior1794]

3:28 This is as complicated as the first time I saw the Arrested Development intro.

[@theromanorder]

Please do a video on life as a jew/Christian in roman Empire and jew/Muslim in Byzantine Empire and non Muslim in the Arabic empires

[@aldousorwell3807]

Spoiler Alert: *...They are all very Short.*

[@theromanorder]

@@aldousorwell3807 yea i know some of it but i thought it would be cool to learn it in a bit more detail

[@aldousorwell3807]

@@theromanorder Indeed.👍 I'd bet they'd only be willing to touch the middle one though.😉

[@theromanorder]

@@aldousorwell3807 yea...

[@Yo-Uncle]

Anyone know the music that starts at 2:50?

[@DCFunBud]

No mention of Mary's mother Marie de Guise, the Scottish regent?

[@swatson1190]

She is a distant relative. Very interesting.

[@NinjaDildoShow]

*They're all backstabbers. How else does one keep power?*

[@margaretcarroll7106]

I always wonder who is that lady with short black hair in the background of the transitions in all of these Weird History and Nutty History videos. Is she smiling or smirking? Is that a flower in her hair? Is she from the 1920's with that hair cut? Who is she???

[@btetschner]

I am going to watch the Weird History video: x ---TIMELINE 1984---

[@fashionismypassiongirl660]

❤❤❤

[@dianariverjackson5123]

CAN SOMEONE PLS LINK TO THE BACKGROUND MUSIC

[@deadhomer8468]

Timline coming back 🙏

[@paulcowlishaw]

When and where did you get this information

[@deadhomer8468]

I meant to say hopefully coming back

[@The7Reaper]

Crazy life she led

[@queenofscots839]

💙

[@btetschner]

6:37 Wasn't he on It's a Wonderful Life? lol

[@Hilhub]

I’m just grateful that I’m not royalty

[@philsophkenny]

❤

[@buzzzzzz69]

Another detail that was missed was the fact that Mary was more or less held captive by Bothwell & she married him under duress. She hated him.

[@camdeniuwu4693]

Henry VII was actually the father of Margaret Tudor, PLEASE do not call them a couple, they were not

[@user-wh8mg4gh8d]

There's SOMETHING about Mary...like Marie Antoinette she lost her head...literally

[@DLeadVox]

☮️

[@videogamevalley7523]

……they were wild back in days

[@fanroche8573]

The true Queen Scotland

[@phakamilemyeza7362]

Didn't Bothwell force Mary into the marriage?

[@garycarpenter6433]

Just like Marie Antoinette she "lost her head 🗣️"

[@nelliethursday1812]

Owen Tudor ?? John of Gaunt.

[@shes_reese]

Those angry faces lol

[@penelopejoann]

It’s so difficult to tell what the true character of powerful women figures were, since sooooo much of recorded history was written from the male perspective. Mary Queen of Scots was probably very anti-English, as there were divisions in Wales and Scotland that made relations with England tenuous at best. Given that she was relaxed about having Protestant relatives at court, her resistance to the throne was likely purely anti-English sentiment. Of course, being crowned as a baby probably made her susceptible to the ethics and politics of her advisory from an early age. She likely wanted to carry out her father’s wishes politically, continuing a stronger relationship with France. France was literally always knocking down English sovereignty, any chance they could get, especially during and after King Henry the VIII. I suspect the rivalry between Mary of Scotland and Elizabeth I, was a continuation of deep-rooted rivalry between their daddy’s. Daddy isssues and power = plenty of baskets with heads in them 😊

[@theconqueringram5295]

Mary was a tragic queen.

[@HistoryUnsealed]

Funny how I made a video on these facts months ago lol. Very odd coincidence

[@bobbisparks53]

Weren't all of her ladies in waiting named "Mary" as well?😂😂

[@Blahbladestorms6192]

No

[@Jonathan-ye1nm]

Wish I had a name to go with the voice

[@nl396]

Mary Stuart was the rightful Queen of England.

[@epicwolf]

Bloody Mary?

[@JimiBurleigh]

Excellent question, but no. Bloody Mary was Mary I of England and Ireland. She was the Queen immediately prior to Elizabeth I.

[@Megadebt]

None of these jokes would have worked with the other narrator.

[@robvallee]

If there is an historical individual or event you would consider the epitome of Weird History?

[@Susieq26754]

Mary, unlike Elizabeth, just didn't have any discernment. Religion has no place in matters of State.

[@seekertosecrets]

Luck was not a lady to the throne.

[@christinanoline5183]

Did she marry 3 times

[@nusaibaumarmadaki3418]

Is it just or if you are born to the European royal family and named Mary or any name similar like Marie or Maria you are doomed.

[@lynnettecherry5754]

WHAT?

[@tremorsfan]

There's no evidence that Mary Mary is about anything other than gardening.

[@teridacktaljones4553]

🦝

[@HappyCappy69]

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[@aprilmeowmeow]

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[@AllanBell-si9hp]

How is this important to me how is listening to Mozart important how?

[@sadus5415]

bring back timeline, you bastard

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

Trump won in 2016 so i guess we never gave up on choosing babies as leaders.

[@monkeygraborange]

Pretty hysterical considering the current occupant of the White House wears diapers and speaks in gibberish.

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

You're not wrong, but i was referring more to the toddler-like behaviour.@@monkeygraborange

[@marywebb1138]

Tshirts😂😂😂

[@brad4texas]

So, British “Royalty” has always been weird… stranger than a soap opera even 😮 So King Charles is “normal”.

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

I hear you using the words "Lady" Fleming @3:42 but are we historically certain that's not a man, man?

[@btetschner]

Eating ANOTHER Weird History meal, this time a breakfast! Eating FROOT LOOPS* WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY†...while watching this Weird History video! * From the Weird History videos "Why Was the 80s the Golden Age for Sugary Cereals?" and "Facts About Mel Blanc, The Voice Behind Looney Tunes" † From the Weird History video "The Real Willy Wonka | The Food Scientist Behind Your Favorite Junk Food"