... English throne – indicating Mary's political ambitions. Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland and Queen consort of France (through her marriage to Francis II), Elizabeth's cousin, returned to Scotland following the death of her husband. While Mary can be viewed as an international force, as she was the ... political factor. Mary had a right to the English crown because she was a Tudor, through her grandmother, Margaret Tudor, Elizabeth's aunt. While her late husband, Francis II, had given up her claim to the English throne in the 1560 Treaty of Edinburgh, Mary did not formally approve the ...

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