Queen Elizabeth I: Mary I Queen Of Scotland

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An essential figure in history, Mary I Queen of Scotland governed Scotland during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Because the first Elizabeth never married, the modern royals are not her descendants. Mary's son, James VI and I, became the king of England and Scotland following the two queens.
Resurrected into this century as the current queen of Scotland (and England), Mary is smug that her son was the King of England, as well as Scotland. She never relinquished her claim to the throne (better than Elizabeth's because Mary was legitimate), which led to her eventual decapitation. King Henry VIII's elder sister Margaret (Mary's grandmother) was also Elizabeth's aunt, which made the two queens cousins.
New technologies may confuse Mary: automobiles,

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