Why did Mary queen of scots believe that she had the right to the throne of England?
http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMona… Mary was related to and in succession to the English throne. “Her claims to the throne of England were almost as strong as her claims to the Scottish throne. As Henry VII of England’s great-granddaughter, Mary was next in line to the English throne, after Henry VIII’s children.” Mary was almost used as a pawn by Scotts noblemen to broker a peace with England: “Given her youth and sex, the Scottish nobility decided that they must make peace with England, and they agreed that she should marry Henry VIII’s son, the future Edward VI. No sooner had the treaty been arranged, however, than Catholics opposed to the plan took the young Mary to Stirling Castle and, to Henry’s fury, they broke the match, preferring to return to Scotland’s traditional alliance with France. ” Mary’s religion played a great part in her lif
