 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Munguvayi, Mambokadzi Mary akanga arerwa somuKaturike muFrance, uye akaroorwa naDauphin, uyo akava mambo saFrancis II muna 1559, achimuita mambokadzi mudzimai weFrance. Francis paakafa muna 1560, Mary, uyo akanga ava nemakore 19, akadzokera kuScotland kunotora hurumende. Pasinei zvapo norudzidziso rwake rwomunhu oga, iye haana kuedza kudzorera chiKaturike pavanhu vake zvikurukuru vaPurotesitendi, nokudaro achitsamwisa vakuru vakuru veKaturike. Kutonga kwake kwemakore matanhatu kwakakanganiswa nenhamo dzakatevedzana, dzaikonzerwa zvikuru namano nokukwikwidzana kwavakuru vakuru. Kuurawa kwomunyori wake, David Riccio, kwakateverwa nokurohwa kwomurume wake wechipiri akanga asingafarirwi, Ishe Darnley, uye kutapwa kwake nokuroorwa kwake naEarl weBothwell, uyo akabatanidzwa mukuurawa kwaDarnley. Mary naBothwell vakatarisana navanamambo paCarberry Hill uye mushure mekunge mauto avo anyunguduka, akatiza uye akabatwa nevakwikwidzi vaBothwell. Mary akaiswa mutorongo muLoch Leven Castle, uye muna July 1567, akamanikidzwa kusiya chigaro achiitira mwanakomana wake muduku James VI. Pakupedzisira Mariya akatiza ndokuedza kutorazve chigaro choumambo nechisimba. Pashure pokukundwa kwake paHondo yeLangsidemuna 1568, akapotera kuEngland, achisiya mwanakomana wake muduku mumaoko evamiririri. MuScotland vatongi vakarwa hondo yevagari vomunyika yacho vachimiririra James VI vachipesana nevatsigiri vaamai vake. MuEngland, Mary akava chinhu chinokosha nokuda kwevapanduki veKaturike uye pakupedzisira akatongwa nokuda kwokutengesa nyika ndokuurawa pamurairo wehama yake Elizabeth I. 