Queen Elizabeth I of England and Mary Queen of Scots were two of recorded history’s most significant, most legendary rivals—although they never met.
Elizabeth was the childless “virgin” queen in one castle: bawdy, brilliant, tactical and cynical. On the other hand, Mary is feminine, charming, romantic and reckless.
Their decades-long battle over the English crown would end with Mary’s beheading at Fotheringhay Castle—with Elizabeth’s blessing—in 1587.
But the two cousins’ tortured relationship was determined long before, during childhoods, so dissimilar and defining that they would inform both Queens’ characters—and seal Mary’s tragic fate.
The rivalry between the two queens was marked by imprisonment, escape and execution.
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Alot of my family 👪 ancestry has been traced back to all of these times, some of this makes me sad
History is truly fascinating ! Was very interesting true stories about the rulers from the past years. Thank you for the film. 0:03
Who are these brilliant experts? 😯🤯
Can the schmuck that is flogging his advertising on hawking on poor people tax lien’s against their homes as a money maker deplorable??
Depicting Elizabeth I as balding in her older years is disrespectful and frankly misogynistic. Also, speculating that her makeup was the cause of her death is ridiculous and there is no evidence to support that. Elizabeth was almost 70 years old when she died, exceeding the life expecting for a woman of her era and class by over a decade. This piece is just rubbish.
Queen Elizabeth the 1st had nephews and a niece through Lady Katherine Grey.
What if Lady Jane Grey or Mary queen of Scot’s were never executed and one of them became the new queen of England in 1603 how would England have been like in your opinion
Lesley Smith as Elizabeth. Haven't seen her since her "Most Haunted " days. Always delighted to see new history programmes.
Bro at the beginning was a little too excited to watch the execution .
What would have been better for Mary to do instead of going to England ?
Elizabeth: her father cutting her mother’s head off and declaring Elizabeth a bastard; being sexually abused as a child by Thomas Seymour; stating she would never marry to Parliament in her 20’s; almost 6’ tall; wearing pieces of men’s clothing. Wow, I wonder what the reason could be for her having no intention to marry? 🙄
The battle between Elizabeth and Mary is the classic war between heart and head. It’s tempting to reduce this to “the choices women make,” but it goes beyond gender. They lived in times when no monarch could afford to be unwise. The only way to survive was to be smarter than everyone around you. Elizabeth was tested early in life and proved her fitness for the job with her brilliance and discretion. In contrast, Mary let her impulses rule her, and she paid the price.
The narrative is a bit disordered, jumping around in time and repeating the same parts several times. I also would've preferred more detail, this is more a basic intro to the subject and all of this has already been said in other docs. Maybe it's just because I've been researching this for 5 years, but I was hoping for more from this.
It was good for England that Queen Elizabeth I had a successful reign. Mary Queen of Scots was not strong enough to rule Scotland, so could not rule England successfully.
She looks like Elizabeth 2
Lame
I love Mary! I wish she was Englands Queen 😍 katolsk forever
I could have sworn first cousins were the children of two siblings. Therefore Elizabeth and Mary were not first cousins. Mary was the Granddaughter of Henry's sister Margaret, thus making Margaret Elizabeth's Aunt, and her child (Mary's Father) would be Elizabeth's first cousin, making Elizabeth and Mary Second Cousins.
Queen Elizabeth ll & Prince Phillip were Blood Cousins
OMGGG YESSSS!!!!
Excellent!
I'm Mary's 14th great granddaughter, and Elizabeth's 13th great niece. And my 14th great grandmother is named Catherine Carey, which may be the illegitimate child of Henry the 8th. It's all very confusing. But interesting. Apparently about 60% of Americans, no matter the race, are decended from the royal and noble families 😊
Who ever did the audio mixing/editing on this… needs more practice. lol
I'll never understand why Mary felt safer trusting Elizabeth when she went into exile, instead of running to France, where she had grown up and was once the queen consort. Why France never attempted to free Mary and place her on the English throne in Elizabeth's stead, baffles me as well. Considering France and England were constant rivals, it would have made sense for them to put Mary on the throne or at least tried. Alas, Mary placed her trust in the worst person she could have chosen and she spent 20yrs in prison until her head was removed.
Separate note- it's insulting when the presenters don't bother to learn the proper pronunciation of names and places, makes me question the validity of the rest of the information. They literally have one job, to read the script properly and yet they fail.
Elizabeth was a monster who thought that she could kill her cousin, Mary, and replace the real church, the Catholic Church. She was no different than her thug father.
mary queen of scots
Mary of guise in ancestry heritage
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Benedict Cumberbatch spotted on this video 😆