Mary Su Stuart

Mary's guess about England's Privy Council was not entirely accurate.In other words, she underestimated the cautiousness of those old foxes.

The mission of the Privy Council in England waited until she gave birth to a child before completely surrendering, and sincerely asked Mary to return to London to succeed the throne.

Before that, though, Mary really wasn't thinking about England across the Channel.

Only when you are really pregnant will you know how disturbing it is to have a baby in this era!

A person who has a balanced nutrition, pays attention to hygiene, and is usually healthy will always have a sense of fluke about a "small probability event" when it comes to diseases.However, she was pregnant in October (actually September and a half), and once she gave birth, Mary couldn't stand the special "professional care" of the royal family.

Anyway, the knowledge of the previous life has not been forgotten.So she refused all kinds of strange supplements, carefully studied the recipes by herself (ensure enough cheese, egg yolk, sesame sauce, fresh fruits, vegetables, meat and liver), insisted on walking and exercising (preventing overweight giant fetus), breathing fresh air (hypoxia is fatal ), and count fetal movements very seriously (François also pays attention to this activity).Finally, when it was close to the expected date of delivery, the fetal head descended, entered the pelvis smoothly, and the contractions gradually became regular...

Cough cough, the most difficult level has just begun!

The rules of the French royal family require many people to watch the queen give birth!

Mary shuddered.She heard that at that time, the house will be surrounded airtightly, and the dignitaries will gather together, all staring at the open arms of the parturient; And no one secretly trades girls for more precious boys...

Just thinking about it makes me faint!

Mary refused!

Part of it is the concept of privacy.Although, in this day and age, Mary is used to being served and bathed, to be watched and put on underwear, and to be cared about the frequency and position of the bed...Although, Mary also fully understands that in order to assist in childbirth and ensure safety, medical personnel need to have enough Field of vision and operating space...but please don't let "irrelevant opposite sexes" come together!

The other part is hygiene considerations.This is actually the most important thing.It is said that in history, Queen Marie Antoinette of Louis XVI gave birth to her first child because the air in the room was too bad and the scene was noisy, so she passed out from boredom—it had nothing to do with excitement or dystocia.Although there was no concept of a sterile delivery room in the [-]th century, it had to move in this direction anyway. Puerperal infection is no joke!

If it were Edinburgh, Scotland, Mary would probably be doing her own thing.However, this is France, and her child is likely to be the future king, so she will more or less follow the Romans.Thinking that the climate here is comfortable and her husband is extraordinarily careful, Mary murmured silently, "If you marry, you will be pregnant and you will be pregnant, so you can't say you regret it."

Heaven pays off.Under Mary's hard work, the court finally made a concession: first, the number of people in the delivery room must be controlled to ensure proper ventilation; second, men are not allowed to enter the delivery room except for necessary medical staff; Strictly follow the hygienic principles, bathe and wash your hands before entering with light clothing.

This time, the Queen of France's obsession with cleanliness finally became famous in Europe.

Mary is happy with it!

The Valois court is indeed the pinnacle of European literature, art and magnificence, and it is simply the mainstream benchmark of "unspeakable" and "must be imitated".As her well-deserved hostess, taking advantage of her pregnancy, she walks sideways, so what can I do.

Of course, considering the harmony of the palace and clean ears, Mary is willing to play hard and soft.In order to appease the emotions of those chattering ladies (male lords, Francois is too embarrassed to speak), Mary's maids did some work, such as rewarding a batch of new pattern ornaments, promising to build a new building in Hot Spring Town. villa, reserve a few rooms for them...

As for her mother-in-law... Ahem, usually, Europe doesn't promote "filial piety", and the power of the "Queen Dowager" is probably not as high as that of the current queen.Most of the regents who took power in history and were able to overwhelm their daughter-in-law took advantage of their young sons or had a particularly good relationship with their sons [Note [-]].Moreover, Catherine obviously knows how to advance and retreat; so far, she has almost closed her eyes and ears to all Mary's deviations, and has taken an attitude of letting things go.

On June 1570, 6, Mary gave birth to a daughter in Fontainebleau.

The worst plans and the best preparations were useless, and the whole labor process went incredibly smoothly.The new mother, Mary, went for a walk on the ground six hours after cutting the umbilical cord, and felt quite strong all over her body.

The wet nurse is tested and prepared early, but the queen's colostrum is not wasted.Looking at the rosy, soft and extremely healthy baby, Mary wondered, could this be the "Child of Destiny"?

Come on, if he is a son who can inherit the family business, he really deserves this title.Now, daughter...

Francois is immersed in the joy of being a father, completely indifferent to the gender of the child.He looked at his wife who was full of energy, and then at his daughter whose eyes were closed, and he was embarrassed to turn his attention to the one who needed more care.

——Although it wasn't his turn to work for the King of France, he couldn't help being so silly that he couldn't help wandering around the cute baby.

The French dignitaries breathed a sigh of relief.Think about Princess Elizabeth (Queen of Spain) the year before, think about Queen Elizabeth this year... At this moment, it is enough for the mother and daughter to be safe.Anyway, it has been proved that the king and his wife can have children; they are 27 and 26, and they are still young, so let's hope that the next one will be better.

The envoys of the Privy Council in England were even more secretly happy: In this way, the regent ascended the throne, and at least there is a definite heir behind him; the princess, including her descendants, will follow the Salic law insisted by the Valois royal family, anyway Forever out of touch with the French throne; maybe, in the future...England will thus retain its independence?

So, as soon as Mary's puerperium was over, Cecil and the Duke of Norfolk couldn't wait to beg her to return to England to prepare for the coronation ceremony.

However, none of the conditions that should be negotiated were left behind.

The Privy Council elects Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, to be crowned Queen of England and Ireland.However, as her husband, King Francois II of France, cannot be the sole chief heir to the Queen like his other identity, King of Scotland.

Moreover, just like Philip II who married Bloody Mary, he has a lofty name, but he is not allowed to enjoy all the real power of the monarch-the sphere of ruling power of the side-by-side kings of England and Ireland will be lower than that of his wife.

In this regard, Francois has no objection.

What he cared more about, in fact, was that he was leaving France again.

This time, it was the whole family of three who went out collectively.

Before they set off, London was almost fully prepared for the enthronement ceremony of the new king, and the only thing left was the right one.

The throne has been vacant for half a year, and most conservative English people can't help but start praying: May God return His Majesty to the throne soon!

Under such expectations, Mary and her husband finally appeared in front of the citizens of London on tall horses.

On the day of the coronation, the sky was sunny and the breeze was blowing, which made people feel at ease. The "young" monarch couple, with beautiful appearance, elegant demeanor, and noble manners, are like a pair of heavenly couples, sacred and solemn as if inviolable.

This is an unprecedented extravagant celebration, sweeping away the sorrow of Elizabeth I's funeral at the beginning of the year.The spectators, full of excitement of witnessing history, crowded the streets and alleys.

Unlike Mary Tudor who was frequently criticized when she married Philip II (Prince Philip at the time), the appearance of Mary and Francois won more favors.First of all, the two have high looks and are quite attractive.Secondly, Mary has been in power for several years. She has been religiously tolerant and lenient. She also helped the poor, was enthusiastic about public health, and won the hearts of the people with her kindness and kindness.In the end, although the former regent came from Scotland, he acted impartially, advocated peace, and maintained England's independence. He never vassalized European powers or got involved in disputes; even his ally France also behaved politely...

How can such a new king not give people hope.

Of course, disaffected minorities still exist.But their objections, at least today, did not reach Mary's ears.At this moment, she is following the rules and pronouncing that she has officially become the "Queen of England, Ireland and France".

In 1328 AD, after the head of the Capet dynasty in France died out, his cousin, Count Valois, succeeded to the throne.The monarch of England at the time, relying on himself as the nephew of the last monarch of Capet, made a claim to the throne of France on the grounds of matrilineal descent. From the beginning of 1337, the side that resisted the Salic Law and the side that insisted on the Salic Law fought intermittently for more than a century, which was the Hundred Years War between Britain and France.England claimed perennial victories, and even once occupied Reims, the place where the King of France was crowned, and burned Joan to death.However, in 1453, the English had only Calais and a few islands to rule - by 1558, even Calais was retaken by the Duke of Guise.

It is a pity, or even ridiculous, that England has historically refused to give up its claim to the French throne after losing all its territory on the European continent.It was not until after the French Revolution that the French Republic was established; and the Act of Union that merged the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland was introduced in 1800; the monarch of London decided not to mention the claim to the French throne at all, and removed the iris from the king's emblem .

Probably, Mary Stuart is the most legitimate person in history who calls herself Queen of France here-that, anyway, queen and queen are the same word.

Wait a minute, the one who is more confident should be Francois——he is definitely the King of France with all the rules, no deception.

In the Palace of Westminster, listening to the couple reading the oath all the way, all the officials below had a subtle feeling.

Awkward?Melancholy?Confused?

The nobles of England are hardly happy at the moment.

As if, from now on, England was inferior to France...

Only Sir William Cecil, the Minister of State who had just been promised by Mary not long ago to make him Baron Burleigh, looked at the crowned Queen and felt that she had completely seen through her ambition.

Mary Stuart, this woman who has the favor of God, is proud and conceited in her bones, and is able to handle everything with ease.

She has control of England, and she has a huge influence on France, which is visible to the naked eye.She refuses to be subordinated to anyone—even if that person is her husband—so England under her presumably will still be able to rise up and live up to its great potential in the years to come.

Let him take a good look at how this unwilling monarch will leave a strong mark in history!

The author has something to say: The tragic birth situation of European queens is mainly referred to Du Niang Encyclopedia.

[Note [-]] In history, Catherine de' Medici, during the period of Francois II (just over a year), was honestly giving in and letting the eldest daughter-in-law Mary go first in everything.After the young Charles IX came to the throne, she became the female regent because of the exchange of interests with her clan Bourbons.

When Louis XIII became an adult, his attitude towards his mother, Marie de' Medici, was: the Prime Minister (Cardinal Richelieu) only obeys my will and does not have to obey the Queen Mother.

Louis XIV's mother, Anna (or Anne) of Austria, relied on Richelieu's successor, Mazarin (the cardinal who was rumored to be with her), to govern. After Mazarin's death, she quickly returned the power to her son.

The Queen Mother of Scotland and Mary de Guiss were not considered regents at first, but they relied on France and fought for power with the Lords of Scotland.The mother of Henry VII of England, Mary Beaufort, wanted to be the first woman in the court, and she also tried to suppress the queen, Elizabeth of York; but that was because Henry VII and her mother had the same goal-belittle the status of the queen and weaken York A line of influence in the Tudor dynasty.

In the Middle Ages, there was a sturdy figure, Eleanor of Aquitaine.She became the queen of France and England successively, and had a particularly good relationship with her eldest son, the Lionheart.She didn't become Queen Mother until she was 70, but she was very energetic; she was responsible for ruling England during Richard's Crusade.