She was six days old when she was placed on the throne and crowns nine months later. At the age of 17, after her first husband, Francis II, died, she was a widow. She then went back to Scotland and officially ruled over Scotland. Another one of Mary’s achievements involve giving birth to James VI of England, who she had to leave behind because people did not want a Catholic monarch in Scotland. He would become king after the death of Queen Elizabeth I. Mary was also a Catholic heir of England. People called her rude names and said she was “not a true heir to the throne of England”. She was sent into exile and forced out of Scotland. Mary was then beheaded by her own cousin, Queen Elizabeth, in