Why was Mary called Queen of Scots and not queen of Scotland?

Mary was called Queen of Scots and not Scotland because traditionally, kings and queens in Scotland are monarchs of the people, not of the country. Mary Queen of Scots was the correct title.

Mary Queen of Scots was the only child of James V of Scotland and his French wife, Mary of Guise, and was born in 1542. She became queen of the Scots after her father died when she was only six days old, during a turbulent century dominated by the Renaissance and Reformation.

Mary was once engaged to King Henry VIII’s son, Edward, but her Catholic guardians disagreed and broke the agreement, resulting in Henry VIII’s unsuccessful Scottish invasions known as the ‘Rough Wooing.’

Mary was taken to Henry II’s French court as a young girl, where she eventually married the Dauphin Francis, briefly becoming Queen of France in 1559, unifying the French and Scottish crowns, only to be widowed at the age of 18 when Francis died of an ear infection.

Mary returned to Scotland to rule after Francis’ death.