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Mary, Queen of Scots

Queen of Scotland from infancy, imprisoned and executed by her cousin Elizabeth I.

From 14 December 1542 until she was compelled to abdicate on 24 July 1567, Mary Stuart reigned as Scotland's queen.[1] King James V and Mary of Guise were the parents of Mary, who was delivered on 8 December 1542 at Linlithgow Palace.[2] Of all James's children, only Mary, his legitimate daughter, outlived him.[3]

Quick Facts

Reign
14 December 1542 – 24 July 1567
Coronation
9 September 1543
Predecessor
James V
Successor
James VI
Born
8 December 1542
Birthplace
Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, Scotland
Place of death
Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

Mary succeeded to the Scottish throne six days after her birth, following her father's death.[4] As an infant monarch, Scotland was governed by regents until she reached maturity.[5] Henry VIII proposed a marriage between Mary and his son Edward, and the Treaty of Greenwich was signed on 1 July 1543.[6] Francis and Mary became king and queen of France when Henry II died on 10 July 1559.[7]

Mary's son James was born on 19 June 1566 in Edinburgh Castle.[8] At age five, Mary was dispatched to France; she sailed from Dumbarton on 7 August 1548 and then spent thirteen years at the French court.[9] Francis II passed away on 5 December 1560; after nine months, Mary came back to Scotland, landing at Leith on 19 August 1561.[10] On 29 July 1565, at Holyrood Palace, Mary married Lord Darnley.[11]

On 10 February 1567, Darnley's corpse was discovered in the garden at Kirk o' Field; he had apparently been smothered.[12][13]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Mary, Queen of Scots" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "National Records of Scotland; Hall of Fame A-Z – Mary Queen of Scots", NRS, 31 May 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Mary, Queen of Scots" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bishop John Lesley said Mary was born on the 7th, but Mary and John Knox claimed the 8th, which was the feast day of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mar (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Mary, Queen of Scots" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Mary, Queen of Scots" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ;; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Mary, Queen of Scots" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Historical Manuscripts Commission, "The Manuscripts of the Duke of Hamilton, KT", Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1887, p. 205, 219–220; ; ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Mary, Queen of Scots" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ;; ; ; ;; ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Mary, Queen of Scots" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; ; ;; ;; Thompson, "The Wars of Religion in France", University of Chicago Press, 2005, p. 22 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Mary, Queen of Scots" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ;; Lorna Hutson, England's Insular Imagining: The Elizabethan Erasure of Scotland (Cambridge, 2023), pp. 149–151.; ; ; ;; ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Mary, Queen of Scots" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lord Guthrie, "Mary Stuart and Roscoff", Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1907, p. 577 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Mary, Queen of Scots" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ;; ;; ; ;; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Mary, Queen of Scots" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; ;; For the quote and his height see and ; for falling in love see ; and; ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Mary, Queen of Scots" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; ;; ; ; ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  13. Wikipedia, "Mary, Queen of Scots" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ;; ;; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

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