Mary, Queen of Scots
Monarch
1542 – 1587
Who was Mary, Queen of Scots?
Mary, Queen of Scots, also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was queen regnant of Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567 and queen consort of France from 10 July 1559 to 5 December 1560.
Mary, the only surviving legitimate child of King James V of Scotland, was 6 days old when her father died and she acceded to the throne. She spent most of her childhood in France while Scotland was ruled by regents, and in 1558, she married the Dauphin of France, Francis. He ascended the French throne as King Francis II in 1559, and Mary briefly became queen consort of France, until his death on 5 December 1560. Widowed, Mary returned to Scotland, arriving in Leith on 19 August 1561. Four years later, she married her first cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, but their union was unhappy. In February 1567, his residence was destroyed by an explosion, and Darnley was found murdered in the garden.
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, was generally believed to have orchestrated Darnley's death, but he was acquitted of the charge in April 1567, and the following month he married Mary. Following an uprising against the couple, Mary was imprisoned in Loch Leven Castle.
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- Born
- Dec 8, 1542
Linlithgow Palace - Also known as
- Mary
- Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
- Stuart, Mary, Queen of Scots
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
(1565/07/29 - 1567/02) - Francis II of France
(1558/04/24 - 1559/12) - James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
(1567/05/15 - 1578/12)
- Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Scottish people
- Lived in
- Scotland
(1542/12/08 - 1548) - Paris
(1548 - 1561) - Scotland
(1561/08/19 - 1568/05/13) - Chartley Castle
( - 1586/09/25) - Fotheringhay Castle
(1586/09/25 - 1587/02/08)
- Scotland
- Died
- Feb 8, 1587
Fotheringhay Castle - Resting place
- Henry VII Chapel
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on July 23, 2013
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