Mary, Queen of Scots in white mourning for her first husband, circa 1559–1560; Credit – Wikipedia Mary needed an heir, so a second marriage became necessary. After consideringCarlos, Prince of Asturias, known as Don Carlos, eldest son and heir of King Philip II of Spain and Queen Elizabe...
Mary was the Queen of Scotland from her father’s death in December 1542 until she was forced to abdicate the throne to her infant son James in July 1567. Following her first husband Francis’s death, Mary returned to Scotland from France in 1561. By that time, John Knox's influence had...
Mary was the Queen of Scotland from her father’s death in December 1542 until she was forced to abdicate the throne to her infant son James in July 1567. Following her first husband Francis’s death, Mary returned to Scotland from France in 1561. By that time, John Knox's influence had...
This painting illustrates a poignant moment in Scottish history. Mary, Queen of Scots, wearing dark red and black, holding a crucifix and rosary in her lap, and contemplating a miniature of her husband and a completed letter to Henri III of France, brother of her first husband waits for her...
Was Mary Queen of Scots involved in the murder of her husband Lord Darnley? Mary, Queen of Scots, was barely one week old when she succeeded to the throne in 1542. The murder 25 years later of Henry Lord Darnley, her consort and the father of the infant who would become King James ...
The first 21 years of her life were packed with dramatic incident, including her flight to France, widowhood at an early age, the murder of her secretary and second husband, abduction and rape by a third, and finally captivity and escape from a remote castle in the Highlands of Scotland. ...
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Yet for all her tenacity, Mary never gains the full loyalty of her people for various reasons, including her religion, her French first husband, her subsequent marriages and other rumors of infidelity. A Trump-like Protestant preacher John Knox (David Tennant) regularly speaks out against her, ...
Mary’s marriage didn’t last long. Her husband died the next year, in 1560, leaving her a widow at the age of 18. In 1561, with her influence and power in France now gone due to the death of her husband, she decided to return to Scotland to take up her duties as queen. ...
After her husband's death, Mary returned to Scotland, arriving in Leith on 19 August 1561. Four years later, she married her first cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. Their union was unhappy and in February 1567, Darnley was found dead in the garden at Kirk o'Field, after ...