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Burial of Mary, Queen of Scots: Peterborough Journey; Old Scarlett: Peterborough Cathedral; Mary, Queen of Scots: Westminster Abbey; Mariana Brockmann, "Mischievous Marys, Rituals of Queenship in Sixteenth-century England and Scotland", PhD thesis, Royal Holloway University of London, 2017, chapter 4
Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart [3] or Mary I of Scotland, [4] was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland , Mary was six days old when her father died and she inherited the throne.
[14] [15] Elizabeth and Mary, Queen of Scots were the last monarchs to be buried with full tomb effigies; monarchs buried after them are commemorated in the abbey with simple inscriptions. [16] In 1760, George II became the last monarch to be buried in the abbey, and George III's brother Henry Frederick became the last member of the royal ...
The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots took place on 8 February, 1587 at Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England. After nineteen years in English captivity following her forced abdication from the throne of Scotland , Mary was found guilty of plotting the assassination of her cousin, Elizabeth I in what became known as the Babington Plot .
Francis II of France (husband of Mary Queen of Scots) (1560) Henrietta Maria of France (1669) El Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain Philip II of Spain (widower of Mary I of England) (1598) Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1567) Church of St John, Mirow, Germany Princess Augusta of Cambridge (1916)
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The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay Castle on 8 February 1587, drawn by Robert Beale, Clerk of the Privy Council, an eyewitness.The official witnesses, George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury and Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent are seated on the scaffold at left, identified as numbers 1 and 2.
Who was Mary, Queen of Scots? Mary Stuart was crowned queen of Scotland just six days after her birth in 1542 following the unexpected death of her father, James V, according to researchers.