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Darnley's mother Margaret Douglas was imprisoned in the Tower of London by order of the Privy Council of England for her son's wedding. Mary, Queen of Scots had married Francis II of France at Notre-Dame de Paris on 24 April 1558, [3] and, after his death, she returned to Scotland to rule in person in September 1561.
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1546 – 10 February 1567) was King of Scotland as the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, from 29 July 1565 until his murder in 1567. Lord Darnley had one child with Mary, the future James VI of Scotland and I of England. Through his parents, he had claims to both the Scottish and English thrones. [3]
Mary with her second husband, Lord Darnley. Mary had briefly met her English-born half-cousin Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, in February 1561 when she was in mourning for Francis. Darnley's parents, the Earl and Countess of Lennox, were Scottish aristocrats as well as English landowners.
An account of the wedding was written by a Scottish observer, John Elder, as a letter to Robert Stewart, Bishop of Caithness. [42] Elder is best known as a tutor of Lord Darnley. [43] Elder's letter shares some material with an account of the wedding included in editions of Robert Fabyan's New Chronicle. [44]
The Chaseabout Raid was a rebellion by James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, against his half sister, Mary, Queen of Scots, on 26 August 1565, over her marriage to Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. [1] The rebels also claimed to be acting over other causes including bad governance, and religion in the name of the Scottish Reformation . [ 2 ]
The Earl of Argyll was said to be an opponent of the planned wedding of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Henry, Lord Darnley. It was said that Argyll was a leader of a plot to kidnap Mary and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley in June 1565 as they travelled between Perth and Edinburgh.
On the night that Lord Darnley was killed by an explosion at the Kirk o'Field, Mary attended the wedding banquet and masque for her servant Bastian Pagez and Christily Hog. Mary gave the bride satin, velvet, and green ribbons for her gown. She also gave her servant Margaret Carwood clothes for her wedding. [148]
James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney and 4th Earl of Bothwell (c. 1534 – 14 April 1578), better known simply as Lord Bothwell, was the third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. He was accused of the murder of Mary's second husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, a charge of which he was acquitted. His marriage to Mary was controversial and divided the ...