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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 .
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.
Mary, Queen of Scots, was buried at Peterborough Cathedral on 1 August 1587 with a heraldic funeral, following her execution at Fotheringhay Castle on 8 February 1587. In 1612, her son James VI and I ordered her reburial at Westminster Abbey .
This sketch of the execution of Mary Queen of Scots was drawn to accompany Robert Beale's official record of the proceedings.. Robert Beale (1541 – 25 May 1601) was an English diplomat, administrator, and antiquary in the reign of Elizabeth I.
Mary Queen of Scots expert John Guy, who wrote the 2004 biography of Mary Queen of Scots, said this is the most significant find about Mary for a century. He said: “This discovery is a literary ...
Executed for not recognizing Mary as Queen. Refused to convert to Catholicism before his death. Lady Jane Grey: 12 February 1554 Former de facto Queen of England and Ireland. Executed for high treason at Tower Hill under the Third Succession Act and the Treason Act 1547 establishing Queen Mary as the legitimate heir to the throne. Guilford Dudley
The genuine autograph signature of Mary Queen of Scots Some historians claim that the letters were written by the queen's lady, Mary Beaton. The Queen's husband, Lord Darnley, was killed in mysterious circumstances at the Kirk o'Field in Edinburgh on 10 February 1567, and she married the Earl of Bothwell on 15 May 1567.
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.