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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.
James was the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her second husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. Mary and Darnley were great-grandchildren of Henry VII of England through Margaret Tudor, the older sister of Henry VIII. Mary's rule over Scotland was insecure, and she and her husband, being Roman Catholics, faced a rebellion by Protestant ...
Mary was crowned queen at Holyrood Abbey on 22 February 1540, and the marriage produced three children in quick succession: James, Duke of Rothesay; Robert, Duke of Albany; and Mary. [1] Both sons died in April 1541, just 14 hours apart, [ 2 ] and when James V himself died in December 1542, his only surviving heir, Mary, became Queen of Scots ...
James was succeeded by his infant daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots. On 7 January 1543, the King's body was conveyed from Falkland to the Forth ferry at Kinghorn, before being transported to Edinburgh, escorted by a funeral cortege, and accompanied by Cardinal Beaton, the Earls of Arran, Argyll, Rothes, Marischal and other nobles. [73]
Mary's father, James V, died in December 1542 six days after Mary's birth. James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, was appointed Regent of Scotland to rule on her behalf. Mary and her mother remained at Linlithgow Palace. Arran's rule and his policies, especially his pursuit of an English alliance, were challenged by Cardinal Beaton. It was planned ...
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.
The Earl of Moray is depicted in many fictional works which focus on the life and times of Mary, Queen of Scots. These include the following: Sir Walter Scott's 1820 novel The Monastery, identified as the Earl of Murray; [49] The 1923 film The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots, portrayed by Lionel d'Aragon;
Mary Beaton (about 1543–1597), or Bethune as she wrote her family name, was a Scottish courtier. She is remembered in history as one of the four girls who were companions of Mary, Queen of Scots from childhood, known as The Queen's Maries or The Four Maries, and has also entered folklore through the traditional ballad of Marie Hamilton.