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Mary wrote to him from Sheffield Castle on 22 August 1577, with political news, instructions, and a reminder to get her some novelties from the shops in Paris. [5] Beaton had an audience with Elizabeth I in London. [6] He died in France in 1577. His replacement as Master of the Queen's Household was Andrew Melville of Garvock, who married Jane ...
During the reign of Charles II, the Scottish Parliament was dissolved and James was appointed Governor of Scotland. James II himself became James VII in 1685. His Catholicism was not tolerated, and he was driven out of England after three years. In his place came his daughter Mary and her husband William of Orange, the ruler of the Dutch Republic.
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.
Jean de Compiègne or Jehan de Conpiegne (died 1581) was a French tailor who served Mary, Queen of Scots, in Scotland and England. He is frequently mentioned in her accounts and in her letters. His name appears in various spellings in Scottish records, including "Jean Decumpanze". [1]
A contemporaneous wood cut of the Battle of Pinkie. At the beginning of the infant Mary's reign, the Scottish political nation was divided between a pro-French faction, led by Cardinal Beaton and by the Queen's mother, Mary of Guise; and a pro-English faction, headed by James Hamilton, Earl of Arran. [7]
Over 50 encrypted letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots, have been deciphered, revealing the ill-fated monarch’s meditations on a wide variety of subjects. ... While she was held captive, she ...
Royal Court of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542−1567) — courtiers, diplomats, servants, and artisans at the Royal Court of Scotland, as well as her court as queen in France. v t
During the Scottish Reformation, Robert Melville sided with the Protestant Lords of the Congregation.He was sent to England as a diplomat by Mary, Queen of Scots.He opposed her marriage to Henry, Lord Darnley and joined the rebellion called the Chaseabout Raid.