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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.
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)
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 of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King-Emperor George V.
Her Majesty’s funeral has taken place in central London, and her body is being taken to her final resting place.
Death and funeral of Mary I of England (1516–1558), queen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558; Funeral of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587), queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567, queen consort of France from 1559 to 1560; Death and funeral of Mary of Teck (1867–1953), queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936
Upon his death, leading politicians proclaimed Mary's and Edward's Protestant cousin, Lady Jane Grey, as queen instead. Mary speedily assembled a force in East Anglia and deposed Jane, who was eventually beheaded. Mary was—excluding the disputed reigns of Jane and the Empress Matilda—the first queen regnant of England.
The queen’s coffin was showered with roses from the thousands of well-wishers near the hearse as it traveled to Windsor castle for the service. At 2:30 p.m. EST, Queen Elizabeth was buried in a ...