Mary, Queen of Scots is seen as one of Scotland's heroes. She was
queen regnant of Scotland from 1542-1667 but was held in various
houses for eighteen and a half years by Queen Elizabeth and
beheaded for plotting to assassinate Elizabeth. This book explains
simply and clearly who Mary was and her life and is told by her
loyal servant, Mary Seton. She was born in 1542 and she died in
1587. She was queen regnant of Scotland from 1542 -1567. A queen
regnant is a queen who rules in her own right. She was the only
surviving legitimate child of King James V of Scotland, and was six
days old when her father died and she acceded to the throne. She
spent most of her childhood in France while Scotland was ruled by
regents, and in 1558, she married the Dauphin of France, Francis.
He ascended the French throne as King Francis II in 1559, and Mary
briefly became queen consort of France, until his death on 5
December 1560. Widowed, Mary returned to Scotland, arriving in
Leith on 19 August 1561. Four years later, she married her first
cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, but their union was unhappy. In
February 1567, his residence was destroyed by an explosion, and
Darnley was found murdered in the garden. James Hepburn, 4th Earl
of Bothwell, was generally believed to have orchestrated Darnley's
death, but he was acquitted of the charge in April 1567, and the
following month he married Mary. Following an uprising against the
couple, Mary was imprisoned in Loch Leven Castle. On 24 July 1567,
she was forced to abdicate in favour of James, her one-year-old son
by Darnley. After an unsuccessful attempt to regain the throne, she
fled southwards seeking the protection of her first cousin once
removed, Queen Elizabeth I of England. Mary had previously claimed
Elizabeth's throne as her own and was considered the legitimate
sovereign of England by many English Catholics, including
participants in a rebellion known as the Rising of the North. Seen
as a threat by Elizabeth, Mary was confined in various houses and
after eighteen and a half years, she was found guilty of plotting
to assassinate Elizabeth. She was beheaded.
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