"Mary Queen of Scots," by Jacob Abbott, provides a detailed and
fascinating biography of an important woman in world history. Mary
I (also known as Marie Stuart) reigned as queen of Scotland from
1542 to 1567 A.D. She was the only surviving legitimate child of
King James V. She was six days old when her father died and she was
crowned nine months later. In 1558, she married Francis, Dauphin of
France, who ascended the French throne as Francis II in 1559. Mary
was not Queen of France for long; she was widowed on 5 December
1560. After her husband's death, Mary returned to Scotland,
arriving in Leith on 19 August 1561. Four years later, she married
her first cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. Their union was
unhappy and in February 1567, there was a huge explosion at their
house, and Darnley was found dead, apparently strangled, in the
garden. She soon married James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, who
was generally believed to be Darnley's murderer. Following an
uprising against the couple, Mary was imprisoned in Loch Leven
Castle on 15 June and forced to abdicate in favor of her
one-year-old son, James VI. After an unsuccessful attempt to regain
the throne, Mary fled to England seeking protection from her first
cousin once removed, Queen Elizabeth I, whose kingdom she hoped to
inherit. Elizabeth ordered her arrest because of the threat
presented by Mary, who had previously claimed Elizabeth's throne as
her own and was considered the legitimate sovereign of England by
many English Catholics, including participants in the Rising of the
North. After 19 years in custody in a number of castles and manor
houses in England, she was tried and executed for treason for her
involvement in three plots to assassinate Elizabeth.
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