Tag: Mary

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29th July 1567: James VI crowned king of Scotland at just 13 months old

29th July 2022
Tagged as: Elizabeth I, England, James I and VI, Mary, Mary Queen of Scots, Monarchy, Queen of Scots, Scotland, Stuart

James was the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots, who was forced to abdicate in favour of her young son a month after she was imprisoned.

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8th February 1587: Mary Queen of Scots executed in the great hall of Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire

8th February 2022
Tagged as: Assassination, Babington Plot, Elizabeth I, Elizabethan, Execution, Mary, Mary Stuart, Plot, Queen of Scots, Treason

Having been held for 19 years in a variety of castles and manor houses around the British Isles, Mary was accused of plotting to kill Elizabeth in 1586.

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8th February 1587: Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

8th February 2019
Tagged as: Catholicism, Elizabeth I, England, Execution, Henry VIII, Mary, Monarchy, Politics, Protestantism, Queen of Scots, Scotland

On the 8^th February 1587 Mary Stuart, more commonly known as Mary, Queen of Scots, was executed in the great hall of Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire.