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When Mary, Queen of Scots, was pregnant in 1566 she made an inventory of her jewels, leaving some as permanent legacies to the crown of Scotland, and others to her relations, courtiers, and ladies-in-waiting.
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When her father-in-law Henry II of France passed away in 1559 she briefly became Queen of France, but her young husband Francis II died barely a year into his reign aged just 16. In 1561, Mary returned to Scotland to rule as Queen. She found her homeland in the midst of religious upheaval – Scotland was now a Protestant country while Mary was Catho...
Over the next 19 years, Mary became a figurehead for Catholics to rally round. Many believed that Elizabeth’s parents, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, were not legally married, meaning Elizabeth couldn’t be Queen. Mary was the granddaughter of Henry’s older sister Margaret and had a legitimate claim to the English throne. She was a clear candidate to t...
The following morning, Mary, Queen of Scots entered the room where she would be executed. She told her friends and servants to ‘rejoice rather than weep for that the end of Mary Stuart’s troubles is now come … tell my friends that I die a true woman to my religion, and like a true Scottish woman and a true French woman.’ Mary was disrobed; her blac...
After her execution, Mary’s clothes were burned so they could not be kept as relics. Her embalmed body was hidden at Fotheringhay for six months, then buried in a secret ceremony at Peterborough Cathedral. Queen Elizabeth reigned until 1603. She died aged 69, unmarried and childless. Mary’s son, King James VI of Scotland, became King James I of Eng...
Feb 9, 2015 · Mary Stuart was executed on 8 February 1587 at Fotheringhay Castle, after a trial whose outcome forever troubled Queen Elizabeth I. This famous account of the execution was written by Robert Wynkfielde. Accounts such as these, and woodcuts of the scene, were very popular throughout Europe.
Full-length portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-87), standing in mourning costume, with the Royal Arms of Scotland behind; she holds a crucifix in her right hand, a prayer-book in her left, and wears a cross and rosary; behind her are her two ladies; left a scene of her execution.
May 11, 2021 · The final museum artefact associated with Mary Queen of Scots takes the form of a physical relic of her body, being a bloodstained cloth. There are some doubts as to its provenance. A note attached to the small, spotted piece of linen records that it was dipped in her blood at her execution.
Dec 16, 2018 · Her crucifix, prayer book, bloodstained clothes, the execution block and anything she had touched were taken to the courtyard and burned, obliterating all traces of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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Feb 8, 2022 · The circumstances of the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, on 8 February 1587, are well known. There is a detailed eye-witness drawing of Mary entering the hall at Fotheringhay Castle (Northamptonshire), disrobing, and placing her head on the block — you can see it in person in the British...
