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It’s 450 years on 10 February 2017 that the second husband of Mary Queen of Scots, Henry, Lord Darnley, was murdered smack-bang (literally) in the middle of Edinburgh.
Feb 10, 2022 · On 10 February 1567, in the early hours before Darnley’s intended return to court, Kirk o’ Field was destroyed by gunpowder. The discovery of Darnley’s body alongside that of one of his servants, William Taylor, without a mark on either of them, only deepened the mystery.
Jul 12, 2022 · It really was case of “marry for pleasure and repent at leisure”, though it was only a matter of months before Mary realised what her husband really was – a wastrel, a drunk, a bully, a hotheaded fool, an immoral sexual deviant and a jealous youth who coveted her Crown.
- Hamish Macpherson
Feb 9, 2017 · Although Lord Darnley died that evening, his body was found the next morning in the orchard outside the lodging: dressed only in his nightshirt, his body had no signs of injuries from the...
The murder of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, took place on 10 February 1567 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Darnley's lodgings were destroyed by gunpowder; his body and that of his servant were found nearby, apparently having been strangled rather than killed in the explosion.
Early in the morning of 10 February 1567, Kirk o’ Field house in Edinburgh was destroyed by an explosion. The partially clothed bodies of Lord Darnley, the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots,...
Feb 10, 2015 · On this day in history, the 10th February 1567, Lord Darnley was murdered at Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh, in the Royal Mile, just a few hundred yards from Holyrood House where his wife, Mary Queen of Scots, and baby son, the future James VI/I, were staying.
