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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. By all accounts it was to have been a spectacular demise for the 21-year old king, with the house he was staying in (whilst apparently battling syphilis) blown to bits by ...
Darnley was himself killed in 1567, just two years after marrying the Queen and at the age of only 21. The circumstances of Darnley’s death in Edinburgh’s Kirk o’ Field remain shrouded in mystery, but in the early hours of February 10, the house just inside Edinburgh’s city walls was blown up by gunpowder.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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Aug 15, 2016 · He was killed on 9 February 1567 when the lodgings he was staying in were destroyed by a massive explosion and buried in the royal vault of the abbey church at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Mary...
