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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mary,_Queen_of_ScotsMary, Queen of Scots - Wikipedia

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   Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart [3] or Mary I of Scotland, [4] was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland , Mary was six days old when her father died and she inherited the throne.

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3. www.scotsman.com › regions › mary-queen-of-scots-10Mary Queen of Scots: 10 things you (probably) did not know

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   • Author: Alison Campsie

   • The Queen washed her face with white wine. Mary used white wine to wash her face given the belief it would help maintain her fashionable alabaster complexion.
   • She ordered the execution of her French poet stalker. Pierre de Bocosel de Chastelard (1529-1563) was a French court poet who travelled with Mary on her return to Scotland in 1561.
   • Mary loved her animals. It is said Mary enjoyed the company of 22 lapdogs while living among the French court. When she was beheaded for treason at Fotheringay Castle in Northamptonshire in 1587, her Skye terrier was hiding in the petticoat of her dress.
   • Mary allowed the execution of witches... The Scottish Witchcraft Act of 1563 made the practice of sorcery and consorting with witches a capital crime.

4. www.smithsonianmag.com › smart-news › these-lettersThese Letters Tell the Inside Story of Mary, Queen of Scots ...

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   Three years before she was found guilty of treason and sentenced to die, Mary, Queen of Scots tried to mend her fractured relationship with her cousin, Elizabeth I. Mary expressed her wish to...

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6. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › true-story-maryThe True Story of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I

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   Dec 6, 2018 · Mary, Queen of Scots, towered over her contemporaries in more ways than one. Not only was she a female monarch in an era dominated by men, she was also physically imposing, standing nearly...

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7. www.bbc.co.uk › history › peopleBBC History - Mary, Queen of Scots

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   Queen of Scotland from 1542-1567 and queen consort of France from 1559-1560, Mary's complicated personal life and political immaturity eventually led to her...

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9. www.biography.com › royalty › mary-queen-of-scotsMary, Queen of Scots - Family, Reign & Death - Biography

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   Apr 2, 2014 · In 1542 the Scottish throne went to Mary, Queen of Scots, a controversial monarch who became France's queen consort and claimed the English crown. She was executed by Queen Elizabeth I in...

10. blog.nrscotland.gov.uk › 2019/01/18 › from-the-nrsFrom the NRS Archives: Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587)

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    Jan 18, 2019 · The movie Mary, Queen of Scots starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie premieres today in Edinburgh, so we asked NRS archivist Dr Alison Rosie to look at the real Mary I and at what our records...

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    Why did Mary rename Elizabeth 'protector'?

    • Relations between Mary and Elizabeth had soured following the Scottish queen’s union with Darnley, which the English queen viewed as a threat to her throne. But by February 1567, tensions had thawed enough for Mary to name Elizabeth “protector” of her infant son, the future James VI of Scotland and I of England. Then, news of another killing broke.

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    Who is Mary Stuart in Queen of Scots?

    • As John Guy writes in Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart (which serves as the source text for Rourke’s film), Mary is alternately envisioned as the innocent victim of men’s political machinations and a fatally flawed femme fatale who “ruled from the heart and not the head.”

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    Who starred in Mary Queen of Scots?

    • The 1971 film Mary, Queen of Scots starred Vanessa Redgrave as Mary and Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth, with Timothy Dalton as Darnley. In 2013, a Swiss-French movie was made on Mary’s life. And the 2018 movie, Mary Queen of Scots, starred Saoirse Ronan as Mary and Margot Robbie as Elizabeth.

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    Who intercepted Elizabeth's letters?

    • The letters were intercepted by Elizabeth's spymaster Francis Walsingham. This was the evidence he needed to convince Elizabeth that, while she lived, Mary would always be a danger. Mary was tried for treason and condemned to death in October 1586.

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    Why did Mary return to Scotland in 1561?

    • Following her first husband Francis’s death, Mary returned to Scotland from France in 1561. By that time, John Knox's influence had changed Scotland's official religion from Catholicism to Protestantism.

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    Why did Mary leave Lochleven?

    • Having escaped from Lochleven in 1568, only for her army to be defeated at the Battle of Langside near Glasgow, Mary fled to England to seek refuge from her cousin, Elizabeth I. Mary had hoped Queen Elizabeth would support her cause but her arrival in England put her cousin in a difficult position.

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