Category: Mary Queen of Scots
Articles about this fascinating contemporary queen – the Queen of Scots
8 February 1587 – The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
On this day in history, on the morning of the 8th February 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots, was escorted to…
18 February 1612 – Death of Roberto di Ridolfi
On this day in history, the merchant and conspirator Roberto di Ridolfi died at the grand old age of eighty…
10 February 1567 – Murder of Lord Darnley, Husband of Mary Queen of Scots
At 2am on the 10th February 1567, Kirk o’Field, the house where Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, was lodging, was blown…
8 February 1587 – Mary Queen of Scots is Executed
On the morning of the 8th February 1587, Mary Queen of Scots was executed at Fotheringhay Castle. It was a…
Mary Queen of Scots
Those of you who clicked on The Anne Boleyn Files Advent Calendar yesterday – 8th December – will have read…
14th October 1586 – Trial of Mary Queen of Scots
On this day in history, 14th October 1586, the trial of Mary Queen of Scots began at Fotheringhay Castle in…
20 June 1567 – The Casket Letters Discovered
On the 20th June 1567, a few days after Scottish rebels apprehended Mary Queen of Scots, servants of James Douglas,…
24 April 1558 – Mary Queen of Scots Marries the Dauphin
On this day in history, Mary Queen of Scots married Francis, the Dauphin of France, at Notre Dame Cathedral in…
Death of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell – 14 April 1578
On this day in history, 14th April 1578, James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney and 4th Earl of Bothwell, died…
The Murder of David Rizzio – 9 March 1566
On this day in history, 9th March 1566, David Rizzio, the private secretary of Mary Queen of Scots was assassinated…
Lord Darnley is Murdered – 10th February 1567
On this day, 10th February 1567, Henry, Lord Darnley, husband of Mary Queen of Scots, was murdered at Kirk o’Field…
The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots – 8th February 1587
On this day in history, Wednesday 8th February 1587, Mary Queen of Scots was executed at Fotheringhay Castle.The warrant for…
Mary, Queen of Scots – 8th December 1542
Happy Birthday, Mary Queen of Scots! Yes, on this day in history, 8th December 1542, Mary Stewart (Stuart) was born…
John Knox
On this day in history, 24th November 1572, the Scottish clergyman and famous Reformer, John Knox, died as his wife…
Mary Queen of Scots – Tragic Heroine?
On this day in history, 29th October 1586, four days after a commission had found Mary Queen of Scots guilty…
The Trial of Mary Queen of Scots
On this day in history, 14th October 1586, the trial of Mary Queen of Scots began at Fotheringhay Castle in…
Elizabeth I the Poet – 1560s and 1570s
The first poem I want to share with you was inscribed by Elizabeth I on the last leaf of her…
Robert Dudley to Marry Mary Queen of Scots?
On this day in history, 29th September 1564, Robert Dudley was made Earl of Leicester, an earldom which had been…
Mary Queen of Scots Lands in Scotland
On this day in history, at six o’clock on the morning of Tuesday 19th August 1561, Mary Queen of Scots…
Mary Queen of Scots Marries Lord Darnley
On this day in history, the 29th July 1565, Elizabeth I’s nemesis, Mary Queen of Scots, married Henry Stuart, Lord…