On this day, 10th February 1567, Henry, Lord Darnley, husband of Mary Queen of Scots, was murdered at Kirk o’Field on the Royal Mile in Edinbugh. His house had been blown to smithereens by an explosion, but it seems that Darnley had already been dead and the explosion was to cover up his murder.
You can read all about his murder in my article “The Murder of Lord Darnley” from the 10th February last year.
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10 February 1567 – Murder of Lord Darnley, Husband of Mary Queen of Scots
The Murder of Lord Darnley
Mary Queen of Scots Marries Lord Darnley
20 June 1567 – The Casket Letters Discovered
8 February 1587 – The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
The Murder of David Rizzio – 9 March 1566
8 February 1587 – Mary Queen of Scots is Executed
The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots – 8th February 1587
Mary Queen of Scots
25 February 1601 – Execution of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Mary, Queen of Scots – 8th December 1542
17 November 1558 – This is the Lord’s doing: it is marvellous in our eyes
I always feel sorry for Darnley, first he is murdered and then he get’s an awful press from historians! I feel no less pity for his putative killer Bothwell, though, chained to a post in a Danish gaol for years. A terrible fate. Meanwhile ex-wife Mary was complaining about the food at the Earl of Shrewsbury’s castle.
Never cared much for Darnley, especially after his role in the murder of Rizzio (sp?) secretary to Mary, Q of S. Right in front of her, and she was pregnant?? What sort of husband does this? I hate to say it but I think he deserved his fate.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure. Isn’t that how the proverb goes? Mary was headstrong and impulsive and ended up married and pregnant before realizing Darnley was a spoiled, vain, violent, murdering drunk. He not only murdered Rizzio, but he forced her to watch with a sword to her pregnant belly! He sounds a right monster.
Only, she had no taste for the repenting at leisure part. I believe she was in collusion with his murderers up to her pretty eyes. And learned absolutely nothing by jumping immediately into marriage with the man believed to be the architect of Darnley’s murder, Bothwell.