Mary Stuart (Queen of Scots)

• Queen of Scotland 1542 to 1567.
• Mary was a Catholic.
• She lived most of her young life in the French court.
• She married Francis II who was to become King of france.
• When Francis died at a young age in 1560 and she returned to Scotland in 1561.
• Mary became a Protestant in France.
• She married her cousin Henry the Earl of Darnley in 1565.
• They were not happy and drifted apart.
• Darnley is believed to be responsible for the death of Mary's secretary David Rizzio.
• Darnley was then assassinated by a group of people who were probably led by James Hepburn who was Earl of Bothwell.
• Mary married Hepburn but she was then imprisoned after a rebellion.
• She escaped with Hepburn in 1568 and raised an army to win back her position as Queen of Scotland. This rebellion failed.
• Mary escaped to England, but she was imprisoned by Elizabeth I because it was thought she might lead a rebellion against Elizabeth.
• She was eventually tried and executed at Fotheringay Castle in Northamptonshire in 1587.