![]() In 1587, when a letter said to have been written by Mary was intercepted - with evidence that she wanted to overthrow her cousin - Elizabeth decided to end her ceaseless worry about whether she was going to be overthrown or not, and ordered Mary’s execution. Mary spent the next 19 years being moved from one castle to the next while the Queen tried to figure out what could be done with her.ĭuring this time there were numerous rumoured plots against Elizabeth. Instead, she was imprisoned by her cousin in a variety of castles, where Elizabeth allowed her to live close to various noblemen (loyal to Elizabeth) so they could keep an eye on her. So Mary was sent back to Scotland to assume her place as the country’s monarch.īut after three years in Scotland, Mary was forced to abdicate and flee across the border to seek refuge in England - where she expected Queen Elizabeth to welcome her. At 18, Mary was briefly queen of both Scotland and France when her husband ascended the throne.īut her reign was short-lived as her husband died of an ear infection just a year after their marriage. ![]() She was raised in the French court and, at the age of 16, she married the French dauphin, who became King Francis II of France in 1559. When she was only six days old, Mary ascended to the Scottish throne in 1542 when her father, King James V, died. ![]()
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