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Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart [2] or Mary I of Scotland, [3] 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.
The Beaterio de Sta. Catlina's eye witness historian, Sor Maria Luisa Henson 1904-1995), expresses the sentiments of her sisters regarding this sad episode in their development: We, of the Beaterio de Sta. Catlina de Sena, were the first daughters of the province of the Most Holy Rosary, and worked side by side with the Dominican Fathers in the ...
In 1606, Cornelius Cure was commissioned to produce the monument to Mary, Queen of Scots, in Westminster Abbey. [56] He was paid for supplying "touchstone and rauncestone", two kinds of alabaster. [57] The monument was finished by his son William, and painted and gilded by James Mauncy or Manuty (Manucci). [58]
The death warrant of Mary, Queen of Scots, signed by Elizabeth I On the evening of 7 February 1587, Mary was told she was to be executed the next morning. [ 21 ] She spent the last hours of her life in prayer, distributing her belongings to her household, and writing her will and a letter to the King of France . [ 22 ]
The Wild Queen: The Days and Nights of Mary, Queen of Scots, by Carolyn Meyer; The Confessions of Catherine de Medici, by C.W. Gortner; Royal Road to Fotheringhay and Madame Serpent, by Jean Plaidy; The Serpent and the Moon, by Princess Michael of Kent (remote descendant of Diane de Poitiers) The Ruling Passion, by Alice Acland; Rival Queens ...
Mary Seton (1542–1615) was a Scottish courtier and later a nun. She was one of the four attendants of Mary, Queen of Scots, known as the Four Marys. She was a sister at the Convent of Saint Pierre les Dames in Reims at the time of her death.
Madeleine of Valois (10 August 1520 – 7 July 1537) was a French princess who briefly became Queen of Scotland in 1537 as the first wife of King James V.The marriage was arranged in accordance with the Treaty of Rouen, and they were married at Notre-Dame de Paris in January 1537, despite French reservations over her failing health.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The Martyrs' Monument, St Andrews, which commemorates Patrick Hamilton, Henry Forrest, George Wishart and Walter Milne Two people were executed under heresy laws during the reign of James I (1406–1437). Protestants were then executed ...