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The Woman of the Apocalypse (or the woman clothed with the sun, Greek: γυνὴ περιβεβλημένη τὸν ἥλιον; Latin: Mulier amicta sole) is a figure–often considered to be a reference to the Virgin Mary in Catholic theology –described in Chapter 12 of the Book of Revelation (written c. AD 95). The woman gives birth to a ...
Revelation 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, [1][2] but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. [3] This chapter contains the accounts about the woman, the dragon, and ...
Signature. Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart[3] or Mary I of Scotland, [4] 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.
John. Margaret, Queen of Scots. Frederick I. v. t. e. Modern grave of Queen Margaret at Cambuskenneth Abbey. Margaret of Denmark (23 June 1456 – 14 July 1486) was Queen of Scotland from 1469 to 1486 by marriage to King James III. She was the daughter of Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and Dorothea of Brandenburg.
The Babington Plot was a plan in 1586 to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I, a Protestant, and put Mary, Queen of Scots, her Catholic cousin, on the English throne. It led to Mary's execution, a result of a letter sent by Mary (who had been imprisoned for 19 years since 1568 in England at the behest of Elizabeth) in which she consented to the ...
Francis II was crowned at Reims; although Mary was present, she had no ceremonial role. As Queen of Scotland she took precedence over the other royal women, and wore white. [98] Francis and Mary spent May and June hunting. They made a Royal Entry at Châtellerault in November 1559, [99] and were threatened by the Amboise conspiracy in March ...
Margaret MacDonald (visionary) Margaret MacDonald was born in 1815 in Port Glasgow, Scotland and died around 1840. [1] She lived with her two older brothers, James and George, both of whom ran a shipping business. [1] Beginning in 1826 and through 1829, a few preachers in Scotland emphasized that the world's problems could only be addressed ...
In 1548, five-year-old Mary Fleming and her mother accompanied Mary, Queen of Scots, to the court of King Henry II of France, where the young queen was raised.Mary Fleming's father having died the previous year in the Battle of Pinkie, her mother had an affair with the French king, the product of which was a son, Henri d'Angoulême, born around 1551.