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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]
In the 2013-17 CW television series Reign, the character Lady Aylee, played by Janessa Grant, was loosely based on Mary Seton. In the 2018 film Mary, Queen of Scots, Mary Seton is played by actress Izuka Hoyle. In the 2024 novel The Tower by Flora Carr, Lady Mary Seton is a pivotal character. In this historical fiction exploring the ...
Mary Beaton (about 1543–1597), or Bethune as she wrote her family name, was a Scottish courtier. She is remembered in history as one of the four girls who were companions of Mary, Queen of Scots from childhood, known as The Queen's Maries or The Four Maries, and has also entered folklore through the traditional ballad of Marie Hamilton.
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.
Mary, Queen of Scots is an opera in three acts composed by Thea Musgrave. Musgrave also wrote the libretto based on Peruvian writer Amalia Elguera's play Moray . It focuses on events in the life of Mary, Queen of Scots , from her return to Scotland in 1561 until 1568 when she was forced to flee to England.
Jane Kennedy blindfolding Mary, Queen of Scots, 19th-century painting by Abel de Pujol, (Valenciennes, musée des Beaux-Arts) Jane, Janet, or Jean Kennedy (died 1589) was a companion of Mary, Queen of Scots, during her captivity in England. [1] Jane was perhaps a daughter of Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis.