In 1561, Mary, Queen of Scots, upset the applecart of the Protestant Reformation. Her husband, Francois II, King of France had died unexpectedly, and the Scots were more than a little surprised by ...

Written six hours before she was led to her death, the last letter penned by Mary Queen of Scots is now to leave ... of my God-given right to the English crown are the two issues on which I ...

Mary, Queen of Scots was born in 1542, daughter of King James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise. Her father died just a week after her birth. A fervent Roman Catholic and a claimant to the English Crown ...

A digital 3D model of Mary, Queen of Scots' death mask has been created ... but was imprisoned and forced to give up her crown in favour of her one-year-old son, James VI. She fled to England ...

Conscious of the benefits of an alliance with France, the Scots betrothed the young queen to Francis, the four-year-old heir to the French crown, and sent Mary to be raised at the court of Henry II.