Best biography mary queen of scots death

Mary, Queen of Scots lived a turbulent life. She was born on 8 December 1542 at Linlithgow Palace and unexpectedly became Queen six days later when her father, King James V, died at the age of 30. Aged five, she was sent to France to be raised as a future consort to the French Dauphin Francis.

Three husbands and a baby

When her father-in-law Henry II of France passed away in 1559 she briefly became Queen of France, but her young husband Francis II died barely a year into his reign aged just 16.

In 1561, Mary returned to Scotland to rule as Queen.

She found her homeland in the midst of religious upheaval – Scotland was now a Protestant country while Mary was Catholic. She married Henry, Lord Darnley in 1565, but their marriage became increasingly strained. Darnley wanted Mary to give him the Crown Matrimonial, which meant that if Mary died Darnley would be the reigning King of Scots.

In 1566 a group of nobles murdered Mary’s secretary David