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48 | <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><img border="0"
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50 | alt="miniature portrait of Mary, queen of Scots, c1575, by an unknown artist"
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52 | <i><font size="2">Miniature portrait of Mary, queen of Scots,
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53 | c1575, by an unknown artist.</font></i></font></p>
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54 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><br>
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55 | <font size="-1">If you would like to look at
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56 | Scottish royal genealogy, <a
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57 | href="../scottish.html">click here</a>.</font><font size="2">
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58 | </font></font> </p>
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59 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="-1">Read <a
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60 | href="../maryqos-letter.html">Mary's last
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61 | letter</a>, an eyewitness account of <a
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62 | href="../exmary.html">her execution in
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63 | 1587</a>, and other documents relating to her life at <a
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64 | href="../primary.html">Primary Sources</a>.</font><font size="2">
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66 | </font> </p>
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67 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="-1">Elizabeth I wrote a letter
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68 | to Mary at her trial, and about the execution to Mary's son, King James
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69 | VI. <a
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70 | href="scot-letters.html">Read
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71 | her letters here</a>.</font><font size="2"> </font> </font> </p>
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72 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="-1">Portraits of Mary, her
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73 | parents, husbands and child, with commentary, can be found at the
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74 | <a href="http://www.marileecody.com/maryqosimages.html">Tudor
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75 | England: Images</a> site.</font><font size="2"> </font> </font> </p>
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76 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="-1">If you are interested in
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77 | further research, <i>The Catholic Encyclopedia</i> features <a
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78 | href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09764a.htm">an article on Mary's
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79 | life</a>.</font><font size="2"> <br>
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80 | </font>
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81 | <font size="-1"><i>Encyclopedia Britannica</i> also has <a
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82 | href="http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=52479">an article about
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83 | Mary</a>.</font><font size="2"> </font> </font> </p>
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84 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="-1">And the most comprehensive
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85 | website about the Scottish queen is maintained by <a
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86 | href="http://www.marie-stuart.co.uk/">The Marie Stuart Society of
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87 | Scotland</a>.</font><font size="2"> </font> </font> </p>
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100 | <blockquote>
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101 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><big><b>1542</b></big><br>
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102 | 8 December; Mary Stuart is born at Linlithgow Palace<br>
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103 | 14 December; James V, King of Scots, Mary's father, dies at 31 </font>
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104 | </p>
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105 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><big><b>1543</b></big><br>
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106 | Mary crowned Queen of Scots </font> </p>
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107 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><big><b>1546</b></big><br>
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108 | Cardinal Beaton is murdered; ascendancy of pro-French party<br>
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109 | </font></p>
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110 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><big style="font-weight: bold;">1547<br>
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111 | </big>January; King Henry VIII of England dies<br>
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112 | March; King Francis I of France dies<br>
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113 | 10 September; battle of Pinkie; Scots defeated by English forces led by
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114 | duke of Somerset; new French king, Henry II, sends troops and money to
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115 | Scotland; Mary is betrothed to Henry II's heir Francis, dauphin of
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116 | France<br>
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117 | </font> </p>
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118 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><big><b>1548</b></big><br>
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119 | August; Mary sent to France </font> </p>
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120 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><big><b>1550</b></big><br>
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121 | Mary's mother, Mary of Guise, visits her in France </font> </p>
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122 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><b><big>1554</big><br>
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123 | </b>Mary of Guise is officially named Regent in Scotland </font>
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124 | </p>
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125 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><big><b>1558</b><br>
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126 | </big>Fifteen-year-old Mary marries the 14-year-old Francis,
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127 | dauphin of France, in Paris<br>
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128 | Queen Mary I of England dies and
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129 | Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen<br>
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130 | Mary's father-in-law quarters her arms with those of England, offending
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131 | Elizabeth
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132 | </font> </p>
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133 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><big><b>1559</b></big><br>
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134 | Death of King Henry II of France; Francis and Mary are crowned king and
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135 | queen of France </font> </p>
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136 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><big><b style="font-weight: bold;">1560</b><br
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137 | style="font-weight: bold;">
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138 | </big>June; Mary of Guise passes away in Scotland<br>
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139 | December; Mary's husband, Francis, Mary's husband, passes away </font>
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140 | </p>
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141 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><b><big>1561</big><br>
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142 | </b>Mary returns to Scotland </font> </p>
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143 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>1562</b> Northern campaign and
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144 | visit to Inverness; aged 19 </font> </p>
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145 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>1563</b> Mary visits
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146 | Inveraray,Dunure Castle, Dumfries, and Peebles; aged 20 </font> </p>
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147 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>1564</b> Mary hunts near Blair
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148 | Atholl, Tayside; aged 21 </font> </p>
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149 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>1565</b> Mary marries her
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150 | 19-year-old cousin Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley; aged 22 </font> </p>
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151 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>1566</b> Mary's Piedmontese
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152 | secretary, David Riccio/Rizzio, is murdered; Mary's only child born
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153 | (James, later king of Scotland and England); aged 23 </font> </p>
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154 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>1567</b> Mary's husband, Lord
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155 | Darnley, murdered; Mary weds James Hepburn, the 30-year-old Earl of
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156 | Bothwell; the Carberry Hill confrontation; Mary is imprisoned at
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157 | Lochleven Castle; Mary's one-year-old son James is crowned as James VI
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158 | of Scotland; aged 24 </font> </p>
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159 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>1568</b> Mary escapes from
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160 | Lochleven Castle; Battle of Langside, Glasgow; Mary flees to England;
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161 | aged 25 </font> </p>
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162 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>1568-87</b> Mary is held captive
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163 | in various English prisons; aged 25-44 </font> </p>
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164 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>1569</b> Elizabeth exonerates
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165 | Mary from the charges made against her; aged 26 </font> </p>
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166 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>1578</b> Mary's third husband,
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167 | the earl of Bothwell (age 41), dies in a prison in Denmark; aged 35 </font>
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168 | </p>
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169 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>1580</b> Mary writes <i>Essay
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170 | on Adversity</i> in prison; aged 37 </font> </p>
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171 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>1586</b> Mary is tried for
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172 | conspiring to kill Elizabeth; aged 43 </font> </p>
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173 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>1587</b> on 8 February, Mary is
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174 | executed in the Great Hall of Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire </font>
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175 | </p>
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176 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><b>1603</b> Queen Elizabeth I dies
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177 | in March & Mary's only child, James VI of Scotland, becomes James I
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178 | of England. He is the first King of both Scotland and
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179 | England. He moves his mother's body to Westminster Abbey
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180 | and has a grand monument built. <br>
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181 | </font> </p>
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182 | </blockquote>
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185 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><a
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186 | href="maryqos.html#Biography">Read
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187 | the biography of Mary, queen of Scots</a>.</font></p>
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188 | <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><a
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189 | href="maryqos.html">to Mary,
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190 | queen of Scots main page</a></font></p>
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191 | <p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="-1"><a
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192 | href="../relatives.html">to Tudor
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193 | Relatives</a></font> <br>
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194 | <font size="-1"><a href="http://englishhistory.net/tudor.html">to
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195 | Tudor England</a></font></font></p>
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