Mary Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–87) was queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 and was famously executed by Elizabeth I in 1587. Mary was the only child of King James V of Scotland and she succeeded him upon his death when she was just six days old. Mary was married three times - first to Francis, King of France, at the age of 15. Her later marriages to Lord Darnley and the Earl of Bothwell were considered politically imprudent. Mary had one child with Lord Darnley in 1566, who went on to become James VI and I of Scotland and England. Mary is remembered for her involvement in an assassination plot against her cousin Elizabeth I, in an attempt to take the English throne for herself. Mary, Queen of Scots was executed at Fotheringhay Castle on 8 February 1587 at the age of 44