NameHenry Stuart , Lord Darnley
Birth1545
Death1567
Spouses
Birth7 Dec 1542, Linlithgow, Scotland
Death8 Feb 1587, Fotheringay Castle, England
Death Memobeheaded
Marriage29 Jul 1565, Edinburgh, Scotland
Notes for Henry Stuart , Lord Darnley
NOTES: Mary's cousin, the Catholic Scottish nobleman Henry Stewart, Laird Darnley, was married with Roman Catholic rites. Mary had given him the title of King, but he now demanded that the crown be secured to him for life and that, if the queen died without children, it should descend to his heirs. Darnley was discovered strangled close by the scene of an explosion of the house where he lay sick. The explosion was by gunpowder, and Mary (it is suspected) was not wholly ignorant of the plot against Darnley.
Notes for Mary (Spouse 1)
MARY [Tudor] STUART, QUEEN OF SCOTLAND AND FRANCE
BORN: 8 DECEMBER 1542
PROCLAIMED QUEEN: 14 DECEMBER 1542
ABDICATED: 24 JULY 1567
EXECUTED: 8 FEBRUARY 1587
Daughter of James V of Scotland and Marie de Guise. Became Queen of Scots when she was six days old. First married to Francis II of France, then to Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. Third marriage was to James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell. Mother of James VI/I. Executed by Elizabeth I at Fotheringay Castle.
Family 3: James HEPBURN, Earl Bothwell-4
Marriage
ABT 1567
NOTES: Mary became a prisoner of Queen Elizabeth I and in the ensuing intrigues to rescue her and place her on the throne of Elizabeth, the most famous was that of Mary's page, Anthony Babington, who plotted to assassinate Elizabeth. The conspiracy was discovered, and Mary was brought to trial in October 1586. She was sentenced to death on October 25, but not until Feb. 1, 1587 did Elizabeth sign the warrant of execution. She was beheaded a week later.