Mary, Queen of Scots
Biography
Mary became queen of Scotland as an infant and was raised in France, briefly serving as its queen consort. Returning to a Protestant Scotland in 1561 as a Catholic ruler, she faced scandal after the murder of her husband Lord Darnley and her marriage to the Earl of Bothwell. Forced to abdicate in favor of her son James VI, she fled to England, where she was held captive for nineteen years and executed in 1587.
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