I’ve written other posts about the legal arguments that Mary would use in this trial, also about the letter she wrote to Anthony Babington that…
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Margaret Douglas was the daughter that Margaret Tudor bore shortly after marrying her second husband, Archibald Douglas, the Sixth Earl of Angus. Margaret Douglas would…
Let’s back up a little for context: four months earlier, Mary’s husband (Henry, Lord Darnley) had been murdered at Kirk O’Field, and many people believed…
After Mary Stuart wrote her fateful letter (I did a separate post about it, you can read it here), Elizabeth had little choice but to…
Amyas Paulet is best known for having been Mary Stuart’s gaoler for the last two years of her life…but he was a lot more than…
Fifteen-year-old Francis II had become King of France two months earlier, upon the death of Henri II (killed in a jousting accident – read about…
Mary Stuart is an incredibly controversial character with a history of making bad decisions. She signed away carefully-negotiated Scottish rights in a secret addendum to…
In 1558, Mary was sixteen years old. Shortly after Francis turned fourteen (the age of majority in France), they moved forward with the marriage. The…
On this day was set into motion the process by which Scotland and England would be united under a single crown: on this day was…
Francis Walsingham was Elizabeth I’s Principal Secretary; his loss was a significant one for her. The cause of his death was said to be testicular…