MARY 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.