MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS Definition & Meaning

Mary, Queen of Scots

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Mary Stuart, 1542–87, queen of Scotland 1542–67; beheaded for plotting to assassinate her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.

Mary, Queen of Scots

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Mary, Queen of Scots15421587FScottishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler family name Stuart. 1542–87, queen of Scotland (1542–67); daughter of James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise. She was married to Francis II of France (1558–60), her cousin Lord Darnley (1565–67), and the Earl of Bothwell (1567–71), who was commonly regarded as Darnley's murderer. She was forced to abdicate in favour of her son (later James VI of Scotland) and fled to England. Imprisoned by Elizabeth I until 1587, she was beheaded for plotting against the English crown

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McCardle, who has also appeared in Mary Queen of Scots and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, said the brothers had created a script which found moments of levity despite the heavy subject matter.

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The archives include letters from Robert Burns and Mary Queen of Scots.

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Scottish Ballet's Mary, Queen of Scots is a major new production from choreographer Sophie Laplane and co-creator James Bonas that draws on the complex relationship between Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I of England.

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Forthtay Ltd does not want to sell the strip of land in St Andrews to Poet's Neuk, which plans to turn it in to a public garden dedicated to Mary Queen of Scots.

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Meanwhile, in Glasgow, a 400-year-old tree with connections to Mary Queen of Scots has also been severely damaged.

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