Conscious of the benefits of an alliance with France, the Scots betrothed ... but eventually did and Mary was executed at Fotheringhay Castle, on 8 February 1587 at the age of 44.

Mary had spent a great deal of her early years in France at the court of the French King, Henri II. She was married to the Dauphin Francois and would become Queen of France. Meanwhile Mary of ...

When Mary fled to England after her army was routed in 1568 she was confined by Elizabeth and was finally executed at Fotheringhay Castle on 8th February 1587. She was betrothed to the Dauphin of ...

The Queen sent it from Carlisle Castle two months ... George Douglas, to France. Most of the letter was penned by a secretary but features six lines of Mary's writing and is signed "votre bien ...