Elizabeth was occasionally brought to the English court where she impressed her distant father with her intellectual prowess. James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, was a vainglorious, rash and hazardous young man, according to ambassador Nicholas Throckmorton. In the other, Mary: feminine, charming, romantic and reckless. Mary Stuart was born in 1542 to King James V of Scotland and Mary de Guise, a frenchwoman of the powerful de Guise family. //-->. [68], To the surprise and dismay of the Catholic party, Mary tolerated the newly established Protestant ascendancy,[69] and kept her half-brother Moray as her chief advisor. Grandfather, Claude, Duke of Guise(14961550) [140] Moray was made regent,[141] while Bothwell was driven into exile. [188] She was occasionally allowed outside under strict supervision,[189] spent seven summers at the spa town of Buxton, and spent much of her time doing embroidery. [200], In 1584, Mary proposed an "association" with her son, James. The outlawed Moray fled to England but was pardoned and allowed to return to Scotland the following year. When Moray rushed into the room after hearing her cries for help, she shouted, "Thrust your dagger into the villain!" In 1554, the Protestant Wyatts Rebellion, which focused on securing the throne for Elizabeth, finally gave Mary the onus to unleash her pent-up rage against her relative. Elizabeth, daughter of the mercurial King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, was born on September 7, 1533, at Greenwich Palace. "[117] Darnley feared for his safety, and after the baptism of his son at Stirling and shortly before Christmas, he went to Glasgow to stay on his father's estates. [227] She was blindfolded by Kennedy with a white veil embroidered in gold, knelt down on the cushion in front of the block on which she positioned her head, and stretched out her arms. She has a significant place in Scottish, English and British history and is a required character to study for the Scottish curriculum, (which is extremely good and well worth looking at, if only to envy, if you teach in England!) As is often the case, the truth is far more nuanced. She had been queen for all but the first six days of her life, John Guy writes in Queen of Scots, [but] apart from a few short but intoxicating weeks in the following year, the rest of her life would be spent in captivity.. Mary, Queen of Scots, was barely one week old when she succeeded to the throne in 1542. Mary had one child with Lord Darnley in 1566, who went on to become James VI and I of Scotland and England. Marys second marriage was to her first cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, a match that enraged Elizabeth I, who had not been asked permission for the marriage. [87] They married at Holyrood Palace on 29 July 1565, even though both were Catholic and a papal dispensation for the marriage of first cousins had not been obtained. Long story short: Mary and Elizabeth were first cousins once removed through King Henry VII of England. [105] On the night of 1112 March, Darnley and Mary escaped from the palace. [134] The marriage was tempestuous, and Mary became despondent. Men say that, instead of seizing the murderers, you are looking through your fingers while they escape; that you will not seek revenge on those who have done you so much pleasure, as though the deed would never have taken place had not the doers of it been assured of impunity. Unlike her Scottish counterpart, whose position as the only legitimate child of James V cemented her royal status, Elizabeth followed a protracted path to the throne. Mary (16051607) English forces mounted a series of raids on Scottish and French territory.