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  • Darnley Murdered Mary's Secretary Before Her Eyes on Random Tragic Facts About Mary, Queen of Scots, Most Unlucky Queen In History

    (#5) Darnley Murdered Mary's Secretary Before Her Eyes

    One of the most traumatic moments in Mary’s life happened in 1566. Mary’s second husband Lord Darnley had become jealous and weary of the growing influence of Mary’s secretary David Rizzio. So, Darnley took matters into his own hands. On the night of March 9, a posse (with whom Darnley was affiliated) burst into Mary’s private apartments and murdered Rizzio right in front of her and her ladies in waiting. It was a chilling sight that the pregnant Mary would not soon forget. Although Darnley denied any involvement, his accomplices showed Mary his written agreement to the hit on Rizzio.

  • She Carried Her Little Dog With Her To Her Very Public Execution on Random Tragic Facts About Mary, Queen of Scots, Most Unlucky Queen In History

    (#13) She Carried Her Little Dog With Her To Her Very Public Execution

    After her trial for high treason – though, as Mary herself pointed out, she was not an English subject and therefore could not be tried for treason – in the wake of the Babington Plot, Mary was swiftly sentenced to death. On February 8, 1587, she mounted a scaffold that had been constructed at Fotheringay Castle and lowered her head for the executioner with dignity. 500 spectators watched in horror as the executioner swung a few times before finally decapitating her. It must have been an excruciating death.

    According to at least one eyewitness, her little dog had been hidden in the voluminous folds of her dress and was discovered covered in its mistress's blood and in a state of great agitation. He wouldn't leave her body. At the end of her life, it seems that Mary still had at least one loyal friend.

  • People Accused Her Of Murdering Darnley on Random Tragic Facts About Mary, Queen of Scots, Most Unlucky Queen In History

    (#6) People Accused Her Of Murdering Darnley

    Nobody really liked Lord Darnley, least of all his own wife. So when he died on February 10, 1567, under mysterious circumstances – he was discovered strangled in an orchard after the house he was supposed to be in exploded – people were quick to point the finger at Mary and the man they claimed to be her lover, the Earl of Bothwell. Whether or not Mary had a hand in Darnley's death remains a contested issue. But it is true that a group of Scottish noblemen – with or without Mary's knowledge – were likely the conspirators behind his assassination. 

  • She Made A Dangerous Escape From A Scottish Castle on Random Tragic Facts About Mary, Queen of Scots, Most Unlucky Queen In History

    (#8) She Made A Dangerous Escape From A Scottish Castle

    After abdicating her throne in favor of her one-year-old son, Mary was imprisoned at Lochleven Castle, a small castle on an island in the middle of a loch. But Mary had no intention of being a prisoner in her own kingdom. So she set about orchestrating her escape. After 11 months as a captive, on May 2, 1568, Mary got her captors drunk on wine and, with the help of two Douglas boys, managed to disguise herself and get off the island. In fact, she walked right out of the front door of the castle; May Day festivities provided the perfect rambunctious distraction from her exit. But Mary's freedom was short lived, as she would spend the remainder of her life imprisoned in England.

  • Her Third Husband May Have Raped Her And Forced Her Into Marriage on Random Tragic Facts About Mary, Queen of Scots, Most Unlucky Queen In History

    (#7) Her Third Husband May Have Raped Her And Forced Her Into Marriage

    James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell was one of the most ambitious – and disliked – noblemen at Mary's court. So when Mary's second husband Lord Darnley died under mysterious circumstances, Bothwell seized the opportunity. After hastily divorcing his first wife, in April 1567, Bothwell and 800 men met Mary's royal entourage as they were making their way back to Edinburgh from Stirling Castle, where her young son resided. Bothwell literally abducted Mary, raped her, and forced her to marry him.

    Though some speculate there may have been romantic feelings between the two, the marriage shocked and appalled Scottish nobles who did not trust Bothwell and used the event to further discredit Mary. Her marriage to Bothwell more or less marked the end of her reign. In a matter of months, Mary would give in to pressure and abdicate.

  • She Was Queen Of France Until Her First Husband Died Of An Ear Condition on Random Tragic Facts About Mary, Queen of Scots, Most Unlucky Queen In History

    (#3) She Was Queen Of France Until Her First Husband Died Of An Ear Condition

    Mary's first husband was the young dauphin, or heir, to the French throne, Francis II. So when her father-in-law King Henry II died in a tragic jousting accident in 1559, young Francis took the throne with Mary as his queen. The reign was brief; Francis would die only 17 months later of an ear condition. Without her husband, the French court lost the charms and delights it had once held for Mary. Catherine de Medici became regent, ruling in the stead of her 10-year-old son Charles. As a result, Mary soon returned to Scotland to take up her royal duties. 

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Mary Stuart was the Queen of Scots and France and known for her beauty and brutal political means. His throne was deposed in 1567, and the following year she was imprisoned by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England for more than 18 years and was finally executed for attempting to murder Elizabeth I. Queen Mary of Scots is the most unlucky queen in the world.

According to records, the wise Mary took the throne as Queen of Scots only 6 months after she was born, but wealth and power did not allow her to live a happy life. Both of her marriages ended in tragedy. The random tool shares 14 stories about the tragic life of Mary, Queen of Scots.

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