Mary, Queen of Scots was born in 1542, daughter of King James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise. Her father died just a week after her birth. She was betrothed to the Dauphin of France and educated at the French Court. Her 1st husband, who succeeded as Francis II, died within a year of his accession and Mary left France in 1560 never to return. 2nd she married Henry, Lord Darnley, son of Margaret Stewart, Countess of Lennox, in 1565 and had one son who became King James VI of Scotland and I of England. After Darnley’s mysterious murder she married, 3rd, James, Earl of Bothwell, but later divorced. A fervent Roman Catholic and a claimant to the English Crown, Mary was a danger to Elizabeth I. She was captured in 1568 and after 19 years of confinement, executed at Fotheringhay Castle on 8 February 1587. She was first buried in Peterborough Cathedral but James I brought the remains to Westminster in 1612.