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Mary, Queen of Scots (1542 - 1587) with her second husband and cousin Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, circa 1565. Mary, the only daughter of James V and his second wife, Mary of Guise, had ascended to the throne when she was six days old but in 1548 was sent to France as the prospective bride of the French Dauphin, Francis, whom she married in 1558. She returned to Scotland to resume control in 1561, after Francis's death. In 1565 she married her cousin, the Catholic nobleman Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley. Although Mary granted Darnley the title of king, his wish to secure the crown for himself and his heirs led him into a compact with the Protestant party, led by Mary's half brother, James Stuart, Earl of Moray. Darnley was involved in the murder in 1566 of Mary's Catholic private secretary, David Rizzio, who was deemed to have too much influence over the Queen. Darnley and Mary had one son, the future James VI, born in Edinburgh Castle, June 1566. Darnley, by then estranged from Mary, was himself murdered at Kirk o'Field in Edinburgh in February 1567 by the QueenÀs favourite, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell. Bothwell and Mary were subsequently married in a Protestant ceremony in 1567. Engraved by Dunbarton, published by S Woodburn (see BM 28). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Mary|Queen of Scots|Mary Stuart|Henry Stewart|Lord Darnley