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.

Located in one of France’s most picturesque areas, Domaine de Vieux-Mareuil is a group of four all-inclusive private manor houses, each available for holiday rental.

But in 1567, during a rebellion of Scottish nobles, she was imprisoned in remote Lochleven Castle. Though Mary begged in letters to Queen Elizabeth and the Queen of France for help in getting free ...

Her husband, Francois II, King of France had died unexpectedly ... from Bothwell's malign influence. In 1567 Mary was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle after a coup d'etat to separate her from ...

Working through a complex pattern of symbols in the letters, they revealed Mary's complaints about the conditions of her detention, her feelings of abandonment by France and attempts to broker her ...

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 ...