Kirk o' Field. The marriage that promised to strengthen Mary's position instead marked the beginning of her tragic downfall. Mary actually spent around one third of her short life in Yorkshire mainly in Sheffield. #MaryQueenOfScots #HenryStuart
July 29, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Kirk o' Field. The marriage that promised to strengthen Mary's position instead marked the beginning of her tragic downfall. Mary actually spent around one third of her short life in Yorkshire mainly in Sheffield. #MaryQueenOfScots #HenryStuart
#OTD 15 May 1567
2 months after the suspicious death of 2nd husband #HenryStuart, #MaryQueenofScots controversially married her 3rd, #JamesHepburn at Holyrood Palace a Protestant ceremony performed by Bishop of Orkney
Was she willing or coerced?
@mariestuart.bsky.social
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
2 months after the suspicious death of 2nd husband #HenryStuart, #MaryQueenofScots controversially married her 3rd, #JamesHepburn at Holyrood Palace a Protestant ceremony performed by Bishop of Orkney
Was she willing or coerced?
@mariestuart.bsky.social
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
May 15, 2025 at 5:29 AM
#OTD 15 May 1567
2 months after the suspicious death of 2nd husband #HenryStuart, #MaryQueenofScots controversially married her 3rd, #JamesHepburn at Holyrood Palace a Protestant ceremony performed by Bishop of Orkney
Was she willing or coerced?
@mariestuart.bsky.social
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
2 months after the suspicious death of 2nd husband #HenryStuart, #MaryQueenofScots controversially married her 3rd, #JamesHepburn at Holyrood Palace a Protestant ceremony performed by Bishop of Orkney
Was she willing or coerced?
@mariestuart.bsky.social
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#OTD 8 Oct 1515
#LadyMargaretDouglas was born to #MargaretTudor & #ArchibaldDouglas
Falling out of Uncle #HenryVIII's favour by a secret betrothal & affair with a Howard
Her marriage to #MatthewStewart produced #HenryStuart husband to #MaryQueenofScots making her Grandmother to #JamesVIandI
#LadyMargaretDouglas was born to #MargaretTudor & #ArchibaldDouglas
Falling out of Uncle #HenryVIII's favour by a secret betrothal & affair with a Howard
Her marriage to #MatthewStewart produced #HenryStuart husband to #MaryQueenofScots making her Grandmother to #JamesVIandI
October 8, 2024 at 8:20 AM
#OTD 8 Oct 1515
#LadyMargaretDouglas was born to #MargaretTudor & #ArchibaldDouglas
Falling out of Uncle #HenryVIII's favour by a secret betrothal & affair with a Howard
Her marriage to #MatthewStewart produced #HenryStuart husband to #MaryQueenofScots making her Grandmother to #JamesVIandI
#LadyMargaretDouglas was born to #MargaretTudor & #ArchibaldDouglas
Falling out of Uncle #HenryVIII's favour by a secret betrothal & affair with a Howard
Her marriage to #MatthewStewart produced #HenryStuart husband to #MaryQueenofScots making her Grandmother to #JamesVIandI
#OTD 10 Feb 1567
#HenryStuart Lord Darnley, 2nd husband of #MaryQueenofScots & father of King #JamesVIandI was found strangled & half naked alongside his valet after an explosion Kirk o' Fields Edinburgh
The details of his assassination remain a mystery though Mary was implicated!
#HenryStuart Lord Darnley, 2nd husband of #MaryQueenofScots & father of King #JamesVIandI was found strangled & half naked alongside his valet after an explosion Kirk o' Fields Edinburgh
The details of his assassination remain a mystery though Mary was implicated!
February 10, 2025 at 6:27 AM
#OTD 10 Feb 1567
#HenryStuart Lord Darnley, 2nd husband of #MaryQueenofScots & father of King #JamesVIandI was found strangled & half naked alongside his valet after an explosion Kirk o' Fields Edinburgh
The details of his assassination remain a mystery though Mary was implicated!
#HenryStuart Lord Darnley, 2nd husband of #MaryQueenofScots & father of King #JamesVIandI was found strangled & half naked alongside his valet after an explosion Kirk o' Fields Edinburgh
The details of his assassination remain a mystery though Mary was implicated!
#OTD 10 Feb 1567
#HenryStuart Lord Darnley, #MaryQueenofScots 2nd husband & father of #JamesVIandI was found strangled & half naked with his valet after an explosion at Kirk o' Fields
Details of his assassination remain a mystery
Mary was implicated or was she the intended target?
#Scottishhistory
#HenryStuart Lord Darnley, #MaryQueenofScots 2nd husband & father of #JamesVIandI was found strangled & half naked with his valet after an explosion at Kirk o' Fields
Details of his assassination remain a mystery
Mary was implicated or was she the intended target?
#Scottishhistory
February 10, 2026 at 7:03 AM
#OTD 10 Feb 1567
#HenryStuart Lord Darnley, #MaryQueenofScots 2nd husband & father of #JamesVIandI was found strangled & half naked with his valet after an explosion at Kirk o' Fields
Details of his assassination remain a mystery
Mary was implicated or was she the intended target?
#Scottishhistory
#HenryStuart Lord Darnley, #MaryQueenofScots 2nd husband & father of #JamesVIandI was found strangled & half naked with his valet after an explosion at Kirk o' Fields
Details of his assassination remain a mystery
Mary was implicated or was she the intended target?
#Scottishhistory
#OTD 29 July 1565
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage unpopular in Scotland infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage unpopular in Scotland infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
July 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
#OTD 29 July 1565
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage unpopular in Scotland infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage unpopular in Scotland infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
#OTD 29 July 1565
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage unpopular in Scotland infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage unpopular in Scotland infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
July 29, 2024 at 6:07 AM
#OTD 29 July 1565
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage unpopular in Scotland infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage unpopular in Scotland infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
#OTD 29 July 1565
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage was unpopular in Scotland and infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage was unpopular in Scotland and infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
July 29, 2026 at 10:16 AM
#OTD 29 July 1565
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage was unpopular in Scotland and infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
Widowed #MaryQueenofScots married her 2nd husband, #HenryStuart Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace
The couple were both #MargaretTudor's grandchildren!
The marriage was unpopular in Scotland and infuriated their cousin #ElizabethI but did produce an heir #JamesVI / #JamesI
#OTD
7th December 1545
Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, gave birth to her second child, a boy named Henry
www.instagram.com/p/DR8mGZ6gEN...
#HenryStuart #LordDarnley #MargaretDouglas #MatthewStewart #EarlofLennox #MaryQueenofScots #Stewarts #Stuarts #Scotland #History
7th December 1545
Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, gave birth to her second child, a boy named Henry
www.instagram.com/p/DR8mGZ6gEN...
#HenryStuart #LordDarnley #MargaretDouglas #MatthewStewart #EarlofLennox #MaryQueenofScots #Stewarts #Stuarts #Scotland #History
December 7, 2025 at 6:04 AM
#OTD
7th December 1545
Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, gave birth to her second child, a boy named Henry
www.instagram.com/p/DR8mGZ6gEN...
#HenryStuart #LordDarnley #MargaretDouglas #MatthewStewart #EarlofLennox #MaryQueenofScots #Stewarts #Stuarts #Scotland #History
7th December 1545
Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, gave birth to her second child, a boy named Henry
www.instagram.com/p/DR8mGZ6gEN...
#HenryStuart #LordDarnley #MargaretDouglas #MatthewStewart #EarlofLennox #MaryQueenofScots #Stewarts #Stuarts #Scotland #History
#OTD 29 Sept 1564
#RobertDudley became Earl of Leicester
#ElizabethI had a cunning plan a title made him more worthy as a suitor for #MaryQueenofScots although neither were keen!
This was an attempt to control Mary, instead she married her cousin #HenryStuart #LordDarnley which didn't end well
#RobertDudley became Earl of Leicester
#ElizabethI had a cunning plan a title made him more worthy as a suitor for #MaryQueenofScots although neither were keen!
This was an attempt to control Mary, instead she married her cousin #HenryStuart #LordDarnley which didn't end well
September 29, 2024 at 11:26 AM
#OTD 29 Sept 1564
#RobertDudley became Earl of Leicester
#ElizabethI had a cunning plan a title made him more worthy as a suitor for #MaryQueenofScots although neither were keen!
This was an attempt to control Mary, instead she married her cousin #HenryStuart #LordDarnley which didn't end well
#RobertDudley became Earl of Leicester
#ElizabethI had a cunning plan a title made him more worthy as a suitor for #MaryQueenofScots although neither were keen!
This was an attempt to control Mary, instead she married her cousin #HenryStuart #LordDarnley which didn't end well
#OTD 22nd Jan 1557
Archibald Douglas died at Tantallon Castle
Married the widowed Queen of Scots in 1514 (daughter Margaret was mother to #HenryStuart)
Charged with High Treason in 1524 & sent to France, he escaped to England & switched sides
Finally opposing #HenryVIII's 'Rough Wooing'
Archibald Douglas died at Tantallon Castle
Married the widowed Queen of Scots in 1514 (daughter Margaret was mother to #HenryStuart)
Charged with High Treason in 1524 & sent to France, he escaped to England & switched sides
Finally opposing #HenryVIII's 'Rough Wooing'
January 22, 2025 at 6:34 AM
#OTD 22nd Jan 1557
Archibald Douglas died at Tantallon Castle
Married the widowed Queen of Scots in 1514 (daughter Margaret was mother to #HenryStuart)
Charged with High Treason in 1524 & sent to France, he escaped to England & switched sides
Finally opposing #HenryVIII's 'Rough Wooing'
Archibald Douglas died at Tantallon Castle
Married the widowed Queen of Scots in 1514 (daughter Margaret was mother to #HenryStuart)
Charged with High Treason in 1524 & sent to France, he escaped to England & switched sides
Finally opposing #HenryVIII's 'Rough Wooing'
#OTD 15 May 1567
2 months after the suspicious death of 2nd husband #HenryStuart, #MaryQueenofScots controversially married her 3rd, #JamesHepburn at Holyrood Palace a Protestant ceremony performed by Bishop of Orkney
Was she willing or coerced?
Ask her yourself ... www.coam.org.uk/events/clash...
2 months after the suspicious death of 2nd husband #HenryStuart, #MaryQueenofScots controversially married her 3rd, #JamesHepburn at Holyrood Palace a Protestant ceremony performed by Bishop of Orkney
Was she willing or coerced?
Ask her yourself ... www.coam.org.uk/events/clash...
May 15, 2024 at 10:03 AM
#OTD 15 May 1567
2 months after the suspicious death of 2nd husband #HenryStuart, #MaryQueenofScots controversially married her 3rd, #JamesHepburn at Holyrood Palace a Protestant ceremony performed by Bishop of Orkney
Was she willing or coerced?
Ask her yourself ... www.coam.org.uk/events/clash...
2 months after the suspicious death of 2nd husband #HenryStuart, #MaryQueenofScots controversially married her 3rd, #JamesHepburn at Holyrood Palace a Protestant ceremony performed by Bishop of Orkney
Was she willing or coerced?
Ask her yourself ... www.coam.org.uk/events/clash...
#OTD 8 Oct 1515
#LadyMargaretDouglas was born to #MargaretTudor & #ArchibaldDouglas
She fell out of Uncle #HenryVIII's favour by a secret betrothal & affair with a Howard
Her marriage to #MatthewStewart produced #HenryStuart husband to #MaryQueenofScots so Grandmother to #JamesVIandI
#LadyMargaretDouglas was born to #MargaretTudor & #ArchibaldDouglas
She fell out of Uncle #HenryVIII's favour by a secret betrothal & affair with a Howard
Her marriage to #MatthewStewart produced #HenryStuart husband to #MaryQueenofScots so Grandmother to #JamesVIandI
October 8, 2025 at 5:30 AM
#OTD 8 Oct 1515
#LadyMargaretDouglas was born to #MargaretTudor & #ArchibaldDouglas
She fell out of Uncle #HenryVIII's favour by a secret betrothal & affair with a Howard
Her marriage to #MatthewStewart produced #HenryStuart husband to #MaryQueenofScots so Grandmother to #JamesVIandI
#LadyMargaretDouglas was born to #MargaretTudor & #ArchibaldDouglas
She fell out of Uncle #HenryVIII's favour by a secret betrothal & affair with a Howard
Her marriage to #MatthewStewart produced #HenryStuart husband to #MaryQueenofScots so Grandmother to #JamesVIandI
#OTD 10 Feb 1567
#HenryStuart Lord Darnley, 2nd husband of #MaryQueenofScots, father of King #JamesVIandI was found strangled & half naked alongside his valet after an explosion Kirk o' Fields Edinburgh
The details of his assassination remain a mystery though Mary was implicated!
#Elizabethan
#HenryStuart Lord Darnley, 2nd husband of #MaryQueenofScots, father of King #JamesVIandI was found strangled & half naked alongside his valet after an explosion Kirk o' Fields Edinburgh
The details of his assassination remain a mystery though Mary was implicated!
#Elizabethan
February 10, 2024 at 4:32 PM
#OTD 10 Feb 1567
#HenryStuart Lord Darnley, 2nd husband of #MaryQueenofScots, father of King #JamesVIandI was found strangled & half naked alongside his valet after an explosion Kirk o' Fields Edinburgh
The details of his assassination remain a mystery though Mary was implicated!
#Elizabethan
#HenryStuart Lord Darnley, 2nd husband of #MaryQueenofScots, father of King #JamesVIandI was found strangled & half naked alongside his valet after an explosion Kirk o' Fields Edinburgh
The details of his assassination remain a mystery though Mary was implicated!
#Elizabethan
#OTD
19th February 1594
Henry Stuart, son of King James VI of Scotland & his wife, Anne of Denmark was born at Stirling Castle.
When King James VI succeeded to the English throne, Henry became Prince of Wales.
#HenryStuart #PrinceofWales #Stuarts #Scotland #England #History
19th February 1594
Henry Stuart, son of King James VI of Scotland & his wife, Anne of Denmark was born at Stirling Castle.
When King James VI succeeded to the English throne, Henry became Prince of Wales.
#HenryStuart #PrinceofWales #Stuarts #Scotland #England #History
February 19, 2026 at 7:04 AM
#OTD
19th February 1594
Henry Stuart, son of King James VI of Scotland & his wife, Anne of Denmark was born at Stirling Castle.
When King James VI succeeded to the English throne, Henry became Prince of Wales.
#HenryStuart #PrinceofWales #Stuarts #Scotland #England #History
19th February 1594
Henry Stuart, son of King James VI of Scotland & his wife, Anne of Denmark was born at Stirling Castle.
When King James VI succeeded to the English throne, Henry became Prince of Wales.
#HenryStuart #PrinceofWales #Stuarts #Scotland #England #History
#OTD 7 Dec 1545
At Temple Newsam West Yorks #HenryStuart #LordDarnley was born to the niece of #HenryVIII, #MargaretDouglas & #MatthewStewart 4th Earl of Lennox
A handsome young man who caught the eye of the young attractive widowed Scottish Queen #MaryQueenofScots
#Tudor
#Stuart
#History
At Temple Newsam West Yorks #HenryStuart #LordDarnley was born to the niece of #HenryVIII, #MargaretDouglas & #MatthewStewart 4th Earl of Lennox
A handsome young man who caught the eye of the young attractive widowed Scottish Queen #MaryQueenofScots
#Tudor
#Stuart
#History
December 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
#OTD 7 Dec 1545
At Temple Newsam West Yorks #HenryStuart #LordDarnley was born to the niece of #HenryVIII, #MargaretDouglas & #MatthewStewart 4th Earl of Lennox
A handsome young man who caught the eye of the young attractive widowed Scottish Queen #MaryQueenofScots
#Tudor
#Stuart
#History
At Temple Newsam West Yorks #HenryStuart #LordDarnley was born to the niece of #HenryVIII, #MargaretDouglas & #MatthewStewart 4th Earl of Lennox
A handsome young man who caught the eye of the young attractive widowed Scottish Queen #MaryQueenofScots
#Tudor
#Stuart
#History
#OTD 22nd Jan 1557
Archibald Douglas died at Tantallon Castle
He'd married the widowed Queen of Scots in 1514 (daughter Margaret was mother to #HenryStuart)
Charged with High Treason in 1524, sent to France, escaped to England, switching sides
Finally opposing #HenryVIIIs Rough Wooing
#History
Archibald Douglas died at Tantallon Castle
He'd married the widowed Queen of Scots in 1514 (daughter Margaret was mother to #HenryStuart)
Charged with High Treason in 1524, sent to France, escaped to England, switching sides
Finally opposing #HenryVIIIs Rough Wooing
#History
January 22, 2026 at 7:03 AM
#OTD 22nd Jan 1557
Archibald Douglas died at Tantallon Castle
He'd married the widowed Queen of Scots in 1514 (daughter Margaret was mother to #HenryStuart)
Charged with High Treason in 1524, sent to France, escaped to England, switching sides
Finally opposing #HenryVIIIs Rough Wooing
#History
Archibald Douglas died at Tantallon Castle
He'd married the widowed Queen of Scots in 1514 (daughter Margaret was mother to #HenryStuart)
Charged with High Treason in 1524, sent to France, escaped to England, switching sides
Finally opposing #HenryVIIIs Rough Wooing
#History
#OTD 7 Dec 1545
Temple Newsam West Yorks #HenryStuart #LordDarnley was born to the niece of #HenryVIII #MargaretDouglas & #MatthewStewart 4th Earl of Lennox
An handsome young man who caught the eye of the young attractive widowed Scottish Queen #MaryQueenofScots
Temple Newsam West Yorks #HenryStuart #LordDarnley was born to the niece of #HenryVIII #MargaretDouglas & #MatthewStewart 4th Earl of Lennox
An handsome young man who caught the eye of the young attractive widowed Scottish Queen #MaryQueenofScots
December 7, 2024 at 7:28 AM
#OTD 7 Dec 1545
Temple Newsam West Yorks #HenryStuart #LordDarnley was born to the niece of #HenryVIII #MargaretDouglas & #MatthewStewart 4th Earl of Lennox
An handsome young man who caught the eye of the young attractive widowed Scottish Queen #MaryQueenofScots
Temple Newsam West Yorks #HenryStuart #LordDarnley was born to the niece of #HenryVIII #MargaretDouglas & #MatthewStewart 4th Earl of Lennox
An handsome young man who caught the eye of the young attractive widowed Scottish Queen #MaryQueenofScots
#OTD 29 Sept 1564
#RobertDudley became Earl of Leicester
#ElizabethI had a cunning plan, a title made him more worthy as a suitor for #MaryQueenofScots tho neither were keen!
An attempt to control Mary, instead she married her cousin #HenryStuart #LordDarnley which didn't end well
#Elizabethan
#RobertDudley became Earl of Leicester
#ElizabethI had a cunning plan, a title made him more worthy as a suitor for #MaryQueenofScots tho neither were keen!
An attempt to control Mary, instead she married her cousin #HenryStuart #LordDarnley which didn't end well
#Elizabethan
September 29, 2025 at 7:12 AM
#OTD 29 Sept 1564
#RobertDudley became Earl of Leicester
#ElizabethI had a cunning plan, a title made him more worthy as a suitor for #MaryQueenofScots tho neither were keen!
An attempt to control Mary, instead she married her cousin #HenryStuart #LordDarnley which didn't end well
#Elizabethan
#RobertDudley became Earl of Leicester
#ElizabethI had a cunning plan, a title made him more worthy as a suitor for #MaryQueenofScots tho neither were keen!
An attempt to control Mary, instead she married her cousin #HenryStuart #LordDarnley which didn't end well
#Elizabethan
#History
#OTD 22nd Jan 1557
Archibald Douglas died at Tantallon Castle
Married the widowed Queen of Scots in 1514 (daughter Margaret was mother to #HenryStuart)
He was charged with High Treason in 1524, sent to France, escaped to England switching sides
Finally opposing #HenryVIIIs Rough Wooing
January 22, 2024 at 7:26 AM
#History
#OTD 22nd Jan 1557
Archibald Douglas died at Tantallon Castle
Married the widowed Queen of Scots in 1514 (daughter Margaret was mother to #HenryStuart)
He was charged with High Treason in 1524, sent to France, escaped to England switching sides
Finally opposing #HenryVIIIs Rough Wooing
February 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
#OTD
19th February 1594
Henry Stuart, son of King James VI of Scotland & his wife, Anne of Denmark was born at Stirling Castle.
www.instagram.com/p/DGPTBttBnC...
#HenryStuart #PrinceofWales #KingJamesVIofScotland #KingJamesIofEngland #AnneofDenmark #Stuarts #Scotland #England #History
19th February 1594
Henry Stuart, son of King James VI of Scotland & his wife, Anne of Denmark was born at Stirling Castle.
www.instagram.com/p/DGPTBttBnC...
#HenryStuart #PrinceofWales #KingJamesVIofScotland #KingJamesIofEngland #AnneofDenmark #Stuarts #Scotland #England #History
February 19, 2025 at 5:49 AM
#OTD
19th February 1594
Henry Stuart, son of King James VI of Scotland & his wife, Anne of Denmark was born at Stirling Castle.
www.instagram.com/p/DGPTBttBnC...
#HenryStuart #PrinceofWales #KingJamesVIofScotland #KingJamesIofEngland #AnneofDenmark #Stuarts #Scotland #England #History
19th February 1594
Henry Stuart, son of King James VI of Scotland & his wife, Anne of Denmark was born at Stirling Castle.
www.instagram.com/p/DGPTBttBnC...
#HenryStuart #PrinceofWales #KingJamesVIofScotland #KingJamesIofEngland #AnneofDenmark #Stuarts #Scotland #England #History