The Catholic threat undoubtedly revolved around Elizabeth’s cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots. She had become Queen of Scotland when her father, James V, was killed in battle against the English in 1542.

Mary, Queen of Scots, the rightful monarch of Scotland ... Mary would only live to be 44 when Queen Elizabeth, her first ...

The pure silver object is on display just a few miles from Dundrennan Abbey, where Mary spent her last hours on Scottish soil ...

More than 50 encoded letters sent by Mary Queen of Scots in the 16th ... the last 19 years of her life a prisoner of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth. She was eventually beheaded on 8 February 1587 ...

A crumbling manor house where Mary Queen of Scots sheltered before being ... seeking the protection of her cousin, Elizabeth I. Given Mary's earlier claims to the English throne, Elizabeth saw ...

the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots and her second husband Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. He was crowned James VI of Scotland in 1567 when he was just over one year old. James succeeded to the English ...

Sir John Neale describes the agony of Elizabeth I as she is forced to decide the fate of her cousin Mary Queen of Scots in early 1587. First broadcast in 1957. Mary was born in December 1542 in ...

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. A fervent Roman Catholic and a claimant to the English Crown Mary ...