Mary, Queen of Scots (1542 – 1587)
Mary was Queen of Scotland from 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. Following her Scottish imprisonment and defeat at the Battle of Langside in 1568, Mary escaped across the Solway to Workington in Cumbria. From there she was very soon taken into protective imprisonment and remained a prisoner in several castles until her execution in Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire.
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