8 February 1587 A.D. Queen Mary, Queen of Scots, Executed by Her Cousin, Queen Elizabeth 1—Buried in Peterborough Cathedral & Later Reinterred at Westminster Abbey
8 February 1587 A.D. Queen Mary, Queen of Scots, Executed by Her Cousin, Queen Elizabeth 1—Buried in Peterborough Cathedral & Later Reinterred at Westminster Abbey Editors. “Mary, Queen of Scots (r.1542-1567).” The Official Website of the British Monarchy. N.d. http://www.royal.gov.uk/historyofthemonarchy/scottish%20monarchs(400ad-1603)/thestewarts/maryqueenofscots.aspx . Accessed 6 Feb 2015. Mary, Queen of Scots (r.1542-1567) Born at Linlithgow Palace, West Lothian on 8 December 1542, Mary became Queen of Scots when she was six days old. Her claims to the throne of England were almost as strong as her claims to the Scottish throne. As Henry VII of England's great-granddaughter, Mary was next in line to the English throne, after Henry VIII's children. Given her youth and sex, the Scottish nobility decided that they must make peace with England, and they agreed that she should marry Henry VIII's son, the future Edward VI. No sooner had the treaty bee...