Description of events leading up to the death of Mary ... into Scotland known as 'The Rough Wooing'. Conscious of the benefits of an alliance with France, the Scots betrothed the young queen ...

In 1561, Mary, Queen of Scots ... and the Scots were more than a little surprised by the sudden appearance of Mary's ship at Leith's port. Since 1542, Scotland had been ruled by a series of ...

Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 Sarah Holzmann On this day in 1542, the Battle of Solway Moss left James V ...

James VI faced many attempts on his life, the first while he was still in the womb of his mother - Mary, Queen of Scots ... James was crowned King of Scotland. He was just one year old.

The Scots composer Thea Musgrave was active, often commissioned, and played regularly in Scotland and at the ... Then in 1977 came her full-scale opera Mary, Queen of Scots, given by Scottish ...

Mary, 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 ...

Musgrave focuses on Mary’s return to Scotland in 1561 and the events ... female composers have their work showcased. Mary, Queen of Scots never quite hits true operatic heights of emotion ...

She became Queen of Scots at only six days old following the death of her father, but spent most of her childhood in France while Scotland was ruled by regents. Mary returned to Scotland in 1561 ...

Queen of France at 16 and widowed at 18, Mary defies pressure to remarry. Instead, she returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. But England is under the rule of the ...

A statue of Mary, Queen of Scots stands at her birthplace of Linlithgow Palace in Scotland. (Pixabay via Courthouse News) (CN) — When they searched through the Bibliothèque nationale de France’s (BnF) ...

With the 96-year-old US-resident composer in attendance, the opening of Thea Musgrave’ s Mary, Queen of Scots was an event ... arriving back home in Scotland as queen. Musgrave’s libretto ...

A silver casket believed to have belonged to Mary, Queen of Scots is drawing the crowds to ... the National Galleries of Scotland, East Ayrshire Council and National Museums Scotland – the ...