#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
#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
#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
#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
#OTD
7th December 1545
Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, gave birth to her second child, a boy named Henry
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#HenryStuart #LordDarnley #MargaretDouglas #MatthewStewart #EarlofLennox #MaryQueenofScots #Stewarts #Stuarts #Scotland #History
#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
#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
#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
#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?
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19th February 1594
Henry Stuart, son of King James VI of Scotland & his wife, Anne of Denmark was born at Stirling Castle.
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#HenryStuart #PrinceofWales #KingJamesVIofScotland #KingJamesIofEngland #AnneofDenmark #Stuarts #Scotland #England #History
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#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!
#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'
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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...
#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
#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
