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MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS - Coggle Diagram
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
WHY MQOS IS THREAT
Royal-blooded
English-speaking
Tudor lineage
Catholic
In England (from 1568)
PLOTS WITH MQOS AT CENTRE
Rebellion of the Northern Earls
Ridolfi Plot
Duke of Norfolk marriage conspiracy
Throckmorton Plot
Babington Plot
EVENTS LEADING TO IMPRISONMENT
Suspicions that the Earl of Bothwell and MQOS had conspired to kill Darnley meant that she was forced to abdicate for her baby son, James VI
After a short period of imprisonment in Scotland, MQOS fled to England - Elizabeth was torn as she ought to show support to a deposed cousin, but didn't want to anger Scottish Protestants
Elizabeth kept MQOS under house arrest in various isolated castles over the next 19 years, fearful of repercussions from France or Spain if she executed her but also withholding her from potential Catholic plotters
BACKGROUND
FAMILY
1st husband = Dauphin Francis
2nd husband = Lord Henry Darnely
3rd husband = Earl of Bothwell - abandons her at the hands of Protestant Scots in 1567
Great-granddaughter of HVII - granddaughter of Margaret Tudor
Father = James V, Mother = Marie de Guise