Unknown to History

Mary Queen of Scots spent her life mired in the politics of Elizabethan times; considered a threat to the reign of Elizabeth I for her potential claim to the throne, she endured many years imprisoned at the behest of her Tudor relative. Eventually, following a scandal involving the murder of Lord Darnley, Mary was forced to abdicate her throne to her one year old son, James VI. Some time after her abdication, she was beheaded.

Mary Stuart was a polarizing figure owing to the religious and p...