The Catholic threat undoubtedly revolved around Elizabeth’s cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots. She had become Queen of Scotland when her father, James V, was killed in battle against the English in 1542.

Catholics considered Mary to be the legitimate sovereign instead of the Protestant Queen Elizabeth, and the queen imprisoned her for 19 years since she was seen as a threat. Mary was beheaded on ...

Making up the already stellar cast are Jack Lowden as Lord Darnley and Joe Alwyn playing Robert Dudley. Not to mention, the ...

Mary Stuart, who was Catholic, wrote the coded letters from 1578 to 1584 while she was imprisoned in England due to the perceived threat she posed to her Protestant cousin Queen Elizabeth I.

Over 50 encrypted letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots, have been deciphered ... But, Queen Elizabeth, a protestant, viewed Mary, a Catholic, as a threat because many English Catholics ...

Mary Queen of Scots aired on Wednesday night on BBC One, with Margot Robbie and Saoirse Ronan bringing life to Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots hundreds of years after their deaths.

Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded for treason in the Great Hall of Fotheringhay Castle in England by order of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, on this day in history, Feb. 8, 1587. The Queen of ...

The latest film to line-up in hopes of awards season glory is Josie Rourke's directorial debut Mary Queen ... Scots, will explore the turbulent relationship between Mary Stuart and her cousin ...

Instead, they were part of the secret prison correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots ... only to be jailed again by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I as a threat to her own rule. After 19 years as ...

“Mary, Queen of Scots, has left an extensive corpus of ... Considering Mary Stuart a threat, Elizabeth I imprisoned her cousin for 19 years, under the custody of the Earl of Shrewsbury in ...