July 24 - Mary, Queen of Scots abdicates
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- Forced to Abdicate: The Tragic Fall of Mary, Queen of Scots 👑💔
On this day in Tudor history, 24th July 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate in favour of her infant son, James VI, while imprisoned at Lochleven Castle. 💔🏰
Mary had recently suffered a miscarriage and was in a fragile state when she was pressured by Lords Lindsay and Ruthven to sign the abdication papers. Threats and coercion led to her signing under duress, hoping her actions would be deemed invalid. 📜💔
Why was Mary forced to abdicate? What led to this tragic moment? And what happened next in her tumultuous life? 🤔🔍
Join me as we uncover the dramatic and heartbreaking events of Mary's abdication, her struggle for survival, and the power plays that sealed her fate. This gripping tale is one you won't want to miss! 🎥✨
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How terrifying for her. It seems that at this time in history, a female monarch was best served by putting her crown first. Elizabeth was wise not to marry, and to stay very focused on her realm.
One book I read suggested that one motive to force Mary's abdication was that on her 25th birthday, the lairds would be obliged to turn over properties and incomes to her that they'd been administrating for her-- and profiting from-- during her "minority". By forcing her to abdicate at 24, the lairds got to maintain control over these goods until baby James came of age. This was an obvious benefit to them.
Even given that enticement, I doubt the lairds would have deposed her if she hadn't married Darnley, and then Bothwell. They wanted her as a figurehead, to give their effective rule of Scotland legitimacy. But after she'd delivered "an heir male", she was no longer needed, because they could reign in her infant son's name instead. They also needed a scapegoat for the murder of Lord Darnley.
I find myself wondering what would have happened if Mary had refused to sign the abdication. Would they really have murdered her? After all, the "theatre of the world" was surely watching Scotland in 1567, just as they would later be watching England in 1587. The fact that they pushed so hard to get the signatures implies that Mary still had some power in the situation, or they wouldn't be so anxious to neutralize her.
I can imagine Elizabeth Tudor watching events unfold from England, screaming internally at Mary. "WHY are you doing this?!? This is idiocy! You're going to get deposed if you don't watch out! I told you not to marry Darnley in the first place, but killing him in such a flamboyant and ridiculous manner is beyond stupid! I told you to distance yourself from Bothwell, and what must you do but marry him? And now you're in MY country, begging me to start a war I can't afford against a fellow Protestant nation to restore a Catholic monarch! Are you insane? Why didn't you just go to France instead when you had the chance? Now I have my spymaster urging me to have you executed. I never wanted to be put in this position!"
Very well stated!
@@jeanroughley1126 that is an incredible, insightful perspective. I felt like I was watching it happen. I wonder if the lairds would have merely imprisoned her, as that is what they chose to do after forcing her abdication. But it doesn't seem that far fetched to murder her and make it look like an accident. Seems she was as likely to meet her end in Scotland as she did in England, had she remained there, I think. She was not one to take things lying down!
@@kkay3784 I think that Mary's drive to preserve her "grandeur" may have been her fatal flaw. She'd lost her status as reigning queen of France, and couldn't stand the demotion. First she angled to marry Prince Carlos of Spain, even though he was known to be simpleminded, cruel, and mentally unstable. She's probably lucky that Catherine de Medici blocked the match, even though Catherine's motivation was probably protecting her own daughter's interests. Then she agreed to "rule" Scotland at her laird's behest, and turned her attention to acquiring England. She married Darnley because she thought the marriage would strengthen her claim to the English throne... and that misjudgement began the chain of events that led to her downfall. Deciding to go to England instead of France sealed her doom.
Astrin Ymris: I *believe* that I read the same thing (re: the reversion of properties to the Crown when Mary was 25) in John Guy's wonderful biography of Mary. I've always seen the invisible hand of Mary's malign half-brother, James Stewart Earl of Moray in every ghastly injury inflicted on her. Lord Darnley incurred Moray's hatred when Darnley pointed out how many, many properties Moray owned, thanks to Mary's generosity. In Renaissance Scotland, greed & religion dominated -- usually in that order.
I do feel for Mary Stuart. It seemed she had a difficult life, didn’t make the best choices and had a sad end too.
Thanks again for another great video! Can’t wait to find out what happened on the day in Tudor history tomorrow.
"My client says these papers are invalid as they were signed under duress."
"Nonsense! Here's her signature on this blood-stained document."
Her story is so sad. I think she is a fascinating character. I do feel so sorry for her from the books I have read about her. Thank you for posting this video!
I appreciate you so much, every day!
When I went to Stirling Castle they had a display of the kings of Scotland, the last six being 'James'. It seems to me that all came to the throne as young and needing regents. So. Scotland was very much used to rule by regents so maybe the Lords wanted that as some may have had more power and profit that way. I think she was foolhardy, didn't listen to advice, and didn't have a good hold on power. She wasn't trained in France to be a ruler but neither was she able to enjoy life without being a Queen.
🇬🇧if Mary queen of Scots hadn’t had so much bad luck she’d had no luck at all!🏴
As always I enjoyed your video. I must admit I had Mary clean of Scots or Mary Stewart and Mary Tudor confused. A friend from England resides in the United States set me straight. Your videos are always very informative and very entertaining thank you so much for publishing them
Sorry I meant Mary Queen of Scots. Please pardon my typos
@@marymoriarity2555 Just an FYI--you can edit your comments by clicking on the 3 dots to the right of the comment. You will see an edit function and than you can SAVE the edited comment. I thought it was a funny typo, though--lol.
🇭🇲🦘 Fascinating and quite amazing (to me) are the events that led to Mary, Queen of Scots being forced to abdicate her throne. Confusing, but well explained.
"Thank you" Claire 💓👑👍
I feel for her. She was set up to fail after her first husband died. What a scary world for a woman back then!
Can anyone suggest resources to read more about her?
A few weeks ago Claire recommended MY HEAR IS MY OWN:THE LIFE OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTTS by J.A. Guy.
It is a hefty read, but worth your time.
Thank you! I was looking at getting one of his books.
I wonder why Ruthven and Lindsay didn't kill her as soon as she'd abdicated. Shutting her up in the tower was perhaps the precursor to her murder by poison, or illness, or puerpral fever brought on by poor conditions. But It just wasn't
safe to keep her alive too long in case she escaped somehow and told of her Ill treatment and the brutal threats to force her abdication.
I'd like to have seen their faces when they discovered she'd fled AND dropped the keys to the castle on the loch.(They were recently fished out again). Poor Mary - she had to flee Holyrood when heavily pregnant and flee Loch Leven when ill from the miscarriage. She certainly had plenty of spirit!
I didn't know she threw the keys to the castle in the Loch!? This shows how spirited she was. Lol! She was like, "haha suckers come n get your keys now!" I don't know if they believed in loch monsters then, but if they did she probably was hoping Nessie or her cousin would gobble them up! I love this detail! Thanks for sharing!!
Marion Arnott Elizabeth threatened the Lords - she was horrified at the idea of an annointed queen being forced from the throne by mere subjects. Also, I think the thought of actually killing Mary made them squeamish. They may have hoped to marry her to someone else who would keep her locked away in case she was needed to breed another heir. James was only a baby and children often died young.
Poor Mary was used and abused. She made so many mistakes. Why leave France, Mary? Thank you, Claire!
Sad story. Thank you!
Thank you ❣️
Few people could have handled the Scottish lord's and such a political scene. Poor Mary wasn't savvy enough and made every mistake that she possibly could marrying the wrong men as well.
Love to the Kitty!
If there was a chance for things to go wrong, Mary would find it. She was snake-bit.
Mary was the Queen that drew me to my love of history. Her life was sort of like a Greek tragedy. She lost everything and yet still held her head high. Her greatest revenge was that it was her decendends that got the English crown.
This is a little off topic, but I wonder if QEI after signing the death warrant really did say to not go through with the execution of Mary until they had her strict instructions or if it was something that was told so that the Queen would look blameless in the execution of an anointed sovereign?
Ruthven and Lindsay were very hard men; cruel and mean spirited. While Mary was not a person to inspire trust, there were better ways to achieve their ends. Scottish Lords and her half brother, Lord Moray mistreated her. She had a tragic life, made so by her bad choices, for the most part. Thank you for this look into today 400+ years ago.
Mary is a tragic figure. One bad decision after another.
I relate to Mary Queen of Scotts a woman used by men, abused and raped, a woman who was not in control of her own life. No matter what. As a Scottish Catholic woman, Nancy Beveridge (Scottish Catholic name and history) I so engage with her history. My family name Beveridge is both very Scottish and Catholic... as well as horrifically descriminated against by the English royalty.
It seems the Scottish Lords did their fair share of discrimination, and were far more murderous. Mary was only executed when she forced Elizabeth into a corner by her plots to gain the English throne. If she had been content to stay as a "guest" of Elizabeth I believe she would have retained her life.
I wonder often what Mary of Scots could have done to keep her throne even if she had changed her religion. She came to a land from France that was nominally hers but was already ruled by an unofficial king; her half-brother, Moray. I do not think she would, or could, as a woman, have done anything that would have been acceptable. I think they just didn't want her. I think it unlikely that she was ever guilty as charged but in supporting Bothwell and marrying him, she may have looked like it; or maybe the excuse was enough. I honestly think they would have murdered her. If she had not escaped then she would have been dead.
Poor woman. Should have taken a lesson from Henry VIII to get rid of her husband.😉
Darnley had a powerful family. Mary had very little power (unlike Henry VIII, who bullied his way into holding enormous power over everyone). Mary had many enemies (greedy, avaricious, grasping lords)....her religion was a stumbling block as well. She did not walk on eggshells as Elizabeth did...she was forced to abdicate at a younger age than Elizabeth was when she took her throne. Imagine trying to placate random, crazy people (who all cheated/fought/flipped opinions at will)....all before your 20th birthday!!!
@@leanie9660 poor child.
Mary would have had the support of the Pope in Rome though. Lord Darnley had Elizabeth's support as Elizabeth was related to his relatives.
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@@leanie9660 As I remember, Darnley and Mary were cousins (I'd have to go back to my reading to find out the degree).
It seems every major decision made by Mary Stuart was a wrong one.
Had she never went to France I doubt that this would have happened.
Maybe, but she seems to have been rash. Maybe she would have had more support but wouldn't Henry 8 have wisked her off to marry his son in Merry old England? She really was so lucky in some ways and others not at all.
@@Cate7451 Possibly, he surely tried anyway. As a queen in her own right, there was bound to be problems no matter who she married. She may have held her throne had she married a foreign power. Scotland was too weak and there was too much in-fighting for her to hold it on her own. She was prey no matter how you looked at it. Tragic.
Andrew Register yes I agree. Being moved about Scotland as a small child and then married into France, became daughterinlaw of Catherine de Medici and a father-in-law who had been a prisoner as a child. Weird place to grow up. France wanted her by way of gaining control of Scotland. So much scheming going on and no one to win.
Mary was five when she was sent to France; it wasn't her choice. Henry VIII was growing increasingly despotic and irrational and had declared war on Scotland in order to have Mary wed his son Edward. That's why her mother decided to send her to France, where she'd be safe from being kidnapped by English forces.
Mary's best chance at avoiding tragedy might have been to remain in France and live quietly as a dowager queen. But since Mary considered her "grandeur" to be critically important to her sense of self, that was too tame a fate for her. To her, the only way to restore her grandeur was to be reigning queen of some wealthy and powerful country. She first tried to marry into the Spanish royal family, but when that was kiboshed, she set her sights on the English throne. When they lairds offered her the Scottish throne, she took it as a stepping stone to her real goal.
IOW, the real cause of Mary's downfall was her own pride.
Astrin Ymris that's really interesting that she wanted to marry a Spanish royal. But I don't know that she could have stayed in France. I thought Catherine didn't want her there so it wasn't an option. Yes she was ambitious but wasn't everyone. But still living in captivity in England seemed like a better life than most people had in the day.
This is something I don't understand. Why Should Mary abdicate. Poor Woman not having a good advisor or two. I am pleased Mary threw the keys in the loch!
What a tragic life!
Ugghh, I have so many feels for Mary :( She had such a miserable life and end! Might be something in the name, Mary Tudor didn't have a very happy life either but at least she wasn't imprissoned repeadedly and ultimately decapitated :(
She married the wrong men for sure.
I love how the cat squeaks. My 20 year old cat squeaks too. As for mary an innocent person had a challenging life. She lacked good people around her and she made some bad decisions. k. Her life is interesting to outsider.
It makes me so angry!
What a cut-throat society! Thank you.
Is it true that Mary refused to speak anything other than French in Scotland!? I heard somewhere in a documentary they didn't like her for this reason too, but that also because she was such a dainty little lady who allowed her husband's to run a muck and do whatever they wanted, and that she let them make decisions on her behalf!? I can't remember which doc it was from, but I've always wondered if it was the truth or not? Does anyone know? I'd love to know if anyone had any info. Thanks!
I have heard it said and read that Mary spoke French as she had been brought up in France. she had a French accent when she spoke English too. I suppose it could be false, but I can not think what the point would be. I tend to think it was true. She was French, rather than Scottish, by accident, rather than design
@@maryh4650 that poor woman was screwed from the minute her 1st husband died and she had to return to Scotland! Well some of her marriage matches didn't help matters for her, but I feel like the language barrier hurt her cause tremendously! It was almost as if they had a Foreigner for a queen, and I can only imagine in that day and age what they would feel about that! She had a pretty tragic life!
@@maryh4650 She spoke French and Lowland Scots (not English). Her attendants in France were Scottish and she kept up her own language.
Whether she had a preference for one or the other, I don't know, but since she was surrounded by Scots, it makes sense that she would speak in Lowland Scots to them.
I've never heard that. I feel sorry for her on the one hand but she's also one of those historical people that makes me want to bang my head on my desk because of her rather unwise decisions and recklessness.
We know from contemporary reports that although she spoke French fluently, that she had a Scots accent when speaking English.