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Mary Of Scotland (horse)
Mary of Scotland may refer to: People * Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587), Queen regnant of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 * Mary of Scotland, Countess of Boulogne (1082–1116), daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland (Máel Coluim III) and Saint Margaret of Scotland; wife of Eustace III of Boulogne * Mary of Scotland (–), daughter of Robert III of Scotland and Annabella Drummond * Mary of Scotland, Countess of Buchan (?–1465), daughter of James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort; wife of Jan van Borselen, Lord of Campvere * Mary Stewart, Princess of Scotland (1453–1488), daughter of James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders; married Thomas Boyd, 1st Earl of Arran and James Hamilton Other uses * ''Mary of Scotland'' (play), 1933 Broadway play by Maxwell Anderson * ''Mary of Scotland'' (film), a 1936 film about Mary, Queen of Scots, based on the Maxwell Anderson stage play of the same name See also * Mary Tudor (other) Mary Tudor may refer to: *Mary Tudor, Queen of Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary, Queen Of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland, Mary was six days old when her father died and she inherited the throne. During her childhood, Scotland was governed by regents, first by the heir to the throne, James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, and then by her mother, Mary of Guise. In 1548, she was betrothed to Francis, the Dauphin of France, and was sent to be brought up in France, where she would be safe from invading English forces during the Rough Wooing. Mary married Francis in 1558, becoming queen consort of France from his accession in 1559 until his death in December 1560. Widowed, Mary returned to Scotland in August 1561. Following the Scottish Reformation, the tense religious and political climate that Mary encountered on her return to Scotland was further agitated by pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Of Scotland, Countess Of Boulogne
Mary of Scotland (1082–1116) was the younger daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland and his second wife, Margaret of Wessex. Mary was a member of the House of Dunkeld by birth, and was Countess of Boulogne by marriage. In 1086, Mary and her sister, Matilda of Scotland, Matilda, were sent by their parents to Romsey Abbey. Their maternal aunt, Cristina, daughter of Edward the Exile, Christina, was abbess there. The girls spent their early life at the monastery with their aunt, where they also received part of their education. Some time before 1093, they went to Wilton Abbey, which also had a reputation as a centre of learning, to finish their education. Matilda received many proposals for marriage but refused them all for the time being. Matilda finally left the monastery in 1100 to marry King Henry I of England. The marriage was controversial because it was not clear whether the girls had been veiled as nuns. Mary herself left the abbey in 1096. Matilda wanted her to also marry, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert III Of Scotland
Robert III (c. 13374 April 1406), born John Stewart, was King of Scots from 1390 to his death in 1406. He was also High Steward of Scotland from 1371 to 1390 and held the titles of Earl of Atholl (1367–1390) and Earl of Carrick (1368–1390) before ascending the throne at about the age of 53 years. He was the eldest son of King Robert II and Elizabeth Mure and was legitimized by the second marriage of his parents and by papal dispensation in 1349. John joined his father and other magnates in a rebellion against his great-uncle David II early in 1363 but submitted to him soon afterward. He was married to Anabella Drummond by 1367. In 1368 David created him Earl of Carrick. His father became king in 1371 after the unexpected death of the childless King David. In the succeeding years, Carrick was influential in the government of the kingdom but became progressively more impatient at his father's longevity. In 1384 Carrick was appointed the king's lieutenant after having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Of Scotland, Countess Of Buchan
Mary Stewart, Countess of Buchan (1434 or 1435 – 20 March 1465) was the fifth daughter of James I of Scotland and Lady Joan Beaufort. She married Wolfert VI of Borselen, a Zeelander nobleman and lived in the Netherlands until her death in 1465. She had two children who died young. Family Mary had five sisters and twin brothers, one of whom died in infancy. Her surviving brother became James II of Scotland. Her sisters married into various European royal dynasties. Her sister Margaret became the dauphine of France, but died childless at age 20, apparently of fever. Her sister Isabella became the duchess of Brittany and had two daughters. Another sister, Eleanor, married a Habsburg archduke and lived in Austria, but died without offspring. Her sister Joan, a deaf-mute, stayed in Scotland and married a Scottish earl, leaving four children, and her youngest sister, Annabella, was twice married and twice divorced and had children with her second husband, a Scottish earl. Marriag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Stewart, Princess Of Scotland
Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran (13 May 1453 – May 1488)Charles Cawley, . Updated 24 May 2011 was the eldest daughter of King James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders. King James III of Scotland was her eldest brother. She married twice: firstly, to Thomas Boyd, 1st Earl of Arran; secondly, to James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton. It was through her children by her second husband that the Hamilton Earl of Arran (Scotland), earls of Arran and the Stewart earls of Lennox derived their claim to the Kingdom of Scotland. Family Mary was born at Stirling Castle on 13 May 1453, the eldest daughter of James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders. She had five siblings, including James III of Scotland, James III, who ascended the Scottish throne in 1460 upon their father's accidental death by an exploding cannon. Mary's mother died in 1463, leaving her an orphan at the age of ten. Marriages and issue Mary was married to her first husband, Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran, when she was thirteen yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Of Scotland (play)
''Mary of Scotland'' was a 1933 Broadway three-act play written in blank verse by Maxwell Anderson, produced by the Theatre Guild, directed by Theresa Helburn and with scenic and costume design by Robert Edmond Jones. It ran for 248 performances from November 27, 1933 to July 1934 at the Alvin Theatre. A scene between Mary and Elizabeth never actually happened as they never met. Anderson's son Quentin Anderson played a warder. It was included in Burns Mantle's ''The Best Plays of 1933-1934''. It was adapted into a 1936 film '' Mary of Scotland'' mostly directed by John Ford and starring Fredric March and Katharine Hepburn. A rehearsal for the play provided the setting for a 1976 The Carol Burnett Show "Mama's Family" sketch featuring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, and guest star Madeline Kahn. Cast * Helen Hayes as Mary Stuart * Helen Menken as Elizabeth Tudor * Philip Merivale as James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell * Edgar Barrier as Lord Douglas * Ernest Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Of Scotland (film)
''Mary of Scotland'' is a 1936 RKO film starring Katharine Hepburn as the 16th-century ruler Mary, Queen of Scots. Directed by John Ford, it is an adaptation of the 1933 Maxwell Anderson play, with Fredric March reprising the role of Bothwell, which he also performed on stage during the run of play. The screenplay was written by Dudley Nichols. Ginger Rogers wanted to play this role and made a screen test, but RKO rejected her request to be cast in the part feeling that the role was not suitable to her image. Plot summary Note: Someone copied this plot summary from the TCM.com article. Wikipedia forbids this. Mary (Katharine Hepburn), by assuming her throne as queen of Scotland, strikes terror into the heart of Queen Elizabeth I (Florence Eldridge). After languishing in jail for 18 years at Elizabeth's command, Mary is offered a pardon if she will sign away her throne. Will she accept the deal, or die instead? Cast Accuracy The film does not keep close to the historical tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Tudor (other)
Mary Tudor may refer to: *Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496–1533), queen of France and princess of England; daughter of Henry VII, wife of Louis XII and then of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk *Mary I of England (1516–1558), queen of England and Spain – daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon *Lady Mary Tudor (1673–1726), daughter of Charles II and Moll Davis; wife of 2nd Earl of Derwentwater, Henry Graham and James Rooke * Mary Tudor, graduate student of Wendell Johnson, who conducted the Monster Study *''Marie Tudor'', an 1833 play by the French playwright, Victor Hugo, which was based on Mary I of England ** ''Mary Tudor'' (1911 film), a film based on the play by Hugo ** ''Mary Tudor'' (1920 film), a German silent historical film **''Maria Tudor ''Maria Tudor'' is an opera in four acts composed by Antônio Carlos Gomes to an Italian-language libretto by Emilio Praga (completed by Arrigo Boito). The libretto is based on Victor Hugo's 1833 play ''Marie Tudor'', w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
