What is Mary, Queen of Scots?
{{Infobox royalty |name=Mary, Queen of Scots |native_name=Nicholas Hilliard |image=Mary%2C_Queen_of_Scots_after_Nicholas_Hilliard_%28crop%29.jpg |alt=Painted in 1578 during her captivity in England. |birthname = Mary Stewart |reign=14 December 1542 - 24 July 1567 |coronation=9 September 1543 |predecessor=[[James V]] |regent=[[James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran]]<br/>''(1542–1554)''<br/>[[Mary of Guise]]<br/>''(1554–1560)'' |reg-type=Regents |successor=[[James VI]] |father=[[James V]] |mother=[[Mary of Guise]] |birth_date={{birth date|1542|12|8|df=y}} |death_date={{death date and age|1587|2|8|1542|12|8|, Fotheringhay Castle.}} |religion=Roman Catholic |reign-type1=Tenure |reign1=10 July 1559&nbsp;– 5 December 1560 |succession1=[[List of French monarchs|Queen consort of France]] |succession=[[List of Scottish monarchs|Queen of Scotland]]|house=[[Stewart|Stuart]]|issue=[[James VI]]}} '''Mary, Queen of Scots''' (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), was [[Scottish monarchs|Queen of Scotland]] from 14 December 1542 until 24 July 1567. Then she was forced to give up her kingdom (''[[Abdication|abdicate]])''. She was [[executed]] because it was said she had been plotting to assassinate her cousin, [[Elizabeth I|Elizabeth I of England]]. == Early life == Mary was the daughter of King [[James V of Scotland]], who died just after she was born. She was crowned queen when she was only 6 days old.<ref>[http://www.royal.gov.uk/historyofthemonarchy/scottish%20monarchs(400ad-1603)/thestewarts/maryqueenofscots.aspx The British Monarchy: Mary Queen of Scots]</ref> Her grandmother [[Margaret Tudor]] was the oldest surviving daughter of [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] of England. Mary went to live in [[Kingdom of France|France]] when she was very young. Scotland would be ruled by ''[[regent]]s'' until she was 18 years old. The first regent was the Earl of Arran. After 1554, the regent was Mary's mother, [[Mary of Guise]]. == Life in France == [[File:François Clouet - Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-87) - Google Art Project.jpg|thu