What Happened To Mary Queen Of Scots Son

Her son king james vi of scotland calmly accepted his mother s execution and upon queen elizabeth s death in 1603 he became.

James was only a year old when he became james vi king of scotland. While incarcerated at lochleven mary under duress signed her abdication in favour of her son. James aged only 13 months was crowned on 29 july 1567 in a protestant church outside stirling castle. James was the only son of mary queen of scots and her second husband henry stuart lord darnley both mary and darnley were great grandchildren of henry vii of england through margaret tudor the older sister of henry viii mary s rule over scotland was insecure and she and her husband being roman catholics faced a rebellion by protestant noblemen.

Mary s half brother the earl of moray finally reached his goal by becoming regent. Mary the only surviving legitimate child of king james v of scotland was six days old when her father died and she acceded to the throne she spent most of her childhood in france while scotland was ruled by regents and in. Mary queen of scots 8 december 1542 8 february 1587 also known as mary stuart or mary i of scotland reigned over scotland from 14 december 1542 to 24 july 1567.