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The Widow of Scots: Examining Mary Stewart in Her Widowhoods

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On February 11, 1567, Mary Stewart, the queen of Scotland, attended the wedding ceremony and dinner of her favorite chambermaid, Margaret Carwood. Mary’s presence at the wedding celebrations caused disbelief amongst the Scottish people, as it occurred the day after the murder of her second husband, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley. On February 10, 1567, only one year after the birth of his son James, Darnley died under suspicious circumstances at Kirk o’ Field. While initially it looked as if Darnley had been killed in an early morning explosion, his body, along with his servant, was found strangled right outside the house.

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  1. Alyson Alvarez
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  1. University of Nebraska, USA

    Carole Levin (Willa Cather Professor of History and director of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program) (Willa Cather Professor of History and director of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program)

  2. South Dakota State University, USA

    Christine Stewart-Nuñez (associate professor of English) (associate professor of English)

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Alvarez, A. (2015). The Widow of Scots: Examining Mary Stewart in Her Widowhoods. In: Levin, C., Stewart-Nuñez, C. (eds) Scholars and Poets Talk about Queens. Queenship and Power. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137534903_17

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