2-617-840 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Mary, Queen of Scots, (1542-1587). Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was queen regnant of Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567 and queen consort of France from 10 July 1559 to 5 December 1560. Mary was a first cousin once removed to Queen Elizabeth I of England. Mary had previously claimed Elizabeth's throne as her own and in 1587 after an eighteen and a half years incarceration Elizabeth sent her to her death. From an original drawing by A. K. Macdonald. From the John Player & Sons cigarette card series 'Famous Beauties', 1937.