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July 24, 1567: Mary, Queen of Scots, deposed.

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A romantic and tragic figure to her supporters, a scheming adulteress if not murderess to her political enemies, Mary, Queen of Scots, was formally deposed this day after rebellious Scottish nobles deserted her army at Carberry Hill and forced her to abdicate in favour of her one-year-old son James. She was then confined in a series of prisons in England for the next 18 years of her life by her cousin Elizabeth I. Despite the fact that Mary was the sovereign queen of another country, she was ...