Mary, Queen of Scots, alias Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, was beheaded at the age of 44 in 1587.
She was found guilty of complicity and given the death penalty. Mary Queen of Scots was killed for treason on February 8, 1587. When Queen Elizabeth died in 1603 and her son, Monarch James VI of Scotland, calmly accepted his mother's execution, he became king of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
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