Why was Mary Queen of Scots executed?
Mary Queen of Scot was executed for two main reasons: Mary, Queen of Scot was a threat to Elizabeth I, who according to many had a better claim to the English throne. Under the ordinary laws of succession, Mary was next in line to the English throne after her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, who was childless. In the eyes of many Catholics, Elizabeth was illegitimate, thus making Mary the true heir. However the Third Succession Act of 1543 provided that Elizabeth would succeed Mary Tudor on the throne. Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, was an “adulteress and liar” who plotted to kill her husband in order to marry her lover. Far from being the saintly and wronged Roman Catholic monarch portrayed in portraits and films, Mary was actually a “moral loose cannon”, whose striking beauty and sex appeal gave Elizabeth other reasons to imprison and execute her. Mary was charged with treason for plotting the assassination of Elizabeth after 19 years of imprisonment in the Tower. Note: Mary Stuart was a rem
