Association of Mary, Queen of Scots, and James VI
The association and the Ruthven Regime: May 1582
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[[File:Scotland Dumbarton Castle bordercropped.jpg|thumb|right|Secret "association" paperwork left at [[Dumbarton Castle]] by the Duke of Lennox was destroyed by his lawyer.]] |
[[File:Scotland Dumbarton Castle bordercropped.jpg|thumb|right|Secret "association" paperwork left at [[Dumbarton Castle]] by the Duke of Lennox was destroyed by his lawyer.]] |
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[[File:James VI of Scotland as a Youth.jpg|thumb|right|[[James VI and I|James VI]] in 1583, possibly by [[Adrian Vanson]]]] |
[[File:James VI of Scotland as a Youth.jpg|thumb|right|[[James VI and I|James VI]] in 1583, possibly by [[Adrian Vanson]]]] |
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James VI wrote to Mary on 28 May 1582. He had received letters from her via the Duke of Lennox and [[George Douglas of Helenhill|George Douglas]]. He seems to have interested in hearing more about her proposals for their union and association. He wrote that the leading courtiers the [[James Stewart, Earl of Arran|Earl of Arran]] and the [[Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox|Duke of Lennox]] would both work to accomplish the association. A palace coup in Scotland interrupted this phase of the negotiations.G. P. V. Akrigg, ''Letters of King James VI and I'' (University of California, 1984), pp. 46–48. |
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A new regime took control of Scotland in August 1582 by capturing James VI at [[Huntingtower Castle]]. The [[Raid of Ruthven|Ruthven Regime]] was Protestant in character and aligned more with England than France and the [[Auld Alliance]], or any kind of reconciliation with Mary, although negotiations continued.John Daniel Leader, ''Mary Queen of Scots in Captivity'' (Sheffield, 1880), p. 517. When [[George Douglas of Helenhill|George Douglas]] (a brother of the [[William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton|Laird of Lochleven]] who had helped Mary escape in 1568) came to see James VI at Stirling Castle in September with plans for the association he was imprisoned as a conspirator.''Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland by [[David Moysie]]'' (Edinburgh, 1830), p. 39. |
A new regime took control of Scotland in August 1582 by capturing James VI at [[Huntingtower Castle]]. The [[Raid of Ruthven|Ruthven Regime]] was Protestant in character and aligned more with England than France and the [[Auld Alliance]], or any kind of reconciliation with Mary, although negotiations continued.John Daniel Leader, ''Mary Queen of Scots in Captivity'' (Sheffield, 1880), p. 517. When [[George Douglas of Helenhill|George Douglas]] (a brother of the [[William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton|Laird of Lochleven]] who had helped Mary escape in 1568) came to see James VI at Stirling Castle in September with plans for the association he was imprisoned as a conspirator.''Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland by [[David Moysie]]'' (Edinburgh, 1830), p. 39. |
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