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Mary, Queen of Scots (pictured), was executed at Fotheringhay Castle for her involvement in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Elizabeth I of England.
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Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567
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Babington Plot
1586 plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England
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Elizabeth I
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