A crown executioner at Fotheringhay Castle (no longer extant) in 1587. History does not record the identity of this man. The execution instrument was an axe. He wore a mask or hood. The protocols allowed for three swings of the axe. The first strike may or may not have killed the Queen as it landed on her neck. The second blow neatly(?) severed her head from her neck and as it was held up her wig fell off. A third strike was not necessary.
This was a horrible historical event and shows how serious capital punishment was taken (and applied) in the olden times. (A modern lethal injection is almost cosmetically smooth!). One author suggests, as all of her clothing that was on her at the time of the execution was burned or otherwise destroyed to avoid any relics problems, the tragic Queen may have suffered the further indignity of having been buried in the nude. This was very strongly implied by one of Mary's best biographers.
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The name of the actual executioner is unknown. Mary Stuart's Warrant of Execution was signed by Queen Elizabeth I, with regret. Mary did plot against Elizabeth's life. However, Elizabeth consistently rejected petitions to execute Mary over the 19-year course of her imprisonment. Eventually, however, the Catholic threat was deemed too great and Elizabeth reluctantly signed the warrant for execution.
Queen Elizabeth I, or Elizabeth Tudor. This was the end of the Stuart dynasty in Scotland, anyhow. Elizabeth was, however succeeded by James I- who was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Mary Queen of Scots was executed by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England.
== == Queen Elizabeth I (Tudor) signed the death warrant. see other questions on the Exectuion to get at the sordid details.
The death warrant was signed by Elixabeth I , Queen of England.
Queen Elizabeth the first ordered the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. Mary was a Catholic and Elizabeth was protestant. Mary was a threat to Elizabeth for that reason and also because she was too close to the throne. (this answer can be massively expanded on)
Mary Queen of Scots was knows for beheading people she was known as bloody Mary.
Mary I, Queen of scots, was executed by beheading by Queen Elizabeth I in 1587 for instigating assassination plots against the crown.
Mary Queen of Scots was ordered to be executed by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I.
Mary Stuart
Mary Queen of scots signed nosj
There was no Mary Tudor, Queen of Scots. Mary, Queen of Scots was a Stuart who was the great granddaughter of Henry VII. Mary Tudor, Queen of England was her cousin. Mary Queen of Scots was born December 8, 1542.
Mary I .... popularly known as Mary, Queen of Scots was tried following her involvement in 3 plots to assassinate Elizabeth I of England and place herself on the throne, she was convicted of treason and sentenced to beheading. The execution took place at Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England on the 8th February 1587.
Mary Stuart, or Mary, Queen of Scots was executed in l587.
Mary Queen of Scots was Elizabeth I's cousin.
Her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Mary I's successor, wanted Queen Mary I, Queen of Scots, to be executed.
Mary (Stuart) Queen of Scots never was queen of England. You might have her confused with Mary (Tudor) I .