24 February 2010

The Homes of Mary, Queen of Scots


Mary was born on 8 December 1542 here at Linlithgow Palace in Linlithgow, Scotland to King James V of Scotland and his French wife, Mary of Guise


 On 9 September 1543 Mary was crowned Queen of Scots in the chapel at Stirling Castle


On September 10, 1547, also known as "Black Saturday", Mary was sent to safety by her mother to Inchmahome Priory after the Scots suffered a defeat at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh


In February 1548, hearing that the English were on their way back, Mary of Guise moved Mary to Dumbarton Castle


With her marriage agreement in place, five-year-old Mary was sent to France in 1548 to spend the next thirteen years at the French court, mainly at Amboise


At Holyrood Palace on 29 July 1565, Mary married Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley


Mary's bedroom in Holyrood where Mary's friend and advisor, David Rizzo, was murdered by her husband and his minions.


Mary was imprisoned here in Loch Leven Castle, situated on an island in the middle of Loch Leven.  It was here that she suffered a miscarriage of twins and was forced by the Scottish lords to abdicate the Scottish throne in favour of her one-year-old son James


In 1568 Mary landed at Workington in England and stayed at Workington Hall


Mary was imprisoned by Elizabeth's officers at Carlisle Castle and it was here that Mary had the phrase En ma Fin gît mon Commencement ("In my end is my beginning") embroidered on her cloth of estate


Mary was also imprisoned at Bolton Castle


And again here at Tutbury Castle


And here too at Sheffield Castle and Sheffield Manor in the custody of George Talbot his wife, Bess of Hardwick


A plaque commemorating the death of Mary was placed there in 1913 by a historical society.

18 November 2009

Homes of Queen Elizabeth I





Elizabeth was born here at Greenwich Palace in 1533



Hatfield House.  Built by Sir Robert Cecil - Elizabeth spent most of her childhood here



This oak tree at Hatfield marks the spot where Elizabeth learned she was now Queen



The Tower of London
Elizabeth lived here for a few weeks during Mary I's reign



Windsor Castle was the main residence of Elizabeth



Another main residence, Hampton Court



Hampton Court - where Elizabeth enjoyed hunting and also where she died in 1603




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06 November 2009

The Homes of Marie Antoinette




Hofburg Palace (Vienna)
Marie Antoinette was born here in 1755


 

Schoenbrunn Palace (Vienna)
Childhood home of Marie Antoinette

  
 

Laxenburg Castle
Marie Antoinette is said to have been partial to this childhood home





 

Palace of Versailles








Marie Antoinette's Hameau in the garden of Petit Trianon



Petit Trianon - Versailles, France




Chateau de Saint-Cloud


M.A. purchased the Chateau from the duc d'Orleans in 1780.  90 years after Marie Antoinette's expansion, the Chateau was destroyed during the Franco-Prussian War.





The Tuileries
Marie Antoinette as Dauphine made her first official appearance here and where the Royal family would be housed during the French Revolution







The Conciergerie 
French prison where MA was held before her beheading




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