Though Mary is depicted here with her son James, she did not actually see her son after he was taken from her by Scottish nobles in 1567, when he was less than a year old. He was under the care of her half-brother and enemy, the earl of Moray, and he received little emotional connection or love as a child. When he became king, he had her body moved to Westminster Abbey.
Mary, Queen of Scots, and James VI/I
Mary Stuart and James Stuart
Mary's son by her second husband, Lord Darnley, succeeded her as James VI of Scotland, and succeeded Queen Elizabeth I as James I, beginning Stuart rule.
Mary, Queen of Scots, with her son James, future King of Scotland and King of England, from an engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi after a painting by Federigo Zuccaro.
Adapted from an image from "The Best Portraits in Engraving," 1875Mary, Queen of Scots
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