Mary, Queen of Scots, and James VI/I

Adapted from an image from "The Best Portraits in Engraving," 1875

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.

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.