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Darnley

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Darn·ley  (därnl), Lord. Title of Henry Stew·art or Stu·art (strt, sty-) 1545-1567.
Scottish nobleman and second husband (1565-1567) of Mary Queen of Scots. He plotted to kill David Rizzio, Mary's secretary, in 1566 and was himself murdered the following year, possibly at the urging of Mary's lover, the Earl of Bothwell.

Darnley [ˈdɑːnlɪ]
n
(Biographies / Darnley, Lord (1545-1567) M, Scottish, POLITICS: nobleman, MISC: father of James I) Lord. title of Henry Stuart (or Stewart). 1545-67, Scottish nobleman; second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots and father of James I of England. After murdering his wife's secretary, Rizzio (1566), he was himself assassinated (1567)


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