Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses ...: Mary of Lorraine (cont'd). Margaret DouglasBlackwood, 1854 - Princesses |
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... Queen received a visit of respect and condolence from the new Regent , the Earl of Arran , or , as he is styled in the official documents of the period , the Lord - governor . His object was to propose a marriage between her royal ...
... Queen received a visit of respect and condolence from the new Regent , the Earl of Arran , or , as he is styled in the official documents of the period , the Lord - governor . His object was to propose a marriage between her royal ...
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... Regent and the English party . Whatever were the faults of Beton , he was inaccessible to the bribes of England , and , as such , better entitled to the confidence of the Queen- mother than those who were capable of selling the inde ...
... Regent and the English party . Whatever were the faults of Beton , he was inaccessible to the bribes of England , and , as such , better entitled to the confidence of the Queen- mother than those who were capable of selling the inde ...
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... Regent Arran , entered into a secret correspondence with Matthew Stewart , Earl of Len- nox ( the rival of the Hamilton claims to the regal suc- cession , who was at that time in the service of France ) , persuading him that , if he ...
... Regent Arran , entered into a secret correspondence with Matthew Stewart , Earl of Len- nox ( the rival of the Hamilton claims to the regal suc- cession , who was at that time in the service of France ) , persuading him that , if he ...
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... Queen - mother . There are sums expended in ... Queen's Grace ; and , finally , the portioning of these young ladies with suitable dowries in marriage . These being only trifling examples of the sweets of the eagerly coveted office of Regent ...
... Queen - mother . There are sums expended in ... Queen's Grace ; and , finally , the portioning of these young ladies with suitable dowries in marriage . These being only trifling examples of the sweets of the eagerly coveted office of Regent ...
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... Queen falling into the hands of the nearest heir to the Crown being thus ... Queen , to get that great object of his hatred into his power . In this matter he ... Regent Morton- a son well worthy such a sire . The proceedings of the Earl ...
... Queen falling into the hands of the nearest heir to the Crown being thus ... Queen , to get that great object of his hatred into his power . In this matter he ... Regent Morton- a son well worthy such a sire . The proceedings of the Earl ...
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