Why did Mary, Queen of Scots, abdicate?
24 July: Abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots Alienated from her closest advisors, Mary's monarchy floundered. After failing to quash a rebellion of Scottish peers, Mary was imprisoned in Loch Leven Castle and forced to abdicate in favour of her one-year-old son.
24 July: Abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots Alienated from her closest advisors, Mary's monarchy floundered. After failing to quash a rebellion of Scottish peers, Mary was imprisoned in Loch Leven Castle and forced to abdicate in favour of her one-year-old son.
