biography
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Moray, James Stuart, Earl of
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pronunciation:
[muhree]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1531–70)
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| biography:
| Regent of Scotland (1567–70), the illegitimate son of James V of Scotland by a daughter of the Earl of Mar, and half-brother of Mary, Queen of Scots. He acted as Mary's chief adviser (1560), but supported the Protestant John Knox and opposed Mary's marriage to Darnley. After an attempted coup, he was outlawed and took refuge in England (1565). Pardoned the following year, he became regent for Mary's baby son, James VI, when she abdicated (1567), and defeated her army at Langside (1568). His Protestant and pro-English policies alienated some Scots nobles, and he was killed at Linlithgow by one of Mary's supporters. |
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