Scottish Confederate Lords

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The Scottish Confederate Lords were a group of powerful 16th-century Scottish nobles who opposed Mary, Queen of Scots, and played a central role in her forced abdication and the subsequent political upheavals in Scotland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical group ⓘ
noble faction ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
activeInCentury 16th century ⓘ
associatedWith Scottish Reformation crisis ⓘ
Treaty politics between Scotland and England in the 1560s ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
formedAgainst personal rule of Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
governedDeFacto Scotland after Mary’s abdication ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to the long-term establishment of Protestantism in Scotland ⓘ
shaped the transition from personal monarchy to regency rule in Scotland ⓘ
involvedInConflict Scottish civil conflicts after 1567 ⓘ
involvedInEvent Marian civil war in Scotland ⓘ
conflict between supporters of Mary and supporters of James VI ⓘ
deposition of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1567 ⓘ
location Scotland ⓘ
notableMember Alexander Home, 5th Lord Home ⓘ
Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll ⓘ
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton ⓘ
James Douglas, Earl of Bothwellhaugh ⓘ
James Stewart, Earl of Moray ⓘ
John Erskine, Earl of Mar ⓘ
Patrick Lindsay, 6th Lord Lindsay of the Byres ⓘ
William Kirkcaldy of Grange ⓘ
William Maitland of Lethington ⓘ
opposed Franco-Scottish Catholic influence at Mary’s court ⓘ
Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-English faction in Scotland ⓘ
politicalGoal limit royal authority in Scotland ⓘ
secure Protestant succession in Scotland ⓘ
religiousAlignment Protestant ⓘ
roleInEvent Scottish political upheavals of the 1560s ⓘ
establishment of the regency government for James VI ⓘ
forced abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
soughtSupportFrom England under Elizabeth I ⓘ
linked to: Tudor England
supported Protestant Reformation in Scotland ⓘ
infant James VI of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: James VI and I
timePeriod early reign of James VI of Scotland ⓘ
reign of Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
usedTitle Lords of the Congregation ⓘ

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Casket Letters controversy → mainPersonInvolved → Scottish Confederate Lords ⓘ