Arabella Stuart

Arabella Stuart (1575–1615) was a cousin of King James I., daughter of the Earl of Lennox, and, as descended from Margaret Tudor, heiress to the English throne in default of James VI. of Scotland and his family, the victim all her days of jealousy and state policy, suspected of aspiring to the crown on the death of Queen Elizabeth.

James all along cherished a jealous feeling towards her, and she was subjected to persecution at his hands. When she chose to marry contrary to his wish he confined her in the Tower of London, where she went mad and died bereft of reason in 1615 at the age of 38.

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