| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Darnley, Lord |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Darn·ley |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  därn l |
| DATES: | 1545–1567 |
| VARIANTS: | Title of Henry Stew·art (Stu·art (st  rt, sty-)) |
| Scottish nobleman and second husband (1565–1567) of Mary Queen of Scots. He plotted to kill David Rizzio, Mary's secretary, in 1566 and was himself murdered the following year, possibly at the urging of Mary's lover, the Earl of Bothwell.
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