Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded for treason in the Great Hall of Fotheringhay Castle in England by order of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, on this day in history, Feb. 8, 1587. 

The Queen of Scotland’s blood-soaked dog refused to leave the top of her torso where her head sat moments earlier, as the executioners cleaned up the gore of her brutal death.

“Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit,” the Roman Catholic monarch famously uttered in Latin, her last words before the executioner’s axe slashed through her neck. 

Mary Stuart rests eternally in Westminster beside Queen Elizabeth I.

“Mary, Queen of Scots is perhaps the best known figure in Scotland’s royal history,” writes HistoricUK.com. 

“Her life provided tragedy and romance, more dramatic than any legend.”

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Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.