Editing Lords of the Congregation (section)

== Confederate Lords and Mary, Queen of Scots ==
The Scottish lords who opposed Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1567 after she married the [[James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell|Earl of Bothwell]] are known as the Confederate Lords. On 1 May, when Bothwell had taken Mary to [[Dunbar Castle]], a "Bond for the Queen's Safety" was signed at [[Stirling Castle]] by the Earls of Atholl, Argyll, Mar, Morton, Sir John Graham, and [[William Murray of Tullibardine|William Murray]] of [[Tullibardine Castle|Tullibardine]].<ref>Henry Paton, ''HMC Mar & Kellie'', 2 (London, 1930), pp. 27–28.</ref> Mary and Bothell were defeated by the Confederate Lords at the [[battle of Carberry Hill]]. After Mary escaped from [[Lochleven Castle]], she was again defeated by the Confederate Lords at the [[battle of Langside]]. The personnel of Mary's following, the Congregation, and the Confederate Lords were explored by [[Gordon Donaldson]] in his ''All the Queen's men: Power and Politics in Mary Stewart's Scotland'' (1983).