The first lev?e of the newly born Mary Queen of Scots in 1542. A lev?e was a formal reception at which officials, diplomats and military officers of all three armed services were presented individually to the sovereign. Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542  1587, aka Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland. Queen regnant of Scotland and queen consort of France. From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published 1901.