At the Siege of Inverness in 1562 the Clan Fraser of Lovat supported Mary, Queen of Scots: Scottish historian George Buchanan, a contemporary, wrote that when the unfortunate princess went to Inverness in 1562: "as soon as they heard of their sovereign's danger, a great number of the most eminent Scots poured in around her, especially the Frasers and Munros, who were esteemed the most" 'valiant of the clans inhabiting those countries in the north.' "" These two clans took Inverness Castle for the Queen. The Queen later hanged the governor, a Gordon who had refused her admission.