 The murder of her secretary, David Riccio, was followed by that of her unpopular second husband Lord Darnley, father of her infant son, and her abduction by, and marriage to, the Earl of Bothwell, who was implicated in Darnley's murder.Opposition to Bothwell led to the formation of a coalition of nobles, who styled themselves as the Confederate Lords.Michael Lynch describes the events of 1567 as "second Reformation crisis".