| Season Number: | 4 |
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| Num Episodes: | 16 |
| Network: | The CW |
| Episode List: | List of Reign episodes |
The fourth season of Reign, an American historical romantic drama, premiered on February 10, 2017. The series, created by Stephanie SenGupta and Laurie McCarthy, airs on The CW. On December 7, 2016 the CW announced that this would be the final season and would consist of 16 episodes.[1]
The season has Queen Mary Stuart returned to Scotland and trying to regain power in her torn homeland. She has to manage her allies, such as her bastard half-brother James and the outspoken Lord Bothwell, as well as her enemies, such as the Protestant preacher John Knox. Tensions mount between Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, with Queen Mary marrying her distant cousin Lord Darnley, an English Catholic claimant to the English throne, in the hopes of taking England. In France, Queen Mother Catherine has to protect her second son, King Charles IX, from the ambitions of her daughter Queen Leeza of Spain and her youngest son, Prince Henry from inciting further wars.