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James Stuart Stewart 1512 – 1542 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Apr 1512

Birth Location: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, United Kingdom

Death Date: 14 Dec 1542

Death Location: Falkland Palace, Falkland, United Kingdom

Father: James Stewart

Mother: Margaret Tudor

Spouse(s): Madeleine Valois, Mary Guise

Children(s): Adam Stewart, 1st Stewart, Mary Stewart

James Stuart Stewart V was born in 1512 in Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, United Kingdom, the child of James KING OF SCOTLAND Stewart and Margaret Queen of Scotland Tudor. James Stuart Stewart V married Madeleine of Valois, Mary of Guise, and had children including Adam Stewart, 1st Lord Darnley John Stewart, Mary Queen France & Scotland Stuart Stewart. James Stuart Stewart V passed away in 1542 in Falkland Palace, Falkland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • James Stuart Stewart V was born in 1512 in Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, United Kingdom, the child of James KING OF SCOTLAND Stewart and Margaret Queen of Scotland Tudor.
  • James Stuart Stewart V married Madeleine of Valois, Mary of Guise, and had children including Adam Stewart, 1st Lord Darnley John Stewart, Mary Queen France & Scotland Stuart Stewart.
  • James Stuart Stewart V passed away in 1542 in Falkland Palace, Falkland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Stewart
1473 – 1513
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland
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Margaret Tudor
1489 – 1541
Birth Location: England
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Spouses(s)

Madeleine Valois
1520 – 1537
Birth Location: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
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Mary Guise
1515 – 1560
Birth Location: Bar le Duc, Lorraine, France
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Children(s)

Adam Stewart
1530 – 1575
Birth Location: Scotland
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1st Stewart
1531 – 1563
Birth Location: Scotland
1S
Mary Stewart
1542 – 1587
Birth Location: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, United Kingdom
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James Stewart's Ancestors

Self
James Stewart
1512 – 1542
Birth Place: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, United Kingdom
Parents
James KING OF SCOTLAND Stewart
1473 – 1513
Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland
Margaret (Queen of Scotland) Tudor
1489 – 1541
England
Grandparents
Henry (King (Harri Tudur)of England) Tudor
1457 – 1509
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Elizabeth (Queen of England) York
1465 – 1503
Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Great-Grandparents
Margaret Beaufort
1443 – 1509
Edmund Tudor
1431 – 1456
Edward Plantagenet
1442 – 1483
Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Beaufort
1404 – 1444
**** Beauchamp
1410 – 1482
Owen Tudor
– 1461
Catherine Valois
1401 – 1437
Richard Plantagenet
1411 – 1460
Cecily Neville
1415 – 1495

James Stewart's Descendants

1.
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James (Stuart) Stewart (10 Apr 1512 – 14 Dec 1542) m. Madeleine (of) Valois (10 Aug 1520 – 07 Jul 1537) m. Mary (of) Guise (22 Nov 1515 – 10 Jun 1560)
  1. 1. Adam Stewart (1530 – 20 Jun 1575)
  2. 2. 1st (Lord Darnley John) Stewart (1531 – Nov 1563)
  3. 3. Mary (Queen France & Scotland Stuart) Stewart (08 Dec 1542 – 08 Feb 1587) m. Francis (King of) France (19 Jan 1544 – 05 Dec 1560) m. Henry (Lord of Darnley) Stuart (07 Dec 1545 – 10 Feb 1567) m. James (4th EArl of Bothwell) Hepburn (1535 – 14 Apr 1578)
    1. 1. James (- I King England Scotland & Ireland) Stuart (19 Jun 1566 – 27 Mar 1625) m. Anne (of) Denmark (14 Oct 1574 – 04 Mar 1619)
      1. 1. Henry (Frederick) Stuart (19 Feb 1594 – 06 Nov 1612)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Stuart (19 Aug 1596 – 13 Feb 1662) m. John ("Earl of Carlisle") Hay (1575 – Mar 1636)
        1. 1. Sophia (of Hanover) Hay (1630 – 1714)
        2. 2. Janet Hay (1610 – abt 1700)
      3. 3. Margaret Stuart (24 Dec 1598 – Mar 1662)
        1. 1. Sophia (of) Hanover (1630 – 1714)
      4. 4. Charles (I Charles Ier King of England (1625\ The Martyr Károly King of England Knight of the Garter Duke of York King Charles the 1st of England) Scotl (19 Nov 1600 – 30 Jan 1649) m. Henrietta (Maria) deBourbon (26 Nov 1609 – 31 Aug 1669)
        1. 1. Charles (James Duke of Cornwall) Stuart (13 Mar 1629 – 13 Mar 1629)
        2. 2. Charles (James Duke of) Cornwall (13 March 1629 – 13 March 1629)
        3. 3. Charles (II "King of England") Stuart** (29 May 1630 – 06 Feb 1685) m. Barbara Villiers m. Catherine (of) Braganza (25 Nov 1638 – 31 Dec 1706)
        4. 4. Mary (Princess Royal) Stuart (04 Nov 1631 – 24 Dec 1660)
        5. 5. James (King of England) Stuart (14 Oct 1633 – 16 Sep 1701) m. Mary (of) Modena (5 October 1658 – 8 May 1718) m. Anne Hyde (12 March 1637 – 31 March 1671)
        6. 6. Elizabeth Stuart (29 Dec 1635 – 08 Sep 1650)
        7. 7. Ann Stuart (17 Mar 1637 – 08 Dec 1640)
        8. 8. Henry (Duke of Gloucester) Stuart (8 Juy 1639 – 18 Sep 1660)
        9. 9. Catherine (Princess of England) Stuart (29 Jan 1639 – 29 Jan 1639)
        10. 10. Henrietta (Anne) Stuart (16 Jun 1644 – 30 June 1670)
      5. 5. Robert (Bruce) Stuart (18 Jan 1602 – 27 May 1602)
      6. 6. Mary Stuart (08 Apr 1605 – 16 Sep 1607)
      7. 7. Princess Sophia (22 Jun 1606 – 23 Jun 1606)
      8. 8. Sophia Stuart (22 Jun 1606 – 23 Jun 1606)

James Stewart's Timeline

2 Records

1512
10 Apr 1512
Birth of James Stuart Stewart V in Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, United Kingdom
Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, United Kingdom
1542
14 Dec 1542
Age 30
Death of James Stuart Stewart V in Falkland Palace, Falkland, United Kingdom
Falkland Palace, Falkland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Apr 1512
    Event Place: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] Web: International, Find A Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Dec 1542
    Event Place: Falkland Palace, Falkland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] Web: International, Find A Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Web: International, Find A Grave Index
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