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James Stuart 1512 – 1542 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Apr 1512

Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 14 Dec 1542

Death Location: Falkland, Fife, Scotland

Father: James Stuart

Mother: Margaret Tudor

Spouse(s): Marie Scotlan

Children(s): Marie Stuart

James Stuart King of Scotland was born in 1512 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, the child of James Stuart and Margaret Tudor. James Stuart King of Scotland married Marie De Guise de Lorraine\ Queen of Scotlan, and had children including Marie Stuart. James Stuart King of Scotland passed away in 1542 in Falkland, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • James Stuart King of Scotland was born in 1512 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, the child of James Stuart and Margaret Tudor.
  • James Stuart King of Scotland married Marie De Guise de Lorraine\ Queen of Scotlan, and had children including Marie Stuart.
  • James Stuart King of Scotland passed away in 1542 in Falkland, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Stuart
1473 – 1513
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Margaret Tudor
1489 – 1541
Birth Location: Westminster, Greater London, England
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Spouses(s)

Marie Scotlan
1515 – 1560
Birth Location: Lac, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
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Children(s)

Marie Stuart
1542 – 1587
Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
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James Stuart's Ancestors

Self
James Stuart
1512 – 1542
Birth Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Parents
James Stuart
1473 – 1513
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Margaret Tudor
1489 – 1541
Westminster, Greater London, England
Grandparents
James Stuart
1452 – 1488
Margaret (of) Denmark
1456 – 1486
Henry Tudor
1457 – 1509
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Elizabeth Plantagenet
1466 – 1503
Hilton, Durham, England
Great-Grandparents
Christian Denmark
1426 – 1481
Dorothea Bradenburg
1431 –
Edmund Tudor
1430 – 1456
Margaret Derby
1443 – 1509
King Plantagenet
1442 – 1483
Elizabeth Wydville-Woodville
1437 – 1492
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Owen Tudor
1397 – 1461
Catherine DeValois
1401 – 1436
Margaret Bletso
John Beaufort
Richard Plantagenet
1411 – 1460
Cecily Neville
1415 – 1495
Richard Woodville
1410 – 1469
Jacquetta Luxembourg
1415 – 1472

James Stuart's Descendants

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James Stuart (10 Apr 1512 – 14 Dec 1542) m. Marie (De Guise de Lorraine\ Queen of) Scotlan (22 Nov 1515 – 10 Jun 1560)
  1. 1. Marie Stuart (8 Dec 1542 – 8 Feb 1587) m. Francis (Dauphin Of) France (19 Jan 1544 – 5 Dec 1560) m. Henry Stuart (7 Dec 1545 – 10 Feb 1567) m. James (Hepburn 4th Earl of) Bothwell (1536 – 14 Apr 1578)
    1. 1. King (James I) Stuart (19 Jun 1566 – 27 Mar 1625) m. Anne (van Oldenburg Prinses van) Denemarken (1574 – 4 March 1619)
      1. 1. Henry (Frederick) Stuart (19 Feb 1594 – 6 Nov 1612)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Stuart (19 Aug 1596 – 13 Feb 1662) m. Frederik (V van de) Palts (26 August 1596 – 29 November 1632)
        1. 1. Sophia (Dorothea van de) Palts (14 Oct 1630 – 8 Jun 1714) m. Ernst (August van) Brunswijk-Lüneburg (20 Nov 1629 – 23 Jan 1698)
      3. 3. Margaret Stuart (24 December 1598 – March 1600)
      4. 4. Charles (I of England, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, Duke of York, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Duke of Albany, Marquess) of (19 November 1600 – 30 Jan 1648/1649) m. Henrietta-Maria (de) Bourbon (25 Nov 1609 – 10 Sept 1669)
        1. 1. Charles (II of England, King of England, Scotland and) Ireland (29 May 1630 – 6 Feb 1685) m. Lucy Walters (1609 – 1652) m. Barbara (Villiers) Palmer (17 November 1640 – 9 October 1709) m. Christbella Wyndham m. Jane Roberts m. Elizabeth Kiligrew (16 May 1622 – 4 January 1680) m. Catherine Pegge (1635 – 1678) m. Winifred Wells m. Maria Bagot m. Frances (Theresa) Stuart (8 July 1647 – 15 October 1702) m. Mary Baggett m. Louise (De) Chartier m. Eleanor ((Nell)) Gwyn (2 February 1650 – 14 November 1687) m. Mary Davis m. Elizabeth Jones
      5. 5. Robert (Stuart, Duke of) Kintyre (18 January 1602 – 27 May 1602)
      6. 6. Mary Stuart (8 April 1605 – 16 September 1607)

James Stuart's Timeline

2 Records

1512
10 Apr 1512
Birth of James Stuart King of Scotland in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
1542
14 Dec 1542
Age 30
Death of James Stuart King of Scotland in Falkland, Fife, Scotland
Falkland, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Apr 1512
    Event Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Web: International, Find A Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Dec 1542
    Event Place: Falkland, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] 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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