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Marie Stuart 1542 – 1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Dec 1542

Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 8 Feb 1587

Death Location: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England

Father: James Stuart

Mother: Marie Scotlan

Spouse(s): Francis France, Henry Stuart, James Bothwell

Children(s): King Stuart

Marie Stuart Queen of Scots was born in 1542 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, the child of James Stuart and Marie De Guise de Lorraine\ Queen of Scotlan. Marie Stuart Queen of Scots married Francis Dauphin Of France, Henry Stuart, James Hepburn 4th Earl of Bothwell, and had children including King James I Stuart. Marie Stuart Queen of Scots passed away in 1587 in Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Marie Stuart Queen of Scots was born in 1542 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, the child of James Stuart and Marie De Guise de Lorraine\ Queen of Scotlan.
  • Marie Stuart Queen of Scots married Francis Dauphin Of France, Henry Stuart, James Hepburn 4th Earl of Bothwell, and had children including King James I Stuart.
  • Marie Stuart Queen of Scots passed away in 1587 in Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Stuart
1512 – 1542
Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
JS
Marie Scotlan
1515 – 1560
Birth Location: Lac, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
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Spouses(s)

Francis France
1544 – 1560
Birth Location: Fontainebleau, Departement de Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
FF
Henry Stuart
1545 – 1567
Birth Location: Yorkshire,England
HS
James Bothwell
1536 – 1578
Birth Location: Spynie Castle, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
JB

Children(s)

King Stuart
1566 – 1625
Birth Location: Edinburgh Castle, Saint Thomas, Jamaica
KS

Marie Stuart's Ancestors

Self
Marie Stuart
1542 – 1587
Birth Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Parents
James Stuart
1512 – 1542
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Marie (De Guise de Lorraine\ Queen of) Scotlan
1515 – 1560
Lac, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
Grandparents
James Stuart
1473 – 1513
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Margaret Tudor
1489 – 1541
Westminster, Greater London, England
Claude (I van Lotharingen Hertog van) Guise
1496 – 1550
Château de Condé-sur-Moselle, France
Antoinette (de) Bourbon-Vendome
1493 – 1583
Chateau de Ham, Somme department, Picardy, France
Great-Grandparents
James Stuart
1452 – 1488
Margaret Denmark
1456 – 1486
Henry Tudor
1457 – 1509
Elizabeth Plantagenet
1466 – 1503
Francois Bourbon
1470 – 1495
Marie Luxemburg
1466 – 1547
2nd-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

Marie Stuart's Descendants

1.
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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)
        1. 1. George I (28 May 1660 – 11 Jun 1727) m. Melusine (von der) Schulenburg (25 Dec 1667 – 10 May 1743) m. Sophia (Dorothea of) Celle (15 Sept 1666 – 13 Nov 1726)
    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
        1. 1. James (Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch) Croft-Scott (9 April 1649 – 15 July 1685)
        2. 2. Charles Fitzroy (18 June 1662 – 9 October 1730) m. Mary Fitzroy ( – 1680) m. Ann Southcote (25 November 1663 – 20 February 1746)
        3. 3. Charlotte FitzRoy (5 Sept 1664 – 17 Feb 1718) m. Edward (Henry) Lee (4 February 1663 – 14 Jul 1716)
        4. 4. George Fitzroy (28 December 1665 – 28 June 1716) m. Catherine Wheatley (1669 – 25 May 1714) m. Mary Dutton (1675 – 27 August 1738)
        5. 5. Barbara Fitzroy
        6. 6. Anne FitzRoy
        7. 7. Henry Fitzroy
        8. 8. Charlotte (Jemima Henriëtte Maria) Fitz-Roy (1650 – 28 July 1684) m. Willem (Paston Earl van) Yarmouth (1652 – 25 December 1732) m. James Howard (1649 – 6 July 1669)
        9. 9. Charles (Fitz) Charles, (1657 – 17 October 1680)
        10. 10. Catherine Fitzcharles (1658 – 1718)
        11. 11. Charles (of England, King of England, Scotland and) Ireland (8 May 1670 – 11 May 1726)
        12. 12. James (of England, King of England, Scotland and) Ireland (25 December 1671 – September 1680)
        13. 13. Mary Fitzroy
    5. 5. Robert (Stuart, Duke of) Kintyre (18 January 1602 – 27 May 1602)
    6. 6. Mary Stuart (8 April 1605 – 16 September 1607)

Marie Stuart's Timeline

2 Records

1542
8 Dec 1542
Birth of Marie Stuart Queen of Scots in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
1587
8 Feb 1587
Age 45
Death of Marie Stuart Queen of Scots in Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Dec 1542
    Event Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary
    [3] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [5] Web: International, Find A Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1587
    Event Place: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary
    [3] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [5] Web: International, Find A Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Web: International, Find A Grave Index
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