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Mary Guelders, Queen Consort of Scotland 1433–1463 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Jan 1433

Birth Location: Grave, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Death Date: 16 Nov 1463

Death Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

Father: Arnold Gelderland

Mother: Princess Guelders

Spouse(s): James Scots

Children(s): Margaret Scotland, James Scots, David Moray, Alexander Scotland, Marjory Hamilton

In 1433, Mary Guelders, Queen Consort of Scotland entered the world in Grave, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, born to Arnold Herzog Von Egmond Duke Of Gelderland And Princess Katharina Von Kleve Duchess Of Guelders. Mary Guelders, Queen Consort of Scotland married James Ii Stewart King Of Scots, and had children including Alexander Stewart 1St Duke Of Albany Prince Of Scotland Earl Of March High Admiral Of Scotland, David Stewart 1St Earl Of Moray, James Iii Stewart King Of The Scots, Margaret Stewart Princess Of Scotland, Marjory Mary Hamilton. Mary Guelders, Queen Consort of Scotland passed away in 1463 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1433, Mary Guelders, Queen Consort of Scotland entered the world in Grave, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, born to Arnold Herzog Von Egmond Duke Of Gelderland And Princess Katharina Von Kleve Duchess Of Guelders.
  • Mary Guelders, Queen Consort of Scotland married James Ii Stewart King Of Scots, and had children including Alexander Stewart 1St Duke Of Albany Prince Of Scotland Earl Of March High Admiral Of Scotland, David Stewart 1St Earl Of Moray, James Iii Stewart King Of The Scots, Margaret Stewart Princess Of Scotland, Marjory Mary Hamilton.
  • Mary Guelders, Queen Consort of Scotland passed away in 1463 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Arnold Gelderland
1410–1473
Birth Location: Slot de Hoef, Egmond-Bennan, Netherlands
AG
Princess Guelders
1417–1479
Birth Location: De La Marck, of Kleve Marck, Rheinland-Pfalz, (Prussia) Germany
PG

Spouses(s)

James Scots
1430–1460
Birth Location: Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
JS

Children(s)

Margaret Scotland
1450–1499
Birth Location: Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
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James Scots
1451–1488
Birth Location: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
JS
David Moray
1456–1457
Birth Location: Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
DM
Alexander Scotland
1454–1485
Birth Location: Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
AS
Marjory Hamilton
1430–1488
Birth Location: Cadzow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
MH

Mary Scotland's Ancestors

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Mary Scotland
1433–1463
Birth Place: Grave, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Parents
Arnold Herzog von Egmond, Duke of Gelderland
1410–1473
Slot de Hoef, Egmond-Bennan, Netherlands
Princess (Katharina von Kleve, Duchess of) Guelders
1417–1479
De La Marck, of Kleve Marck, Rheinland-Pfalz, (Prussia) Germany
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mary Scotland's Descendants

1.
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Mary (Guelders, Queen Consort of) Scotland (17 Jan 1433–16 Nov 1463) m. James (II Stewart, King of) Scots (16 Oct 1430–03 Aug 1460)
  1. 1. Margaret (Stewart, Princess of) Scotland 1450–1499 m. William (Crichton, 3rd Lord Crichton of) Auchingoul 1455–1493
    1. 1. Margaret Crichton 1480–1546 m. George (Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes, Ambassador to Denmark, Scottish nobleman, Sheriff of) Fife 1484–1558 m. Alexander (Stewart, Duke of Albany, Bishop of Moray, Abbot at) Inchaffray 1474–1537
      1. 1. Margaret (Catherine Stewart) (Graeme) 1520–1543 m. Sir (Douglas "the Grey Baird" Campbell, 4th of) Glenorchy 1499–1583 m. Patrick (Graeme (Graham), 1st Baron of) Inchbrakie 1506–1536
        1. 1. Margaret Campbell 1552–1610
        2. 2. Duncan Campbell 1550–1631
        3. 3. Patrick Campbell 1556–1622
        4. 4. Archibald Campbell 1545–
        5. 5. Janet (Graham of) Inchbrackie 1530–1575
      2. 2. Lady (Agnes Leslie, Countess of Morton & of Rothes; Queen Mary's chief female companion during) imprison 1539–1594 m. Sir (William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, Order of the) Thistle 1540–1606
        1. 1. Lady (Anne Agnes Douglas, Countess of) Morton 1574–1607 m. Archibald ("Gillesbuig Grumach" Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll, a Scottish peer, politician, and military leader, a Scottish peer, politician, and military leader,) knight 1576–1638
        2. 2. Robert (Douglas, Master of) Morton 1562–1584
        3. 3. Lord (James Douglas, Commendator) Melrose 1563–1620
        4. 4. Lady (Margaret) Douglas 1558–1624
      3. 3. James (Leslie, Master of) Rothes 1538–1607 m. Jane (Jean) Hamilton 1560–1660
        1. 1. Most (Reverend Henry Leslie, Lord Bishop of Down & Meath, Opponent of) Presbyterianism 1580–1661 m. Jane Swinton 1590–1672
      4. 4. Helen Leslie 1520–1594
      5. 5. Norman (Leslie, Master of Rothes, Sheriff of Fife, no) issue 1517–1554 m. Isobel Lindsay 1532–1599
  2. 2. James (III Stewart, King of The) Scots 1451–1488 m. Margaret (Oldenburg of Denmark, Queen consort of) Scotland 1456–1486
    1. 1. James (IV Iron stewart) king 1473–1513 m. Margaret Tudor 1489–1541 m. Margaret (Marion Boyd) (mistress) 1477–1559 m. Margaret (Drummond) (mistress) 1475–1502 m. Janet (Munro Kennedy, mistress\Queen consort to James IV of) Scotland 1476–1543
      1. 1. Jeanette (Janet 'The Beautiful Scotswoman' Stewart, Countess of Sutherland &) Methven 1502–1562 m. John Hamilton 1500–1544 m. Sir (Malcolm Fleming 3rd Baron of Fleming, Lord) Chamberlain 1494–1547
        1. 1. David HAMILTON 1521–1590
      2. 2. James (V Stuart, King of Scotland, devout Catholic, burned heretics, only daughter Mary was) heir 1512–1542 m. Mary (of Guise, Queen consort of Scots, Duchess of) Longueville 1515–1560 m. Madeleine (of Valois, Queen of Scotland, Princess of) France 1520–1537 m. Margaret (Erskine, mistress of James) V 1515–1572 m. Euphemia ((mistress)) Elphinstone 1509–1542
        1. 1. Mary (I Stuart, Queen of Scots, Queen Consort of France until Dec 1560,) Catholic 1542–1587 m. Henry ("Lord Darnley" Stuart, King Consort of Scotland, Duke of) Albany 1545–1567 m. Francois ('Francis' II de Valois (Capet), King consort of Scotland & France,) issueless 1544–1560 m. James (Patrick Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Duke of Orkney &) Shetland 1536–1578
        2. 2. Sir (James Stewart, 1st Earl of) Moray 1529–1570 m. Lady (Agnes Anna Keith, Countess of Moray and) Aargyll 1530–1588 m. Marion Fairlie 1530–1580
        3. 3. Lord (Robert Stuart, of Zetland, Earl of) Orkney 1533–1592 m. Johanna Kennedy 1540–1598
      3. 3. Catharine ('illegitimate daughter') Stuart 1491–1554 m. Archibald (Douglas, 6th Earl of) Angus 1489–1557
        1. 1. Margaret (merge) Douglas 1511–1579 m. James ('the Bastard of Arran' Hamilton of Finnart, Lord High Admiral, Regent of Scotland, Protestant party leader, Earl of Arran, Duke of) Châtelherault 1515–1571
        2. 2. Beatrix (Douglas, Lady Morton, Duchess) Hamilton 1514–1583
        3. 3. Elizabeth Douglas 1517–1581
        4. 4. John Douglas 1522–1579
      4. 4. Margaret Stewart, 1497–1531 m. Sir (John II Drummond, Lord of) Innerfeffrey 1476–1531 m. John (Gordon, Master) Huntly 1496–1517
        1. 1. Lady (Isabell) Drummond 1531–1591
        2. 2. Margaret (Drummond of) Innerpeffry 1528–1568
        3. 3. David (Drummond , 2nd Lord of) Drummond 1522–1580
        4. 4. Agnes (Drummond) (Montgomery) 1523–1590 m. Hugh (Montgomerie, 3rd Earl of) Eglinton 1531–1585 m. Sir (Patrick Drummond, 3rd Lord Drummond of) Cargill 1550–1611
        5. 5. Lady (Jean Drummond) (Chisholm) 1525–
        6. 6. Alexander Drummond 1530–1579
        7. 7. George ('Ballad of the Gay Gordons" Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, Earl of) Moray 1513–1562 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Keith 1515–1562
    2. 2. John (Stewart Earl of) Mar 1479–1512
    3. 3. James (Stewart, Duke of Ross, Lord Chancellor of) Scotland 1476–1504
  3. 3. David (Stewart, 1st Earl of) Moray 1456–1457
  4. 4. Alexander (Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Prince of Scotland, Earl of March, high Admiral of) Scotland 1454–1485 m. Lady (Catherine) Sinclair 1455–1486 m. Anne (de La Tour) d'Auvergne –1512
    1. 1. Alexander (Stewart, Duke of Albany, Bishop of Moray, Abbot at) Inchaffray 1474–1537 m. Margaret Crichton 1480–1546
    2. 2. John Stuart 1481–1536
    3. 3. Margaret (Catherine) Stewart 1478–
  5. 5. Marjory (Mary) Hamilton 1430–1488 m. James (II Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton 6th Laird of Cadzow, Earl of) Arran 1410–1479 m. Sir (Thomas Boyd Earl of Arran, Baron Kilmarnock in the Peerage; charged for treason: his marriage to King's sister was declared null &) void –1473
    1. 1. Sir (James Hamilton, 2nd Lord of Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran, Duke of) Chatellerault 1500–1529 m. Lady (Janet Beaton Bethune, 2nd) wife 1486–1522 m. Beatrix (Beatrice Drummond, mistress,) Baroness 1477–1497 m. Elizabeth (Home, 1st marriage) dissolved 1477–1544
      1. 1. James ('the Bastard of Arran' Hamilton of Finnart, Lord High Admiral, Regent of Scotland, Protestant party leader, Earl of Arran, Duke of) Châtelherault 1515–1571 m. Margaret (merge) Douglas 1511–1579 m. Helen Cunninghame 1523–1596
        1. 1. Claude (Hamilton 1st Baron Paisley - Duke of) Chatelherault 1543–1621 m. Margaret Seton 1550–1616
        2. 2. John (Hamilton, Marquis of) Hamilton 1532–1604 m. Margaret (Lyon) (concubine) 1547–1625
        3. 3. Anne (Hamilton,) Countess 1540–1574
        4. 4. Henry (Lord Darnley) Stewart 1540–1567
        5. 5. Johanna Hamilton 1535–1560
        6. 6. Jane (Jean) Hamilton 1560–1660 m. James (Leslie, Master of) Rothes 1538–1607
        7. 7. James Hamilton 1553–1605
      2. 2. Most (Reverend John Hamilton, Archbishop of St Andrews, Primate of Scotland,) illegitimate 1496–1558 m. Grizzel (Sempill,) mistress 1551–1573
      3. 3. Sir (James) Hamilton 1495–1540 m. Isabel (Livingston, Lady of) Kincardineshire 1505–1552
        1. 1. Gisela Hamilton 1535–1565
      4. 4. Lady (Helen Hamilton, 1st wife, Countess) Argyll 1529–1590 m. Archibald (II Campbell, 4th Earl of) Argyll 1508–1558
        1. 1. Archibald (Campbell, 5th Earl of) Argyll 1532–1573
        2. 2. Donald Campbell 1542–1605
      5. 5. Margaret Hamilton 1505–1544 m. Lord (Andrew 'The Good' Stewart, 2nd Lord of Ochiltree, came to relief of Protestants at Perth May) 1559 1521–1591
        1. 1. Andrew Stewart 1521–1601
      6. 6. Janet ("Jean" Hamilton, Lady of Arran, Countess of Glencairn; This Hamilton line is direct to Griffin's Kentucky &) Virginia 1517–1574 m. Alexander (Vincent "The Good Earl" Cunningham, 5th Earl of Glencairn of) Drumquhastle 1510–1574
        1. 1. Sir (William Cunningham Cunyngham, 6th Earl of Glencairn, Knight Order of the) Thistle 1532–1580 m. Lady (Janet Jeanette Gordon of) Lochinver 1528–1576
        2. 2. Archibald (Cunningham, 7th Earl of) Glencairn 1535–1574
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Hamilton, Countess of) Lennox 1473–1531 m. Matthew (Stuart, 2nd Earl of) Lennox 1460–1513
      1. 1. Sir (John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, grandson Henry married Mary Queen of Scots, knight of) Lennox 1490–1526 m. Lady (Elizabeth Stewart, Countess of) Lennox 1494–1564
        1. 1. Sir (Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of) Lennox 1516–1571 m. Margaret (Douglas, Countess) Lennox 1515–1578
        2. 2. John (Stewart Stuart, 5th Seigneur) d'Aubigny 1519–1567 m. Anne (de Queuille, Countess of) Aubugny 1520–1579
        3. 3. Lady (Helen Stewart Stuart, Countess of Sutherland &) Erroll 1520–1565 m. WILLIAM (Hay, 6th Earl of) Erroll 1520–1541 m. John ("The Good Earl' Gordon, 11th Earl of Sutherland, 2nd) husband 1526–1567
        4. 4. Robert (Stewart, Earl of March &) Lennox 1517–1586
    3. 3. James (Hamilton, Liard of) Cambuskeith 1450–1479 m. Marion Maxwell 1450–1490
      1. 1. Sir (Alexander Hamilton, Liard of) Cambuskeith 1475–1513 m. Marion Cuninghame 1488–1504
        1. 1. Sir (William Hamilton, Earl of Cassils, High Treasurer of) Scotland 1530–1569 m. Christian Farquhar 1535–1575
        2. 2. John Hamilton 1500–1544 m. Jeanette (Janet 'The Beautiful Scotswoman' Stewart, Countess of Sutherland &) Methven 1502–1562
    4. 4. Robert (Hamilton, Seigneur) d'Aubigny 1476–1543 m. Elizabeth Campbell 1481–1567
      1. 1. Matthew (Hamilton, 6th Duke) of 1512–1550

Mary Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1433
17 Jan 1433
Birth of Mary Guelders, Queen Consort of Scotland in Grave, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Grave, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
1463
16 Nov 1463
Age 30
Death of Mary Guelders, Queen Consort of Scotland in Edinburgh, Mid, Lothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Mid, Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Jan 1433
    Event Place: Grave, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [4] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Nov 1463
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Mid, Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] 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
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index
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