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Mary Stuart Queen of Scotland 1542–1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 December 1542

Birth Location: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 8 Feb 1587

Death Location: Peterborough, Peterborough Unitary Authority, Cambridgeshire, England

Father: James Scotland

Mother: Mary Lorraine

Spouse(s):

Children(s): James England

Mary Stuart Queen of Scotland was born in 1542 in Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, the child of James V Stuart King Of Scotland And Mary Guise De Lorraine. Mary Stuart Queen of Scotland married Henry Stuart Lord Darley, and had children including James Charles Vi I Stuart King Of Scotland And England. Mary Stuart Queen of Scotland passed away in 1587 in Peterborough, Peterborough Unitary Authority, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Biography

  • Mary Stuart Queen of Scotland was born in 1542 in Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, the child of James V Stuart King Of Scotland And Mary Guise De Lorraine.
  • Mary Stuart Queen of Scotland married Henry Stuart Lord Darley, and had children including James Charles Vi I Stuart King Of Scotland And England.
  • Mary Stuart Queen of Scotland passed away in 1587 in Peterborough, Peterborough Unitary Authority, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Children(s)

Mary Scotland's Ancestors

Self
Mary Scotland
1542–1587
Birth Place: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Parents
James V Stuart King Of Scotland
1512–1542
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Mary (Guise De) Lorraine
1515–1560
Luc, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France
Grandparents
James (IV Stuart King Of) Scotland
1473–1513
Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Margaret Tudor
1489–1541
Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Claude (I De) Lorraine
1496–1550
Custines, Departement de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France
Antoinette (De) Bourbon-Vendome
1493–1583
Ham, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
Great-Grandparents
James Scotland
1451–1488
Margaret Denmark
1456–1486
Henry England
1457–1509
Elizabeth York
1465–1503
René Lorraine
1451–1508
Philippine Gueldre
1464–1547
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Scotland
1430–1460
Mary Gelders
1430–1463
Christian Sweden
1426–1481
Dorothy
1430–1495
Edmund Richmond
1431–1436
Margaret Beaufort
1443–1509
Edward England
1442–1483
Elisabeth Woodville
1437–1492

Mary Scotland's Descendants

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Mary (Stuart Queen of) Scotland (8 December 1542–8 Feb 1587)
  1. 1. James (Charles VI & I Stuart King Of Scotland And) England 1566–1625

Mary Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1542
8 December 1542
Birth of Mary Stuart Queen of Scotland in Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
1587
8 Feb 1587
Age 45
Death of Mary Stuart Queen of Scotland in Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northhamptonshire, England
Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northhamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 December 1542
    Event Place: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1587
    Event Place: Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northhamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Peterborough, Peterborough Unitary Authority, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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