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Mary Queen of Scotland 1542 – 1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Dec 1542

Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 8 February 1587

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

Father: King Stewart

Mother: Elizabeth Campbell

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Mary Queen of Scotland was born in 1542 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, the child of King James IV Stewart and Elizabeth Marian Campbell. Mary Queen of Scotland passed away in 1587 in Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Mary Queen of Scotland was born in 1542 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, the child of King James IV Stewart and Elizabeth Marian Campbell.
  • Mary Queen of Scotland passed away in 1587 in Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England.

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Mary Scotland's Ancestors

Self
Mary Scotland
1542 – 1587
Birth Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Parents
King James IV Stewart
1500 – 1545
Midlothian, Scotland
Elizabeth (Marian) Campbell
1509 – 1548
Inveraray, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Colin (Cailen Malloch) Campbell
1482 – 1529
Glenorchy, Lorn, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet (Huntley) Gordon
1479 – 1530
HUNTLY CASTLE, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Duncan, Campbell
1452 – 1513
Lady Campbell
1480 – 1554
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Niall Campbell
1752 – 1475
Margaret NSN,
1756 – 1787
John Moncrieffe
1460 – 1513
Beatrix Foreman
1464 –

Mary Scotland's Timeline

3 Records

1542
8 December 1542
Birth of Mary Queen of Scotland in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
1542
7 Dec 1542
Birth of Mary Queen of Scotland in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
1587
8 February 1587
Age 45
Death of Mary Queen of Scotland in Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 December 1542
    Event Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Dec 1542
    Event Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 February 1587
    Event Place: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England

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