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Mary I. Queen Stuart 1542–1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Dec 1542

Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 1 Aug 1587

Death Location: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England

Father: James Scotland

Mother: Marie\Mary Scots

Spouse(s): Francois II, Henry Darnley

Children(s): St Moray

The story of Mary I. Queen Stuart began in 1542 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland. Mary I. Queen Stuart married Francois Ii, Henry Stuart Lord Of Darnley, and had children including St Earl Of Moray. Mary I. Queen Stuart passed away in 1587 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Mary I. Queen Stuart began in 1542 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland.
  • Mary I. Queen Stuart married Francois Ii, Henry Stuart Lord Of Darnley, and had children including St Earl Of Moray.
  • Mary I. Queen Stuart passed away in 1587 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Scotland
1512–1542
Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
JS
Marie\Mary Scots
1515–1560
Birth Location: Bar-le-Duc, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
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Spouses(s)

Francois II
1544–1560
Birth Location: Fontainebleau, Departement de Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France
FI
Henry Darnley
1545–1567
Birth Location: Temple Newson, Yorkshire, England, England
HD

Children(s)

St Moray
1566–1625
Birth Location: Fife, Scotland
SM

Mary Stuart's Ancestors

Self
Mary Stuart
1542–1587
Birth Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Parents
James V. King Of Scotland
1512–1542
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Marie\Mary (of Guise Princess of Lorraine DeLorraine Queen of) Scots
1515–1560
Bar-le-Duc, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
Grandparents
James IV
1488–1513
Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret (Tudor-Douglas Queen Of Scotland Princess Of) England
1489–1541
Westminster, Middlesex, London, England
Great-Grandparents
James Scots
1451–1565
Of Denmark
1456–1571
Henry VIII
1491–1547
Elizabeth Plantagenet
1486–1503
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Scotland
1533–1932
Marie Guelders
1525–1545
Christian Denmark
1525–1545
Edmund Richmond
1430–1456
Margaret Beaufort
1443–1509
Edward Plantagenet
1442–1483
Elizabeth Woodville
1464–1492

Mary Stuart's Descendants

1.
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Mary (I. Queen) Stuart (8 Dec 1542–1 Aug 1587) m. Francois II (19 January 1544–5 December 1560) m. Henry (Stuart Lord Of) Darnley (7 Dec 1545–10 Feb 1567)
  1. 1. St (Earl Of) Moray 1566–1625 m. Anne (Of Denmark Queen Consort England Scotland Amp Ireland) Oldenburg 1574–1619
    1. 1. Charles (I. King Of England Scotland And Ireland Duke Of York Duke Of Cornwall Duke Of Rothesay Duke Of) Albany 1600–1660 m. Henrietta Maria 1609–1669
      1. 1. Charlesii (King Of) England 1633–1701 m. Ann York 1625–1660 m. Elizabeth (Killigrew -Mistress Of Charles) 11 1622–1680 m. Barbara (Duchess de Villiers) Grandison 1647–1709
        1. 1. Charles (Palmer Fitzroy Born Fitzroy Nd) Duke 1662–1730
        2. 2. Henry (Fitzroy St Duke Of) Fitzroy 1663–1690
        3. 3. George (Fitzroy St Duke Of) Fitzroy 1665–1716
        4. 4. Katherine Stuart 1658–1759
        5. 5. Anne Fitzroy 1661–1722
        6. 6. Charles Fitzcharles 1657–1680
        7. 7. Charlotte (Jemima Henrietta Maria) Fitzroy 1650–1684
      2. 2. Henrietta (Anne Princess Stuart Of England And Scotland Duchess Of) Orleans 1644–1670
      3. 3. Henry (Duke Of) Gloucester 1639–1660
    2. 2. Sophia Stuart 1606–1606
    3. 3. Henry (Frederick) Stuart 1594–1612
    4. 4. Elizabeth (Ann Stewart Stuart Queen Of Bohemia Aka The Winter) Queen 1596–1662 m. King (Frederick V (I) "Winter King" of Wittelsbach of Bohemia; of Palatine) Simmern 1596–1632
      1. 1. Sophia, (Electress of the Palatine, Consort of Hanover,) Simmern 1630–1714 m. Ernst (August Founder of the House of) Hanover 1629–1698
        1. 1. Sophia (Charlotte Prinses van) Brunswijk-Calenberg 1668–1705 m. FRIEDRICH (I OF PRUSSIA Friedrich Fredrik I van Pruisen of Hohenzollern, King in Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg (**Friedrich Hohenzollern First King of Prussia; took Brandenburg into the League of Augsburg against France and in 1689 led) mil 1657–1713

Mary Stuart's Timeline

18 Records

1542
8 Dec 1542
Birth of Mary I. Queen Stuart in Slottet, Linlithgow, Palace, i, Linlithgow, Skottland
Slottet, Linlithgow, Palace, i, Linlithgow, Skottland
1542
7 Dec 1542
Birth of Mary I. Queen Stuart in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
1542
7 Dec 1542
Birth of Mary I. Queen Stuart in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
1542
7 Dec 1542
Birth of Mary I. Queen Stuart in Linlithgow, Palace, Linlithgow, Scotland
Linlithgow, Palace, Linlithgow, Scotland
1542
7 Dec 1542
Birth of Mary I. Queen Stuart in Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
1542
7 Dec 1542
Birth of Mary I. Queen Stuart in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
1542
8 Dec 1542
Birth of Mary I. Queen Stuart in Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
1542
8 Dec 1542
Birth of Mary I. Queen Stuart in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
1587
8 Feb 1587
Age 45
Death of Mary I. Queen Stuart in Methven Castle, Perthshire, Olde Scotland
Methven Castle, Perthshire, Olde Scotland
1587
8 Feb 1587
Age 45
Death of Mary I. Queen Stuart in (Executed) Fotheringham Castle, Northamptonshire, England, England
(Executed) Fotheringham Castle, Northamptonshire, England, England
1587
8 Feb 1587
Age 45
Death of Mary I. Queen Stuart in Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
1587
8 Feb 1587
Age 45
Death of Mary I. Queen Stuart in Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Engeland
Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Engeland
1587
8 Feb 1587
Age 45
Death of Mary I. Queen Stuart in Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northhamptonshire, England
Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northhamptonshire, England
1587
8 Feb 1587
Age 45
Death of Mary I. Queen Stuart in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
1587
1 Aug 1587
Age 45
Burial of Mary I. Queen Stuart in Cambridgeshire, England
Cambridgeshire, England
1851
19 Nov 1851
Age 309
Mary I. Queen Stuart was baptized in Chester, Cheshire, England
Chester, Cheshire, England
1853
30 Jan 1853
Age 311
Mary I. Queen Stuart was baptized in Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland
Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland
1858
1858
Age 316
Mary I. Queen Stuart was christened in All Parishes, Jamaica
All Parishes, Jamaica

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Dec 1542
    Event Place: Slottet, Linlithgow, Palace, i, Linlithgow, Skottland
    Record Source: GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Dec 1542
    Event Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Dec 1542
    Event Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Scotland, Select Marriages

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Dec 1542
    Event Place: Linlithgow, Palace, Linlithgow, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.
    [2] Scotland, Select Marriages

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Dec 1542
    Event Place: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Dec 1542
    Event Place: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Dec 1542
    Event Place: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Dec 1542
    Event Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 19 Nov 1851
    Event Place: Chester, Cheshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.
    [2] Cheshire, England, Select Bishop's Transcripts

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 30 Jan 1853
    Event Place: Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.
    [2] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 1858
    Event Place: All Parishes, Jamaica
    Record Source:
    [1] GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.
    [2] Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: United States
    Record Source:
    [1] GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.
    [2] Ancestry.com, An historical genealogy of the royal house of Stuarts, from the reign of K. Robert II, to that of K. James VI : taken from the (Ancestry.com Operations Inc)

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1587
    Event Place: Methven Castle, Perthshire, Olde Scotland
    Record Source: GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1587
    Event Place: (Executed) Fotheringham Castle, Northamptonshire, England, England
    Record Source: GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1587
    Event Place: Fotheringhay, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1587
    Event Place: Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Engeland
    Record Source:
    [1] GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1587
    Event Place: Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northhamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1587
    Event Place: Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1 Aug 1587
    Event Place: Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.
    [2] UK, Burial and Cremation Index, Deceased Online; United Kingdom; Deceased Online Burial Indexes

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] GEDCOM file submitted by Ashley, atowell88@@gmail.com. Imported on 25 January 2023.
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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