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Mary I of Scotland Stuart 1542–1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Dec 1542

Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 8 Feb 1587

Death Location: Westminster, Greater London, England

Father: James Stuart

Mother: Mary DeLorraine

Spouse(s): Edward Tudor, James Hepburn, Francois France, Henry Darnley

Children(s): Princess Tudor, twin Hepburn, twin Hepburn, John Stuart, James England, Catherine Stewart, Seigneur STUART, Mary Stuart

Mary I of Scotland Stuart was born in 1542 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, the child of James V Of Scotland Stuart And Mary Deguise Delorraine. Mary I of Scotland Stuart married Edward Tudor, Francois Ii France, Henry Stewart Lord Darnley, James Bothwell Hepburn, and had children including Catherine Stewart, James I Stewart England, John Stuart, Mary Elizabeth Stuart, Princess Elizabeth Tudor, Seigneur Daubig Stuart, Twin Hepburn. Mary I of Scotland Stuart passed away in 1587 in Westminster, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • Mary I of Scotland Stuart was born in 1542 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, the child of James V Of Scotland Stuart And Mary Deguise Delorraine.
  • Mary I of Scotland Stuart married Edward Tudor, Francois Ii France, Henry Stewart Lord Darnley, James Bothwell Hepburn, and had children including Catherine Stewart, James I Stewart England, John Stuart, Mary Elizabeth Stuart, Princess Elizabeth Tudor, Seigneur Daubig Stuart, Twin Hepburn.
  • Mary I of Scotland Stuart passed away in 1587 in Westminster, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mary Stuart's Ancestors

Self
Mary Stuart
1542–1587
Birth Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Parents
James V of Scotland Stuart
1512–1542
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Mary (DeGuise) DeLorraine
1515–1560
Bar Le Duc, France
Grandparents
James (IV "King of Scotland") Stewart
1473–1513
Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Margaret (Scotland) Tudor
1489–1541
Westminster, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
James Stewart
1451–1488
Margaret Oldenburg
1456–1486
Henry VII
1457–1509
Elizabeth Plantagenet
1466–1503
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Stewart
1430–1460
Marie Geldern
1432–1463
Christian Oldenburg
1425–1481
Dorothea Brandenburg
1430–1495
Edmund Tudor
1430–1456
Margaret Beaufort
1443–1509
Edward Rutland
1442–1483
Elizabeth Plantagenet
1437–1492

Mary Stuart's Descendants

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Mary (I of Scotland) Stuart (8 Dec 1542–8 Feb 1587) m. Edward Tudor (12 Oct 1537–6 Jul 1553) m. James (Bothwell) Hepburn (1536–14 Apr 1578) m. Francois (II) France (19 Jan 1543–5 Dec 1560) m. Henry (Stewart Lord) Darnley (7 Dec 1545–10 Feb 1567)
  1. 1. Princess (Elizabeth) Tudor 1552–1629 m. John (Clark) Jr 1565–1640
    1. 1. Lady (Sarah) Clark 1611–1677 m. Thomas Tolman 1608–1690
      1. 1. Ann Tolman 1628–1689
      2. 2. Mary Tolman 1630–1723
      3. 3. Thomas Tolman 1633–1718
      4. 4. John Tolman 1642–1725
      5. 5. Hannah Tolman 1642–1729
      6. 6. Ruth Tolman 1644–1681
      7. 7. Rebecca Tolman 1647–1717
  2. 2. twin Hepburn 1568–1568
  3. 3. twin Hepburn 1924–1924
  4. 4. John Stuart 1519–1567
  5. 5. James (I Stewart) England 1566–1625 m. Anne Denmark 1574–1619
    1. 1. Henry (Frederick) Stuart 1593–1612
    2. 2. Elizabeth ("Queen of Bohemia") Stuart 1596–1662 m. Frederick (V "Elector Palatine") Wittelsbach 1596–1632
      1. 1. Frederick (Henry) Wittelsbach 1614–1629
      2. 2. Charles (Louis "Elector Palatine") Wittelsbach 1617–1680
      3. 3. Elizabeth ("Princess Palatine") Wittelsbach 1618–1680
      4. 4. Rupert ("Prince of the Rhine") Wittelsbach 1619–1682
      5. 5. Maurice ("Prince von Simmern") Wittelsbach 1620–1652
      6. 6. Louise (Marie Hollandine) Wittelsbach 1622–1709
      7. 7. Ludwig Wittelsbach 1624–1624
      8. 8. Edward ("Count Palatine of Simmern") Wittelsbach 1625–1663
      9. 9. Henrietta (Maria) Wittelsbach 1626–1651
      10. 10. Johann (Philip Frederick) Wittelsbach 1627–1650
      11. 11. Charlotte Wittelsbach 1628–1631
      12. 12. Sophia ("Electress consort of Brunswick-Luneburg") Wittelsbach 1630–1714 m. Ernest (Augustus "Elector of Hanover") Augustus 1629–1698
        1. 1. King (George I of Hanover and Great) Britain 1660–1727 m. Sophia Dorothea 1666–1726
        2. 2. Frederick (Augustus) Hanover 1661–1690
        3. 3. Maximillian (William) Hanover 1666–1726
        4. 4. Sophia (Charlotte) Hanover 1668–1705
        5. 5. Charles (Philip) Hanover 1669–1690
      13. 13. Gustavus (Adolfus) Wittelsbach 1631–1640
    3. 3. Margaret Stuart 1598–1600
    4. 4. Charles (I England Scotland) Stuart 1600–1649 m. Henrietta (Maria England) deBourbon 1609–1669
      1. 1. Charles (II Stuart King of England, Scotland and) Ireland 1630–1685 m. Mistress (Mary) Davis 1648–1708 m. Mistress (Elizabeth Killigrew Viscountess) Shannon 1622–1680 m. Mistress (Lucy) Walter 1630–1658 m. Catherine (Princess of) Portugal 1638–1705
        1. 1. Lady (Mary Tudor 2d Countess Of) Derwenwater 1673–1726 m. Edward (Radclyffe 2d Earl) Derwenwater 1655–1705 m. James Rooke 1660–1773 m. Henry Graham 1665–1707
        2. 2. Charlotte (FitzRoy Countess of) Yarmouth 1650–1684
        3. 3. James (Scott 1st Duke of) Monmouth 1649–1685
      2. 2. Mary (Henrietta) Stewart 1631–1660
      3. 3. James (VII of England Scotland) Stuart 1633–1701 m. Anne (Hyde Duchess of York, Duchess of) Albany 1638–1671 m. Maria (Beatrice Anne Margaret Isabel d'Este, of) Modena 1658–1718 m. Arabella (Godfrey Churchill Mistress of James) II 1648–1730
        1. 1. James (Francis Edward Stuart Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, Earl of Chester, Eart of) Car 1688–1766
        2. 2. Louisa (Maria Teresa Stuart The Princess) Royal 1692–1712
        3. 3. Edgar (Stuart Duke of) Cambridge 1667–1671
        4. 4. Charles (Stuart Duke of) Kendal 1666–1667
        5. 5. Charles (Stuart Duke of) Cambridge 1660–1661
        6. 6. Isabel Stuart 1676–1681
        7. 7. Mary (II Stuart Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, Prinses van) Oranje 1662–1694
        8. 8. Anne (Stuart Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, Queen of Great) Britain 1665–1714
        9. 9. James (Stuart Duke of Cambridge, Baron of Dauntsey, Earl of) Cambridge 1663–1667
        10. 10. Countess (Henrietta Fitzjames Butler , Lady Waldevrave, Viscountess Galmoye (Said mistress of Charles Calvert), daughter of King James) II 1670–1730
        11. 11. James (FitzJames) Stuart 1670–1734
        12. 12. Henry (Fitzjames Duke of) Albemarle 1673–1702
        13. 13. Arabella (( Stuart ) Fitz) james 1674–1704
      4. 4. Henrietta (Anne) Stuart 1644–1670
      5. 5. Henry Stuart 1640–1660
      6. 6. Catherine Stuart 1639–1639
      7. 7. Charles (James) Stuart 1629–1629
      8. 8. Elizabeth Stuart 1635–1650
      9. 9. Anne Stuart 1637–1640
    5. 5. Robert (Bruce Kintyre) Stuart 1602–1602
    6. 6. James (VI) Scotland 1603–1603
    7. 7. Mary (Anne) Stuart 1605–1607
    8. 8. Sophia Stuart 1606–1606
  6. 6. Catherine Stewart 1564–1610 m. Charles Gunter 1562–1643
    1. 1. John Gunter 1590–1679
      1. 1. John Gunter 1624–1696 m. Johanna Bendall 1651–1696
        1. 1. John (Lasten Gunter) Sr 1678–1750 m. Johanna Bendall 1651–1696
    2. 2. Urslea Gunter 1591–1592
    3. 3. Alice Gunter 1600–1601
    4. 4. Anthony Gunter 1602–1603
    5. 5. Anne Gunter 1603–1604
    6. 6. Temperance Gunter 1608–1646
    7. 7. Charles Gunter 1610–1646
    8. 8. Jane Gunter 1612–1613
    9. 9. Robert Gunter 1614–1654
    10. 10. Pardingando GUNTER 1605–1655
  7. 7. Seigneur (dAubig) STUART 1519–1567
  8. 8. Mary (Elizabeth) Stuart 1762–

Mary Stuart's Timeline

4 Records

1542
7 Dec 1542
Birth of Mary I of Scotland Stuart in West Lothian, Scotland
West Lothian, Scotland
1542
8 Dec 1542
Birth of Mary I of Scotland Stuart in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
1587
7 Feb 1587
Age 45
Death of Mary I of Scotland Stuart in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
1587
8 Feb 1587
Age 45
Death of Mary I of Scotland Stuart in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Dec 1542
    Event Place: West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 804614
    [2] Scotland, Select Marriages
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [4] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    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] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [3] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [4] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [5] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [6] Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Feb 1587
    Event Place: Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 804614
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1587
    Event Place: Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [3] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [4] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [5] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [6] Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index

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