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Mary I Queen Stuart 1542 – 1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 December 1542

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

Death Date: 8 Feb 1587

Death Location: Fotheringhay Castle Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England

Father: James Schotland

Mother: Marie\Mary DeLorraine

Spouse(s): henery tutor, Thomas Tynsley, James Hepburn

Children(s): James I, George Tynsley, James I

In 1542, Mary I Queen Stuart entered the world in Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, born to James V Stuart Koning van Schotland and Marie\Mary of Guise Princess of Lorraine DeLorraine. Mary I Queen Stuart married henery tutor, Thomas Burchard Tynsley, James Hepburn, and had children including James I, George Thomas Tynsley, James I. Mary I Queen Stuart passed away in 1587 in Fotheringhay Castle Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1542, Mary I Queen Stuart entered the world in Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, born to James V Stuart Koning van Schotland and Marie\Mary of Guise Princess of Lorraine DeLorraine.
  • Mary I Queen Stuart married henery tutor, Thomas Burchard Tynsley, James Hepburn, and had children including James I, George Thomas Tynsley, James I.
  • Mary I Queen Stuart passed away in 1587 in Fotheringhay Castle Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mary Stuart's Ancestors

Self
Mary Stuart
1542 – 1587
Birth Place: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Parents
James V Stuart Koning van Schotland
1512 – 1542
Linlithgow Scotland
Marie\Mary (of Guise Princess of Lorraine) DeLorraine
1513 – 1572
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
James (IV King of) Scots
1473 – 1513
Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Margaret (Tudor Queen of) Scotland
1489 – 1541
Nov
Earl (John II) MacC-vanErskine
1484 – 1548
Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Lady (Margaret, Baroness of Agyll Moncrief Hay) Campbell
1500 – 1555
Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Scots
1473 – 1513
Helen Beattie
1476 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mary Stuart's Descendants

1.
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Mary (I Queen) Stuart (7 December 1542 – 8 Feb 1587) m. henery tutor (7 Dec 1545 – 10 Feb 1567) m. Thomas (Burchard) Tynsley (1540 – abt 1611) m. James Hepburn (1535 – 14 April 1578)
  1. 1. James I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625)
  2. 2. George (Thomas) Tynsley (1560 – 1620) m. Helena Peters (1563 – abt 1625)
    1. 1. John TINSLEY (1 Oct 1584 – 1655)
      1. 1. Sir (Thomas John) Tinsley (1618 – 1702) m. Elizabeth Randolph (1613 – 1702)
        1. 1. Sarah (Elmore) Elliott (1632 – 16 Jan 1694) m. Thomas Elliott (22 Jul 1632 – 4 Apr 1686)

Mary Stuart's Timeline

2 Records

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

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 December 1542
    Event Place: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1587
    Event Place: Fotheringhay Castle Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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