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Mary Stuart 1542 – 1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Dec 1542

Birth Location: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, Scotland

Death Date: 8 Feb 1587

Death Location: Executed at Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England

Father: James Scotland

Mother: Marie (Stewart\Stuart)

Spouse(s): François Valois-Angouleme, Henry Darnley, James Bothwell

Children(s): James Ireland"

The birth of Mary Stuart Queen of Scots took place in 1542 in Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, Scotland, to James Stewart\Stuart V King of Scotland and Marie of Guise de Lorraine (Stewart\Stuart). Mary Stuart Queen of Scots married François Valois-Angouleme, Henry Stewart\Stuart Lord Darnley and James Hepburn Fourth Earl of Bothwell, and together they had James Charles Stuart "King James VI of Scotland, I of England, Scotland, France and Ireland". Mary Stuart Queen of Scots's death occurred in 1587 in Executed at Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England.

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Parents

James Scotland
1512 – 1542
Birth Location: Linlithgow Castle, Scotland
JS
Marie (Stewart\Stuart)
1515 – 1560
Birth Location: Bar-De-Luc, Lorraine, France
M(

Spouses(s)

François Valois-Angouleme
1544 – 1560
Birth Location: Fontainebleau, Île-de-France, France
FV
Henry Darnley
1545 – 1567
Birth Location: Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
HD
James Bothwell
1536 – 1578
Birth Location: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
JB

Children(s)

James Ireland"
1566 – 1625
Birth Location: Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
JI

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 8 Dec 1542
    Event Place: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 8 Feb 1587
    Event Place: Executed at Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    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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