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Queen Mary Stewart 1542 – 1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Dec 1542

Birth Location: Linlithgow, Scotland

Death Date: 8 Feb 1587

Death Location: Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England

Father: King Stewart

Mother: Mary Lorraine

Spouse(s): Henry Stuart

Children(s): King Stuart

Queen Mary Stewart Queen of Scots was born in 1542 in Linlithgow, Scotland, the child of King James V Stewart and Mary Lorraine. Queen Mary Stewart Queen of Scots married Henry Stuart, and had children including King James VI and I Stuart. Queen Mary Stewart Queen of Scots passed away in 1587 in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Queen Mary Stewart Queen of Scots was born in 1542 in Linlithgow, Scotland, the child of King James V Stewart and Mary Lorraine.
  • Queen Mary Stewart Queen of Scots married Henry Stuart, and had children including King James VI and I Stuart.
  • Queen Mary Stewart Queen of Scots passed away in 1587 in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England.

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Queen Stewart's Ancestors

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Queen Stewart
1542 – 1587
Birth Place: Linlithgow, Scotland
Parents
King James V Stewart
1512 – 1542
Linlithgow, Scotland
Mary Lorraine
1515 – 1560
Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, Lorraine, France
Grandparents
King (James) IV
1473 – 1513
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Margaret Tudor
1489 – 1541
Palace of Westminster, Westminster, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
King VII
1457 – 1509
Elizabeth York
1466 – 1503
2nd-Great-Grandparents
King IV
1442 – 1483
Elizabeth Woodville
1437 – 1492

Queen Stewart's Descendants

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Queen (Mary) Stewart (8 Dec 1542 – 8 Feb 1587) m. Henry Stuart (1546 – 10 Feb 1567)
  1. 1. King (James VI and I) Stuart (19 Jun 1566 – 27 Mar 1625) m. Princess (Anne) Oldenburg (12 Dec 1574 – 2 Mar 1619)
    1. 1. Elizabeth Stuart (19 Aug 1596 – 13 Feb 1662) m. Frederick V (26 Aug 1596 – 29 Nov 1632)
      1. 1. Sophia (14 Oct 1630 – 8 Jun 1714) m. Ernest Augustus (20 Nov 1629 – 23 Jan 1698)
        1. 1. King (George) I (7 Jun 1660 – 22 Jun 1727) m. Sohpia Dorothea (15 Sep 1666 – 13 Nov 1726)
    2. 2. King (Charles) I (19 Nov 1600 – 30 Jan 1649) m. Henrietta (Maria of) France (25 Nov 1609 – 31 Aug 1669)
      1. 1. King (Charles) II (29 May 1630 – 6 Feb 1685)
      2. 2. Princess Mary (4 Nov 1631 – 24 Dec 1660) m. King (William III “of) Orange” (4 Nov 1650 – 8 Mar 1702)
      3. 3. King (James VII and) II (14 Oct 1633 – 16 Sep 1701)
        1. 1. Queen Anne (6 Feb 1665 – 1 Aug 1714)

Queen Stewart's Timeline

2 Records

1542
8 Dec 1542
Birth of Queen Mary Stewart Queen of Scots in Linlithgow, Scotland
Linlithgow, Scotland
1587
8 Feb 1587
Age 45
Death of Queen Mary Stewart Queen of Scots in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England
Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Dec 1542
    Event Place: Linlithgow, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1587
    Event Place: Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England

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