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King of Scotland James IV Stewart
(1472/1473-1513)
Margaret Tudor Lady
(1489-1541)
King of Scotland James V Stewart
(1512-1542)
Marie de Lorraine
(1515-1560)
Queen of Scotland Mary Stewart
(1542-1587)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Henry Stuart Lord Darnley

2. King of France Francois II Roi de France
3. James Hepburn 1st and last Duke of Orkney

Queen of Scotland Mary Stewart

  • Born: 7 Dec 1542, Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
  • Marriage (1): Henry Stuart Lord Darnley on 29 Jul 1565 in Holyrood Palace, Chapel, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  • Marriage (2): King of France Francois II Roi de France on 24 Apr 1558 in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France
  • Marriage (3): James Hepburn 1st and last Duke of Orkney on 15 May 1567 in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  • Died: 8 Feb 1587, Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England aged 44
  • Buried: 1612
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bullet  General Notes:

Following from The Peerage.com:
She succeeded as the Queen Mary I of Scotland on 14 December 1542. She was crowned Queen of Scotland on 9 September 1543 at Stirling Castle, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland. On 7 August 1548 she went to France, growing up as a Roman Catholic there in the King of France's household. After her marriage to Francois II, Mary Stewart, Queen of Scotland was styled as Queen Consort Mary of France on 6 July 1559. She suffered from a possible case of porphyria. On 19 August 1561 she returned to Scotland to rule in person. On 23 April 1567 at Almond Bridge, Scotland, she was seized by the Earl of Bothwell, and held prisoner in Dunbar Castle. She abdicated as Queen of Scotland on 24 July 1567. In May1568 she escaped to England, where she was heir to the thone. Fearing pro-Catholic plots to make Mary Queen of England, her cousin Elizabeth I imprisoned her and eventually had her executed


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Mary married Henry Stuart Lord Darnley on 29 Jul 1565 in Holyrood Palace, Chapel, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. (Henry Stuart Lord Darnley was born on 7 Dec 1545 in Temple Newsham, Yorkshire, England, died on 10 Feb 1567 in Provost's House, kirk o'the Field, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotalnd and was buried Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Midlothi.)


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Mary next married King of France Francois II Roi de France on 24 Apr 1558 in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France. (King of France Francois II Roi de France was born on 16 Jan 1544 in Chateau of Fontainbleau-sur-Loire, Fontainebleau, Ile-de-France, France and died on 5 Dec 1560 in Orleans, Orleanais, France.). The cause of his death was Severe ear infection.


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Mary next married James Hepburn 1st and last Duke of Orkney on 15 May 1567 in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. (James Hepburn 1st and last Duke of Orkney was born about 1535 and died on 14 Apr 1578 in Dragsholm Castle, Denmark.)




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