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Personal data Maria van Schotland 

  • She was born on December 7, 1542 in Linlithgow.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Age at marriage (April 24, 1558) below 16 years (15).

  • She died on February 18, 1587 in Forteringhay, she was 44 years old.
  • A child of Jacobus V van Schotland and Maria van Lotharingen Guise
  • This information was last updated on October 30, 1998.

Household of Maria van Schotland

Waarschuwing Attention: Husband (Henry Stewart of Darnley) is also her cousin.

(1) She is married to Frans II van Frankrijk.

They got married on April 24, 1558 at Parijs, she was 15 years old.


(2) She is married to Henry Stewart of Darnley.

They got married on July 29, 1565 at Holyrood House, she was 22 years old.

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(3) She is married to James Hepburn.

They got married on May 15, 1567, she was 24 years old.

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Birthday December 7, 1542

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1542: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 13 » Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery.
    • May 19 » The Prome Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in present-day Myanmar.
    • August 26 » Francisco de Orellana navigated the Amazon River, reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
    • August 28 » Turkish–Portuguese War: Battle of Wofla: The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed.
    • November 24 » Battle of Solway Moss: An English army defeats a much larger Scottish force near the River Esk in Dumfries and Galloway.
    • December 14 » Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen of Scots at the age of one week on the death of her father, James V of Scotland.

Day of marriage May 15, 1567

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1567: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 20 » Battle of Rio de Janeiro: Portuguese forces under the command of Estácio de Sá definitively drive the French out of Rio de Janeiro.
    • February 10 » Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination.
    • March 13 » The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War.
    • July 24 » Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI.
    • July 25 » Don Diego de Losada founds the city of Santiago de Leon de Caracas, modern-day Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela.
    • July 29 » The infant James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.

Day of death February 18, 1587

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1587: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 8 » Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
    • July 22 » Roanoke Colony: A second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
    • October 31 » Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.


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