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Personal data Mary STUART Queen Of Scots 

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

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

  • She died on February 8, 1587 in England, she was 44 years old.
  • A child of James of SCOTLAND and Mary of GUISE
  • This information was last updated on October 15, 2005.

Household of Mary STUART Queen Of Scots

Waarschuwing Attention: Husband (Henry STUART) is also her cousin.

(1) She is married to Francis of FRANCE.

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


(2) She is married to Henry STUART.

They got married on July 29, 1565 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, she was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. James STUART  1566-1625 


(3) She is married to James HEPBURN.

They got married about 1567.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Mary STUART

James of SCOTLAND
1473-1513
Margaret TUDOR
1489-1541
Claude de LORRAINE
1496-1550
Antoinette de BOURBON
1493-1583
Mary of GUISE
1515-1560

Mary STUART
1542-1587

(1) 1558

Francis of FRANCE
1544-1560

(2) 1565

Henry STUART
1545-1567

James STUART
1566-1625
(3) ± 1567

James HEPBURN
????-1576


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Historical events

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 6 » Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
    • 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.
    • 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 July 29, 1565

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1565: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 1 » The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
    • April 27 » Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
    • June 17 » Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shōgun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
    • July 29 » The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland.
    • August 28 » Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.
    • September 8 » The Knights of Malta lift the Ottoman siege of Malta that began on May 18.

Day of death February 8, 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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