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Personal data Mary "Queen of Scots" Stuart 

  • Nickname is Queen of Scots.
  • She was born in the year 1542 in Linlithgow, Schotland.
  • She was christened on December 8, 1542 in Linlithgow, Schotland.
  • Function from December 14, 1542 till July 24, 1567: Koningin van Schotland.
  • Function from 1558 till 1587: Koningin van Engeland.
  • Function from 1559 till 1560: Koningin van Frankrijk.
  • She died on February 8, 1587 in Fotheringay, Engeland, she was 45 years old.
  • A child of James V Stuart and Marie de Guise de Lorraine
  • This information was last updated on December 20, 2017.

Household of Mary "Queen of Scots" Stuart

Waarschuwing Attention: Husband (Hernry Stewart van Darnley) is also her cousin.

(1) She is married to Frans II de Valois.

They got married in the year 1558, she was 16 years old.


(2) She is married to Hernry Stewart van Darnley.

They got married on July 29, 1565 at Holyrood, Schotland, she was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. James Stuart  1566-1625 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Mary Stuart

James IV Stuart
1473-1513
Margaret Tudor
1489-1541

Mary Stuart
1542-1587

(1) 1558

Frans II de Valois
1542-1560

(2) 1565

Hernry Stewart van Darnley
1545-1567

James Stuart
1566-1625

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Historical events

Christening day December 8, 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 28 » Turkish–Portuguese War: Battle of Wofla: The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed.
    • September 28 » Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California.
    • 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
    • January 26 » Battle of Talikota, fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Deccan sultanates, leads to the subjugation, and eventual destruction of the last Hindu kingdom in India, and the consolidation of Islamic rule over much of the Indian subcontinent.
    • March 1 » The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
    • 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.
    • September 11 » Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta.
    • October 18 » Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda Bay, the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.

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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