Mary (Stewart), Queen of Scots

1542 - 1587  (44 years)

• Name	Mary (Stewart)  [1]
  Suffix	Queen of Scots
  Born	7/8 Dec. 1542	Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, Scotland   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Coronation	9 Sept. 1543	Stirling Castle, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [2]
  Regnal Name	Mary
  Died	8 Feb. 1586/87	Fotheringay Castle, Northamptonshire, England   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I261	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	24 June 2018

  
  

  Father	James V (Stewart), King of Scotland,   b. 10 April 1512,   d. 14 Dec. 1542, Falkland, Fife, Scotland  (Age 30 years)
  Mother	Mary de Lorraine,   d. 10 June 1560, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Married	June 1538  [2]
  Family ID	F137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Francis II (de Valois), King of France,   d. 5 Dec. 1560
  Married	24 April 1558  [2]
  Last Modified	12 June 2018
  Family ID	F134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Henry (Stuart), Lord Darnley, 1st Duke of Albany, King Consort of Scots,   b. 7 Dec. 1545,   d. 10 Feb. 1566/67, Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  (Age 21 years)
  Married	29 July 1565	Holyrood Chapel, Holyrood, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  Children	+ 1. H.M. James I Charles (Stuart), King of Great Britain,   b. 19 June 1566, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. 27 March 1625, Theobalds Palace, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	9 June 2018
  Family ID	F135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	James (Hepburn), 4th Earl of Bothwell, 1st Duke of Orkney,   d. 14 April 1578
  Married	15 May 1567  [2]
  Last Modified	12 June 2018
  Family ID	F136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry

  Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland (Shield) Or a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure, a double tressure flory counterflory of the second.

  
  

• Notes

  "A prisoner at Loch Leven after the defeat at Carberry Hill, the Queen was compelled to abdicate 24 July, 1567; escaping from Loch Leven and defeated at Langside, 13 May, 1568, she feld to England, and after 19 years' captivity, was beheaded in Fotheringay Castle, Northants, 8 Feb. 1586-7." [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume I, page 82. [S7] BLGS 2001, Peter de Vere Beauclerk Dewar (ed.), page lxvi.