Mary Stuart of Scots b. 7 Dec 1542 Linlithgow Palace d. 8 Feb 1587 Fotheringay: Family History of Ivan Hurst

Mary Stuart of Scots^{[1, 2]}

1542 - 1587 (44 years)

Name	Mary Stuart of Scots
Birth	7 Dec 1542	Linlithgow Palace [2]
Gender	Female
Death	8 Feb 1587	Fotheringay [2]
Person ID	I322417016478	Hurst Improbable Family Tree
Last Modified	15 Jun 2026

Father	James V Stewart, King of Scotland, b. 10 Apr 1512, Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland d. 14 Dec 1542, Falkland Palace, Fife, Scotland. Buried Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland (Age 30 years)
Mother	Mary of Guise, b. 1515 d. 1560 (Age 45 years)
Family ID	F3306	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, b. 1546, temple newsam, Leeds, Yorkshire, England d. 10 Feb 1567 (Age 21 years)

Children

1. James Charles Stuart, King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Crowns, b. 19 Jun 1566 d. 27 Mar 1625 (Age 58 years)

Family ID F3625 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

Family 2	Francis II Valois, King of France, b. 19 Jan 1544 d. 5 Dec 1560 (Age 16 years)
Family ID	F3624	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	15 Jun 2026

Sources

[S_2080810673] Ancestry, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.
[S_2091795081] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. London, England: Oxf).

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