Queen mary stewart biography
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Mary, Queen of Scots
Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567
For other people called Mary, Queen of Scots, see Mary, Queen of Scots (disambiguation).
Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart[2] or Mary inom of Scotland,[3] was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567.
The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland, Mary was six days old when her father died and she inherited the throne. During her childhood, Scotland was governed by regents, first bygd the heir to the throne, James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, and then by her mother, Mary of Guise. In 1548, she was betrothed to Francis, the Dauphin of France, and was sent to be brought up in France, where she would be safe from invading English forces during the Rough Wooing. Mary married Francis in 1558, becoming queen consort of France from his accession in 1559 until his death in December 1560. Widowed, Mary returned to S
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Crowned Queen of Scots at just nine months old; married, crowned Queen Consort of France and widowed all by the time she was 18 years old: Mary Stewart's life was nothing if not eventful. Let's dig into the facts about her tumultuous life and death.
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14 November: Battle of Solway Moss
Devastated by his army's defeat by the English at Solway Moss, James V withdrew to Falkland Palace, Fife. He is reported to have laid down and turned his face to the wall.
8 December: Mary's birth
Mary was born at Linlithgow Palace, to James V, King of Scots, and his French second wife, Marie de Guise. She was the only legitimate child of James to survive him. She was also the great-niece of Henry VIII of England, giving her a claim to the English throne.
14 December: Death of James V
James V of Scots died just six days after the birth of his daughter. In reference to the origins of the Royal Stewart Dynasty, James is supposed to have said: 'It began with a lass and it will ga
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Mary Stuart
Mary Stuart or Mary Stewart may refer to:
People
[edit]- Mary Routh McEnery Stuart (1849–1917), American author
- Mary Stewart, Countess of Buchan (before 1428–1465), fifth daughter of James I of Scotland, 1st Countess of Buchan
- Mary of Guelders (c. 1434–1463), queen to James II of Scotland
- Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran (1453–1488), daughter of James II of Scotland
- Mary of Guise (1515–1560), wife of James V of Scotland, mother of Mary, Queen of Scots
- Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587), queen regnant of Scotland, wife of Francis II of France and mother of James I of England
- Mary Stuart (1605–1607), daughter of James I of England
- Mary Stewart, Duchess of Richmond (1622–1685), British aristocrat
- Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1631–1660), Princess Royal and Princess of Orange-Nassau, daughter of Charles I of England and mother of William III of England
- Mary of Modena (1658–1718), wife of James II of Great Britain (VII of Scotland)
- Mary II of