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Stuart, Mary (1542 - 1586/7)

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Stewart, Hepburn

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1542-12-08
Death Date: 1587-02-08 (beheaded)

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. France, François II of (1543/4 - 1560)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: exactly 1558-4-24
    Union ended: exactly
  2. Stewart, Henry (1545 - 1566/7)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: exactly 1565-7-29
    Union ended: exactly
  3. Hepburn, James (1535 - 1578)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: exactly 1567-5-15
    Union ended: exactly

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Queen of France
  • Queen of Scotland

Titles

  • Queen of France
    Assumed: 1559-07-10 (date of the death of her father-in-law Henri II, king of France, and her husband succeeding as king)
    Vacated: 1560-12-05 (death of her husband, Francois II)
  • Queen of Scotland
    Assumed: 1542-12-14 (date acceded; crowned 9 Sept. 1543)
    Vacated: 1567-07-24 (date forced to abdicate)

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Bibliographic Sources

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  • Fryde, E.B., D.E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, eds. Handbook of British Chronology. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1996
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Williamson, David. Debrett's Kings and Queens of Europe. Topsfield, MA: Salem House Publishers, 1988