Stuart, Mary (1542 - 1586/7)

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Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Stewart, Hepburn

Born / Died

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

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

From Stewart, Henry (1545 - 1566/7)

  1. Male offspring: Stuart, James (1566 - 1625) (patron)

Primary Title

Queen of France
Queen of Scotland

Titles

  • Queen of Scotland
    Assumed 1542-12-14 (date acceded; crowned 9 Sept. 1543)
    Vacated 1567-07-24 (date forced to abdicate)
  • 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)

Bibliographic Sources

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Fryde, E.B., D.E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, eds. Handbook of British Chronology. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 2. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1996.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Williamson, David. Debrett's Kings and Queens of Europe. Topsfield, MA: Salem House Publishers, 1988.