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Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots

b. 8 December 1542, d. 8 February 1587

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Queen Mary of Scots

Birth

Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots, was born on 8 December 1542 in Linlithgow Palace.1

Parents

FatherKing James Stewart, V of Scotland (b. 10 April 1512, d. 14 December 1542)
MotherMary ("Queen Dowager"), of Guise (b. 22 November 1515, d. 11 June 1560)

Family life

Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots, and King Francis, II of France, were married on 24 April 1558 at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.2 She and Henry ("7G grandson of David Fleming of Biggar and Cumbernauld") Stewart, Lord Darnley, were married on 29 July 1565 in Holyrood Palace.1 James ("Lord Bothwell") Hepburn, 4th Earl Bothwell and 1st Duke Orkney, and she were married on 24 April 1567 at Dunbarton Castle in Dumbarton.3

Partner with King Francis, II of France (b. 19 January 1544, d. 5 December 1560)

Child with Henry ("7G grandson of David Fleming of Biggar and Cumbernauld") Stewart, Lord Darnley (b. 1546, d. 10 February 1567)

SonKing James Stewart, VI of Scotland and I of England+ (b. 19 June 1566, d. 27 March 1625)

Partner with James ("Lord Bothwell") Hepburn, 4th Earl Bothwell and 1st Duke Orkney (b. 1534, d. 14 April 1578)

Titles

Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots, held the title of was crowned Queen of Scotland on 9 September 1543 in Stirling Castle.4

Working life

Property

Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots, possessed committed 500 pounds towards a tocher of 2000 merks that James 4th Lord Fleming owed to the Earl of Atholl in tocher for his sister Margaret Fleming, Mistress of Erskyn on 1 April 1557 in Stirling.22,10,10 She possessed granted a charter of gift to John 5th Lord Fleming for 20 chalders of oatmeal yearly because he had bestowed his whole time in her service on 28 December 1562.23,135 She possessed granted a charter of gift to John 5th Lord Fleming of a third of the rents of the Priory of Whithorn set at a minimum of 1000 merks annually circa 1566.2415 She possessed was forced to abdicate in favour of her one-year-old son, James on 24 July 1567 in Loch Leven Castle.1,25 She possessed gave a charter to Malcolm Fleming nephew of John Fleming of Boghall of the parsonage and vicarage teinds of Kilbride, otherwise called the Chantorie of Glasgow on 4 June 1569 at parsonage and vicarage in Kilbride.26

Death

Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots, died beheaded on 8 February 1587 at age 44 in Fotheringay Castle.1 She was buried in July 1587 in Peterborough Cathedral.1

Citations

  1. [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: online 10 November 2023), Mary, Queen of Scots at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots.
  2. [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar District, Archeological, Historical and Biographical, second edition (Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1867), p 521.
  3. [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: viewed 26 April 2025), James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hepburn,_4th_Earl_of_Bothwell#Death.
  4. [S51] Raphael Holinshed, Holinshed's Chronicle, 1587 edition edited by Abraham Fleming (London: Henry Denham, 1587), Scotland, vol v, p 533, https://archive.org/details/chroniclesofengl05holiuoft/page/533/mode/2up; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/firstsecondvolum00holi/page/n1/mode/2up?q=fleming : accessed 18 February 2025.
  5. [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh: T and A Constable, 1911), vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558.
  6. [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: online 8 November 2023), Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Stewart,_Lady_Fleming.
  7. [S51] Raphael Holinshed, Holinshed's Chronicle, 1587 edition edited by Abraham Fleming (London: Henry Denham, 1587), Scotland, vol v, p 558, https://archive.org/details/chroniclesofengl05holiuoft/page/558/mode/2up; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/firstsecondvolum00holi/page/n1/mode/2up?q=fleming : accessed 18 February 2025.
  8. [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar District, Archeological, Historical and Biographical, second edition (Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1867), p 519-20.
  9. [S111] Joseph Robertson, Editor, Inventaires de la Royne Descosse Douairiere de France: Catalogues of the Jewels, Dresses, Furniture, Books and Paintings (Edinburgh: The Bannatyne Club, 1863), p xlvi, note 4; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/inventairesdela00robegoog/page/n8/mode/2up?q=fleming : viewed 12 May 2025.
  10. [S111] Joseph Robertson, Editor, Inventaires de la Royne Descosse Douairiere de France: Catalogues of the Jewels, Dresses, Furniture, Books and Paintings (Edinburgh: The Bannatyne Club, 1863), p li, note 2; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/inventairesdela00robegoog/page/n8/mode/2up?q=fleming : viewed 12 May 2025.
  11. [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: online 11 November 2023), John Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fleming,_5th_Lord_Fleming.
  12. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), vol 19, p 545; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
  13. [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar District, Archeological, Historical and Biographical, second edition (Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1867), p 529.
  14. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charter 294.
  15. [S111] Joseph Robertson, Editor, Inventaires de la Royne Descosse Douairiere de France: Catalogues of the Jewels, Dresses, Furniture, Books and Paintings (Edinburgh: The Bannatyne Club, 1863), p lvii, note 4; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/inventairesdela00robegoog/page/n8/mode/2up?q=fleming : viewed 12 May 2025.
  16. [S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated (Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1864), vol i, p 322; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/upperwardoflanar02irvi/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed 28 March 2025.
  17. [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: viewed 27 April 2025), Ainslie Tavern Bond at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainslie_Tavern_Bond.
  18. [S121] A McDonald and others, Editors, Miscellany of the Maitland Club: consisting of Original Papers and Other Documents illustrative of the History and Literature of Scotland (Edinburgh: The Maitland Club, 1840), vol ii, p 396; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/miscellanyedbya00clubgoog/page/n6/mode/2up : viewed 16 May 2025; King James VI to John Earl of Wigton 13 Jun 1605.
  19. [S109] A Teulet, Editor, Papiers d'Etat, pieces et documents inedits ou peu connus relatifs l'histoire de l'Ecosse au XVIe siecle: tires des bibliotheques et des archives de France (Paris: The Bannatyne Club, 1851), vol ii, p 216; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/papiersdetatpies02bann/page/n7/mode/2up?q=fleming : viewed 9 May 2025.
  20. [S132] Thomas Watson, Kirkintilloch: Town and Parish (Glasgow: John Smith and Son, 1894), p 24.
  21. [S111] Joseph Robertson, Editor, Inventaires de la Royne Descosse Douairiere de France: Catalogues of the Jewels, Dresses, Furniture, Books and Paintings (Edinburgh: The Bannatyne Club, 1863), p xlviii-xlx, notes 3 and 1; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/inventairesdela00robegoog/page/n8/mode/2up?q=fleming : viewed 12 May 2025.
  22. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charter 108.
  23. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charter 110.
  24. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charter 114.
  25. [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar District, Archeological, Historical and Biographical, second edition (Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1867), p 533.
  26. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charter 116.
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