Mary, Queen of Scots

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Mary, Queen of Scots
Characteristics
Full name	Mary Stuart
Also known as	Marie (French)
Born	December 8, 1542
Died	February 8, 1587
Gender	Female
Hair color	Red
Personal information
Family	James IV (grandfather) † Margaret Tudor (grandmother) † Antoinette de Bourbon (grandmother) Marie de Guise (mother) James V (father) † Charles (uncle) Francis (uncle) Anne d'Este (aunt)
Pets	Puff (dog) Thimble (dog) Ruffles (falcon)
Book information
Appears in	Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country
Timeline	December 1553 – December 1554

Mary, Queen of Scots (December 8, 1542 – February 8, 1587) was the ruler of Scotland, after her father James V.

Biography

Early life

Mary was born on December 8, 1542 to James V, the Scottish King, and Mary de Guise, a French noblewoman. She was related to the Tudor family through her father, whose mother, Margaret Tudor was the sister of Henry VIII of England.

At six days old, she became Queen of Scots upon the death of her father. Lord Arran, Duke of Châtellerault was appointed as Regent to rule in Mary's place. Mary was betrothed to Dauphin, Francis, and sent to learn the ways of the French court at the age of five.

Family tree

The Stuart-de Guise Family Tree

René de Lorraine II (1451-1508)

Phillipine von Geldern (1564-1547)

Francois de Bourbon (1470-1537)

Marie de Luxembourg (1476-1546)

♚James Stuart III (1451-1488)

Margaret Oldenburg (1456-1486)

♛Henry Tudor VII (1457-1509)

Elizabeth Plantagenet (1465-1503)

Claud de Guise (1496-1550)

Antoinette de Bourbon (1493-1582)

(1) ♚James Stuart IV (1472-1513)

Margaret Tudor (1489-1541)

(2) Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus (1489-1557)

Tudor family

Anne d'Este

Francis de Guise

Charles

Mary de Guise (1515-1560)

♚James V (1512-1542)

Matthew Stewart, Earl of Lennox (1516-1571)

Margaret Douglas (1515-1578)

(1) ♜Francis de Valois II (1544-1560)

♚Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587)

(2) Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (c.1545-1567)

(3) James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell (c.1535-1578)

♚♛James VI and I (1566-1625)

Key:
♛ - King of England
♚ - King or Queen of Scotland
♜ - King of France

Behind the scenes

• Mary is the main character of Kathryn Lasky's Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country.

Appearances

• Henry VIII's Wives (Mentioned only)
• Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor (Mentioned only)
• Lady Jane Grey (Mentioned only)
• Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country