Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587)
Author of Bittersweet within My Heart: The Love Poems of Mary, Queen of Scots
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- Canonical name
- Queen of Scots, Mary,
- Other names
- Stuart, Mary
- Birthdate
- 1542-12-08
- Date of death
- 1587-02-08
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- Queen of Scots (1542-67)
Queen Consort of France (1559-60)
royalty - Organizations
- Haus Stuart
- Relationships
- Elizabeth I Queen of England (cousin)
Charles I (grandson)
Charles II (great-grandson)
Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia (granddaughter)
Queen Victoria (descendant)
Queen Elizabeth II (descendant) (show all 21)
Queen Anne (great-great-granddaughter)
King James VI of Scotland & I of England (son)
King James II of Great Britain (great-grandson)
Henry, Lord Darnley (cousin, second husband)
King James V of Scotland (father)
Mary of Guise (mother)
Francis II, King of France (first husband)
James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell (third husband)
Henry VIII, King of England (grand-uncle)
Henri II, King of France (father-in-law)
Catherine de Medici, Queen of France (mother-in law)
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (half-brother, advisor)
Francis de Lorraine II, first Prince of Joinville, Duke of Guise and Duke of Aumale (uncle, advisor)
Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (uncle, advisor)
Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland (grandmother) - Short biography
- Mary became Queen of Scots in her own right at the age of 6 days (following the death of her father James V) and later was queen consort of France by her marriage to François II. When she was widowed, Mary returned to Scotland in 1561, where she struggled with a fractious aristocracy and deep religious divides.
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, Scotland
- Places of residence
- Paris, France
Holyrood House, Edinburgh, Scotland
Tutbury Castle, England - Place of death
- Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England
- Burial location
- Westminster Abbey, London, England, UK
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Touching poems from a lonely heart in a beautifully illustrated volume. The verses on one side correspond with the biography on the opposite side.
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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