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Also Known As	Mary Stuart • Mary, Queen of Scots
Born	December 8, 1542 • Linlithgow • Scotland
Died	February 8, 1587 (aged 44) • England
House / Dynasty	House of Stuart • House of Tudor
Notable Family Members	spouse James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell • spouse Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley • spouse Francis II • father James V • mother Mary of Lorraine • son James I

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Mary, Queen of Scots, engraving, 1849.

Mary, Queen of Scots, surrendering on Carberry Hill, June 15, 1567, engraving from a 19th-century edition of Theophilus Camden's The Imperial History of England.

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