Queen Mary of Scotland

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:monarchy
historical figure
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Mary,_Queen_of_Scots
gptkbp:ancestry gptkb:French
English
Scottish
gptkbp:birthDate 8 December 1542
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Linlithgow_Palace,_Scotland
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkb:Peterborough_Cathedral
gptkbp:child gptkb:James_VI_of_Scotland
gptkbp:coronationDate 9 September 1543
gptkbp:cousin gptkb:Elizabeth_I_of_England
gptkbp:culturalDepiction Subject of many films, books, and plays
gptkbp:deathDate 8 February 1587
gptkbp:deathPlace Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England
gptkbp:executedBy gptkb:Elizabeth_I_of_England
gptkbp:father gptkb:James_V_of_Scotland
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Mary_Stuart
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Stuart
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Queen Mary of Scotland
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Mary_of_Guise
gptkbp:nationality Scottish
gptkbp:notableEvent Claimant to the English throne
Married three times
Central figure in the Marian civil war
Fled to England in 1568
Forced to abdicate in favor of her son
Her life is commemorated in Scottish history
Her son became James I of England
Imprisoned in England for 19 years
Executed for alleged involvement in plots against Elizabeth I
Subject of the Casket Letters controversy
Her execution intensified Catholic-Protestant tensions in England
gptkbp:notableResident gptkb:Holyrood_Palace
gptkb:Fotheringhay_Castle
gptkb:Loch_Leven_Castle
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:James_V_of_Scotland
gptkbp:reign 14 December 1542 – 24 July 1567
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:signature Mary Queen of Scots signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Francis_II_of_France
gptkb:James_Hepburn,_4th_Earl_of_Bothwell
gptkb:Henry_Stuart,_Lord_Darnley
gptkbp:successor gptkb:James_VI_of_Scotland
gptkbp:title Queen consort
Queen of Scots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_queens
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7