Margaret Tudor

Margaret married James Stewart, King of Scots IV on 8 Aug 1503 in Holyrod Abbey. James (son of James Stewart, King of Scots and Margaret) was born on 17 Mar 1473 in Stirling Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 9 Sep 1513 in Flodden Field, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus on 4 Aug 1514. Archibald was born about 1489; died on 22 Jan 1557 in Tantallon Castle, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Lord Methven I Henry Stewart on 3 Mar 1528. Henry was born about 1495; died in 1552. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1513

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He was 17 months old when his father (James IV) was killed. His mother acted as regent until her marriage in 1514 to Archibald, 6th earl of Angus. In 1525, during the continued struggle for control of the country, James was taken prisoner by his stepfather. Three years later the King escaped and assumed control of Scotland. His uncle, Henry VIII, King of England, tried to induce James to repudiate the authority of the Roman Catholic Church, but James refused, and relations between England and Scotland became strained; in 1542 war broke out.

James married Mary de Guise in 1538. Mary was born on 22 Nov 1515 in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, Lorraine, France; died on 11 Jun 1560. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married 4th Earl of Lennox Matthew Stuart in 1544. Matthew was born on 21 Sep 1516; died on 4 Sep 1571. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary became a prisoner of Queen Elizabeth I and in the ensuing intrigues to rescue her and place her on the throne of Elizabeth, the most famous was that of Mary's page, Anthony Babington, who plotted to assassinate Elizabeth. The conspiracy was discovered, and Mary was brought to trial in October 1586. She was sentenced to death on October 25, but not until Feb. 1, 1587 did Elizabeth sign the warrant of execution. She was beheaded a week later.

Mary married Lord Darnley Henry Stuart on 29 Jul 1565 in Holyrood Palace. Henry (son of 4th Earl of Lennox Matthew Stuart and Margaret Douglas) was born on 7 Dec 1545 in Temple Newsam, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England; died on 9/10 Feb 1567 in Edinburgh, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary's cousin, the Catholic Scottish nobleman Henry Stewart, Laird Darnley, was married with Roman Catholic rites. Mary had given him the title of King, but he now demanded that the crown be secured to him for life and that, if the queen died without children, it should descend to his heirs. Darnley was discovered strangled close by the scene of an explosion of the house where he lay sick. The explosion was by gunpowder, and Mary (it is suspected) was not wholly ignorant of the plot against Darnley.

Henry married Queen of Scots Mary Stuart on 29 Jul 1565 in Holyrood Palace. Mary (daughter of James V King Stewart, King of Scots and Mary de Guise) was born on 8 Dec 1542 in Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 8 Feb 1587 in Fotheringay Castle, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Elizabeth Cavendish in 1574. Elizabeth died in 1581. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Acceded in Scotland: 24 July 1567; Crowned in Scotland: Stirling 29 July 1567. Acceded: 24 March 1603. Crowned: Westminster Abbey 25 July 1603. Married: (proxy) Kronborg 20 Aug 1589, (in person) Oslo 23 November 1589 and again Kronborg 21 Jan 1590. James convoked the Hampton Court Conference (1604) at which he authorized a new translation of the Bible, generally called the King James Version. a.k.a.: James VI of Scotland.

James married of Denmark Anne on 23 Nov 1589 in Oslo, Norway. Anne was born on 14 Oct 1574 in Skanderborg Castle; died on 4 Mar 1619 in Hampton Court Palace; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arbella married 2nd Duke of Somerset William Seymour on 22 Jun 1610 in Greenwich Palace, London, England. William (son of Lord Beauchamp of Hache Edward Seymour and Honora Rogers) was born in 1588; died on 24 Oct 1660. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married of Palatinate, King of Czechia V Frederick on 14 Feb 1613 in Whitehall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married of France Henrietta Maria on 13 Jun 1625 in Canterbury, England. Henrietta was born on 26 Nov 1609 in Hotel du Louvre, Paris, France; died on 31 Aug 1669 in Colombe, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Duke of Brunswick Ernest Augustus. Ernest was born in 1629; died in 1698. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Reign: (1714-1727). The first of the Hanoverian Kings; It is said that George knew no English, but recent research shows that he had a limited knowledge of the language. Thoroughly German in tastes and habits, he made periodic lengthy visits to Hanover, which always remained his primary concern, despite his dutiful efforts to attend to his new kingdom's needs. He remained unpopular in Britain, a fact that contributed to Jacobite plots to replace him with James II's son, James Edward Stuart, known as the Old Pretender.

George married of Celle Sophia Dorothea on 22 Nov 1682 in Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany, and was divorced on 28 Dec 1694 in Hanover, Germany. Sophia was born on 5 Sep 1666 in Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany; died on 13 Nov 1726 in Castle Ahlden, Hanover, Germany; was buried in Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married of Ansbach Caroline on 22 Aug 1705 in Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, Germany. Caroline was born in 1683; died in 1737. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frederick married of Saxe-Gotha Augusta on 8 May 1736 in Chapel Royal, St. James. Augusta was born on 30 Nov 1719 in Gotha; died on 8 Feb 1772 in Carlton House. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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George III of Great Britain and Ireland, King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (r. 1760-1820), who presided over the loss of Britain's American colonies. He was also elector of Hanover (1760-1815) and by decision of the Congress of Vienna, King of Hanover (1815-20). After the dismissal of several ministers who did not satisfy him, the king found a firm supporter in Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, Prime Minister from 1770 to 1782. Lord North executed the royal policies that provoked the American Revolution. The unsuccessful conclusion of that protracted conflict forced North to resign, and during the government crisis that followed when three cabinets came and went in less than two years. The King himself was almost induced to abdicate. In 1809 the king became blind. As early as 1765 he had suffered an apparent dementia, and in 1788 his derangement recurred to such a degree that a regency bill was passed, but the king recovered the following year. In 1811 he succumbed hopelessly to this dementia and his son, later George IV, acted as a regent for the rest of his reign.

George married Charlotte (Sophia) von Mecklenburg on 8 Sep 1761 in St James Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England. Charlotte was born on 19 May 1744 in Mirow, Mecklenburg Strelitz, Germany; died on 17 Nov 1818 in Kew Palace, Surrey, England; was buried in St. George Chap., Windsor, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Duke of Kent and Strathern, 4th son of George III. Because William IV had no legitimate children, his niece Victoria became heir apparent to the British crown upon his accession in 1830.

Edward married Victoria Mary Louisa on 11 Jul 1818 in Kew Palace. Victoria was born on 17 Aug 1786 in Coburg; died on 16 Mar 1861 in Frogmore House, Windsor, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Victoria, Queen of England, Empress of India; a.k.a.: Alexandrina Victoria Reign: 20 Jun 1837 - 22 Jan 1901; Crowned: Westminster Abbey 28 Jun 1838; She became queen at age 18. Her 63 year reign was the longest in the history of England. Her descendants, including 40 grandchildren, married into almost every royal family of Europe. With her personal example of honesty, patriotism and devotion to family life, Victoria became a living symbol of the solidity of the British Empire. The many years of her reign, often referred to as the Victorian age, witnessed the rise of middle class and were marked by a deeply conservative morality and intense nationalism. She was obsessed with the collecting of memorabilia of her family. She mourned her late husband, Albert, for more than 40 years.

Victoria married Albert Augustus Charles on 10 Feb 1840 in Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, England. Albert was born on 26 Aug 1819 in Schloss Rosenau near Coburg, Germany; died on 14 Dec 1861 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England; was buried in Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]