Ruler · 1542 – 1587

Mary, Queen of Scots

Lived 1542 – 1587; politician. Monarch of Scotland of Kingdom of Scotland, 1542 – 1567.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1542 – 1587; 45 years
In office: 25 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Scotland
Left it: deposed or killed; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Scotland

Kingdom of Scotland · the 44th of 51 dated reigns · 843 – 1707

40 before

James III of Scotland1460 – 1488

James IV1488 – 1513

James V1513 – 1542

Mary, Queen of Scots1542 – 1567

James VI and I1587 – 1625

Charles I of England1625 – 1649

Charles II of England1660 – 1685

4 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1542 – 1567 · 25 years · came to it aged 0

Came to it: inheritedthe child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell: by others

the term records: abdication · the article also: deposed

The only surviving legitimate child of King James V of Scotland, Mary was six days old when her father died, and she inherited the throne.

In July 1567, she was forced to abdicate in favour of her one-year-old son James VI.

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