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Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart [3] or Mary I of Scotland, [4] was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland , Mary was six days old when her father died and she inherited the throne.
Thus, Queen Anne became the last monarch of the ancient kingdoms of Scotland and England and the first of Great Britain, although the kingdoms had shared a monarch since 1603 (see Union of the Crowns). Her uncle Charles II was the last monarch to be crowned in Scotland, at Scone in 1651. He had a second coronation in England ten years later.
The Sui dynasty (, pinyin: Suí cháo) was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty that ruled from 581 to 618. The re-unification of China proper under the Sui brought the Northern and Southern dynasties era to a close, ending a prolonged period of political division since the War of the Eight Princes .
She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King Henry II and the mother of French kings Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III. The years during which her sons reigned have been called "the age of Catherine de' Medici" since she had extensive, albeit at times varying, influence on the political life of France.
Mary I Kingdom of Scotland: Queen of Scots: 24 July 1567 James VI: Ōgimachi: Japan: Emperor of Japan: 17 December 1586 Go-Yōzei: Go-Yōzei: Japan: Emperor of Japan: 9 May 1611 Go-Mizunoo: Go-Mizunoo: Japan: Emperor of Japan: 22 December 1629 Meishō: Meishō: Japan: Empress of Japan: 14 November 1643 Go-Kōmyō: Christina Kingdom of Sweden ...
Mary of Guise (French: Marie de Guise; 22 November 1515 – 11 June 1560), also called Mary of Lorraine, was Queen of Scotland from 1538 until 1542, as the second wife of King James V. She was a French noblewoman of the House of Guise , a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine and one of the most powerful families in France .
Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587), Queen regnant of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 Mary II of England (1662–1694), Queen regnant of Scotland, England and Ireland from 1689 until her death Mary of Scotland, Countess of Boulogne (1082–1116), daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland (Máel Coluim III) and Saint Margaret of Scotland; wife of Eustace ...
Of the surviving pre-Roman accounts of Scotland, the first written reference to Scotland was the Greek Pytheas of Massalia, who may have circumnavigated the British Isles of Albion and Ierne (Ireland) [26] [27] sometime around 325 BC. The most northerly point of Britain was called Orcas (Orkney).