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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.
The two were accepted as monarchs of Scotland after a period of deliberation by the Scottish Parliament and ruled together as William II and Mary II. An attempt to establish a Scottish colonial empire through the Darien Scheme , in rivalry to that of England, failed, leaving the Scottish nobles who financed the venture for their profit bankrupt.
The first monarch of the Stewart line was Robert II, whose male-line descendants were kings and queens in Scotland from 1371, and of England, Ireland and Great Britain from 1603, until 1714. Mary, Queen of Scots (r. 1542–1567), was brought up in France where she adopted the French spelling of the name Stuart.
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 .
Mary: Queen Scotland: 14 December 1542 24 July 1567 24 years, 222 days Jane: Queen (disputed) England: 10 July 1553 19 July 1553 9 days [119] Ireland: Mary I: Queen England: 24 July 1553 17 November 1558 5 years, 116 days Ireland: Elizabeth I: Queen England: 17 November 1558 24 March 1603 44 years, 127 days Ireland: Mary II: Queen England: 13 ...
Mary I Queen of Scots 1542–1587 r. 1542–1567: Francis II King of France 1544–1560: James Earl of Bothwell c. 1534 –1578: James Duke of Rothesay 1540–1541: James VI [a] King of Scots and England 1566–1625 r. 1567–1625 (Scotland) r. 1603–1625 (England) House of Stuart (Continues on Family tree of the British royal family)
The dynasty was named for the family title: the Yang (楊) family were the Dukes of Sui. Those who became emperor are listed in bold, with their years of reign large. The names given for emperors are posthumous names, the form by which Sui emperors were most commonly known.
Wen of Sui: Yang of Sui: Sui dynasty: Emperor of China: 8 December 617 Gong of Sui: Gong of Sui: Sui dynasty: Emperor of China: 12 June 618 Gaozu of Tang: Yang Tong: Sui dynasty: Emperor of China: 23 May 619 Wang Shichong: Gaozu of Tang: Tang dynasty: Emperor of China: 4 September 626 Taizong of Tang: Kōgyoku: Japan: Empress of Japan: 12 July ...