Effie Idella CUNNINGHAM

[57492]

11 JAN 1868 - 11 JAN 1950

Family 1 : Fred Marcellus STROUT
  1.  Floy S. STROUT
  2.  Bernice L. STROUT
  3. +Willard Jerome STROUT

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[57492] Effie is daughter of William Cunningham (1832-1917) & Hannah J. Mitchell (1840-1917; m. 2 March 1866 in Bradford, Penobscot Co., ME).

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Catherine of ENGLAND

9 FEB 1671 - 5 DEC 1671

Father: James II, King of ENGLAND
Mother: Anne HYDE


                                                                                                                                                         _Matthew STEWART ____________________+
                                                                                                                                                        | (1516 - 1571) m 1544                
                                                                                                             _Henry Stuart, Lord DARNLEY _______________|_Margaret DOUGLAS ___________________
                                                                                                            | (1545 - 1567) m 1565                        (1515 - 1578)                       
                                                                     _James (I) STUART _____________________|
                                                                    | (1566 - 1625) m 1589                  |
                                                                    |                                       |                                            _James V, King of SCOTS _____________+
                                                                    |                                       |                                           | (1512 - 1542) m 1538                
                                                                    |                                       |_Mary Stuart, Queen of SCOTS ______________|_Mary of LORRAINE-GUISE _____________
                                                                    |                                         (1542 - 1587) m 1565                        (1515 - 1560)                       
                              _Charles I Stuart, King of ENGLAND ___|
                             | (1600 - 1649) m 1625                 |
                             |                                      |                                                                                    _Christian III, King of DENMARK _____+
                             |                                      |                                                                                   | (1503 - 1559) m 1525                
                             |                                      |                                        _Frederick II, King of Norway And DENMARK _|_Dorothea of SAXE-LAUENBURG _________
                             |                                      |                                       | (1534 - 1588) m 1572                        (1511 - 1571)                       
                             |                                      |_Anne, Princess of DENMARK ____________|
                             |                                        (1574 - 1619) m 1589                  |
                             |                                                                              |                                            _Ulrich III of MECKLENBURG-GüSTROW _+
                             |                                                                              |                                           | (1527 - 1603) m 1556                
                             |                                                                              |_Sophia of MECKLENBURG-GUSTROW ____________|_Elizabeth of DENMARK _______________
                             |                                                                                (1557 - 1631) m 1572                        (1524 - 1586)                       
 _James II, King of ENGLAND _|
| (1633 - 1701) m 1659       |
|                            |                                                                                                                           _____________________________________
|                            |                                                                                                                          |                                     
|                            |                                                                               _Antoine de Bourdon of FRANCE _____________|_____________________________________
|                            |                                                                              | (1518 - 1562) m 1548                                                            
|                            |                                       _Henry IV "The Great", King of FRANCE _|
|                            |                                      | (1553 - 1610) m 1600                  |
|                            |                                      |                                       |                                            _Henry II, King of NAVARRE __________+
|                            |                                      |                                       |                                           | (1503 - 1555) m 1526                
|                            |                                      |                                       |_Jeanne d'Albret of FRANCE ________________|_Margaret of ANGOULEME ______________
|                            |                                      |                                         (1528 - 1572) m 1548                        (1492 - 1549)                       
|                            |_Henrietta Maria, Princess of FRANCE _|
|                              (1609 - 1669) m 1625                 |
|                                                                   |                                                                                    _Cosimo I de' MEDICI ________________+
|                                                                   |                                                                                   | (1519 - 1574) m 1539                
|                                                                   |                                        _Francesco I of TUSCANY ___________________|_Eleanor of TOLEDO __________________
|                                                                   |                                       | (1541 - 1587)                               (1522 - 1562)                       
|                                                                   |_Marie de' MEDICI _____________________|
|                                                                     (1573 - 1642) m 1600                  |
|                                                                                                           |                                            _____________________________________
|                                                                                                           |                                           |                                     
|                                                                                                           |___________________________________________|_____________________________________
|                                                                                                                                                                                             
|
|--Catherine of ENGLAND 
|  (1671 - 1671)
|                                                                                                                                                        _____________________________________
|                                                                                                                                                       |                                     
|                                                                                                            ___________________________________________|_____________________________________
|                                                                                                           |                                                                                 
|                                                                    _______________________________________|
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|                                                                   |                                       |                                            _____________________________________
|                                                                   |                                       |                                           |                                     
|                                                                   |                                       |___________________________________________|_____________________________________
|                                                                   |                                                                                                                         
|                             ______________________________________|
|                            |                                      |
|                            |                                      |                                                                                    _____________________________________
|                            |                                      |                                                                                   |                                     
|                            |                                      |                                        ___________________________________________|_____________________________________
|                            |                                      |                                       |                                                                                 
|                            |                                      |_______________________________________|
|                            |                                                                              |
|                            |                                                                              |                                            _____________________________________
|                            |                                                                              |                                           |                                     
|                            |                                                                              |___________________________________________|_____________________________________
|                            |                                                                                                                                                                
|_Anne HYDE _________________|
  (.... - 1671) m 1659       |
                             |                                                                                                                           _____________________________________
                             |                                                                                                                          |                                     
                             |                                                                               ___________________________________________|_____________________________________
                             |                                                                              |                                                                                 
                             |                                       _______________________________________|
                             |                                      |                                       |
                             |                                      |                                       |                                            _____________________________________
                             |                                      |                                       |                                           |                                     
                             |                                      |                                       |___________________________________________|_____________________________________
                             |                                      |                                                                                                                         
                             |______________________________________|
                                                                    |
                                                                    |                                                                                    _____________________________________
                                                                    |                                                                                   |                                     
                                                                    |                                        ___________________________________________|_____________________________________
                                                                    |                                       |                                                                                 
                                                                    |_______________________________________|
                                                                                                            |
                                                                                                            |                                            _____________________________________
                                                                                                            |                                           |                                     
                                                                                                            |___________________________________________|_____________________________________
                                                                                                                                                                                              

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Thomasine FISHER

CA 1553 - ____

Family 1 : Tobias WARD
  1. +George WARD

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Jane GRAY

1785 - 16 JUL 1843

Father: Samuel GRAY
Mother: Mercy WATSON

Family 1 : John BILLINGS
  1. +Adoniram Judson BILLINGS

                                                                                                 _James GRAY _________
                                                                                                |  m 1629             
                                                                   _George Thomas GRAY _________|_Alison GIFFERT _____
                                                                  | (.... - 1693) m 1672                              
                                             _Robert GRAY ________|
                                            | (1680 - 1748) m 1706|
                                            |                     |                              _____________________
                                            |                     |                             |                     
                                            |                     |_Sarah, wife of George GRAY _|_____________________
                                            |                        m 1672                                           
                       _Joshua GRAY ________|
                      | (1714 - ....) m 1736|
                      |                     |                                                    _William FREATHY ____
                      |                     |                                                   | (1612 - 1685) m 1639
                      |                     |                      _James FREETHY ______________|_Elizabeth BARKER ___
                      |                     |                     | (1651 - ....) m 1675          (1618 - ....)       
                      |                     |_Elizabeth FREETHY __|
                      |                       (1686 - ....) m 1706|
                      |                                           |                              _Henry MILLBURY _____
                      |                                           |                             | (1625 - ....) m 1648
                      |                                           |_Mary MILLBURY ______________|_Joane DIXON ________
                      |                                             (1651 - 1735) m 1675                              
 _Samuel GRAY ________|
| (1750 - 1843)       |
|                     |                                                                          _____________________
|                     |                                                                         |                     
|                     |                                            _____________________________|_____________________
|                     |                                           |                                                   
|                     |                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |                     |
|                     |                     |                     |                              _____________________
|                     |                     |                     |                             |                     
|                     |                     |                     |_____________________________|_____________________
|                     |                     |                                                                         
|                     |_Jennat ELLIOT ______|
|                        m 1736             |
|                                           |                                                    _____________________
|                                           |                                                   |                     
|                                           |                      _____________________________|_____________________
|                                           |                     |                                                   
|                                           |_____________________|
|                                                                 |
|                                                                 |                              _____________________
|                                                                 |                             |                     
|                                                                 |_____________________________|_____________________
|                                                                                                                     
|
|--Jane GRAY 
|  (1785 - 1843)
|                                                                                                _Thomas WATSON ______
|                                                                                               | (1604 - 1672) m 1637
|                                                                  _John WATSON ________________|_Joan COLLINS _______
|                                                                 | (1645 - 1685) m 1668          (1615 - 1674)       
|                                            _John WATSON ________|
|                                           | (1671 - ....) m 1692|
|                                           |                     |                              _____________________
|                                           |                     |                             |                     
|                                           |                     |_Eunice BAKER _______________|_____________________
|                                           |                       (1646 - 1718) m 1668                              
|                      _Shadrack WATSON ____|
|                     | (1713 - 1765) m 1733|
|                     |                     |                                                    _____________________
|                     |                     |                                                   |                     
|                     |                     |                      _____________________________|_____________________
|                     |                     |                     |                                                   
|                     |                     |_Ruth HARTSHORN _____|
|                     |                       (1675 - ....) m 1692|
|                     |                                           |                              _____________________
|                     |                                           |                             |                     
|                     |                                           |_____________________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                                                               
|_Mercy WATSON _______|
  (.... - 1828)       |
                      |                                                                          _____________________
                      |                                                                         |                     
                      |                                            _Caleb KIMBALL ______________|_____________________
                      |                                           | (1662 - 1736) m 1685                              
                      |                      _Caleb KIMBALL ______|
                      |                     | (1686 - 1734) m 1704|
                      |                     |                     |                              _____________________
                      |                     |                     |                             |                     
                      |                     |                     |_Lucy EDWARDS _______________|_____________________
                      |                     |                       (1666 - 1714) m 1685                              
                      |_Susanna KIMBALL ____|
                        (1711 - 1790) m 1733|
                                            |                                                    _John CLOYES ________+
                                            |                                                   | (.... - 1676) m 1635
                                            |                      _Nathaniel CLOYES ___________|_Abigail MOURNINGS __
                                            |                     | (1643 - ....)                                     
                                            |_Susanna CLOYES _____|
                                               m 1704             |
                                                                  |                              _____________________
                                                                  |                             |                     
                                                                  |_Sarah MILLS ________________|_____________________
                                                                                                                      

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Douglas Jay LUNNEY

22 APR 1960 - 16 AUG 2021

Father: Curtis Rosco LUNNEY
Mother: Juliet Joyce JOHNSTON


                                                                                                             ___________________________
                                                                                                            |                           
                                                                             _______________________________|___________________________
                                                                            |                                                           
                                                       _____________________|
                                                      |                     |
                                                      |                     |                                ___________________________
                                                      |                     |                               |                           
                                                      |                     |_______________________________|___________________________
                                                      |                                                                                 
                          _Earl Thomas LUNNEY ________|
                         | (1910 - 1987) m 1930       |
                         |                            |                                                      ___________________________
                         |                            |                                                     |                           
                         |                            |                      _______________________________|___________________________
                         |                            |                     |                                                           
                         |                            |_____________________|
                         |                                                  |
                         |                                                  |                                ___________________________
                         |                                                  |                               |                           
                         |                                                  |_______________________________|___________________________
                         |                                                                                                              
 _Curtis Rosco LUNNEY ___|
| (1933 - 2012)          |
|                        |                                                                                   _James Augustus EDGECOMB __+
|                        |                                                                                  | (1812 - 1876) m 1835      
|                        |                                                   _James Augustus (Jr) EDGECOMB _|_Caroline Bradbury SEAVEY _
|                        |                                                  | (1847 - 1921) m 1884            (1814 - 1883)             
|                        |                             _Burnice EDGECOMB ___|
|                        |                            | (1884 - 1931) m 1909|
|                        |                            |                     |                                _William MORRIS ___________
|                        |                            |                     |                               | (.... - 1911)             
|                        |                            |                     |_Etta Adella MORRIS ___________|___________________________
|                        |                            |                       (1865 - 1926) m 1884                                      
|                        |_Margaret Alberta EDGECOMB _|
|                          (1912 - 1996) m 1930       |
|                                                     |                                                      ___________________________
|                                                     |                                                     |                           
|                                                     |                      _______________________________|___________________________
|                                                     |                     |                                                           
|                                                     |_Florence HAWTHORNE _|
|                                                        m 1909             |
|                                                                           |                                ___________________________
|                                                                           |                               |                           
|                                                                           |_______________________________|___________________________
|                                                                                                                                       
|
|--Douglas Jay LUNNEY 
|  (1960 - 2021)
|                                                                                                            ___________________________
|                                                                                                           |                           
|                                                                            _______________________________|___________________________
|                                                                           |                                                           
|                                                      _____________________|
|                                                     |                     |
|                                                     |                     |                                ___________________________
|                                                     |                     |                               |                           
|                                                     |                     |_______________________________|___________________________
|                                                     |                                                                                 
|                         ____________________________|
|                        |                            |
|                        |                            |                                                      ___________________________
|                        |                            |                                                     |                           
|                        |                            |                      _______________________________|___________________________
|                        |                            |                     |                                                           
|                        |                            |_____________________|
|                        |                                                  |
|                        |                                                  |                                ___________________________
|                        |                                                  |                               |                           
|                        |                                                  |_______________________________|___________________________
|                        |                                                                                                              
|_Juliet Joyce JOHNSTON _|
  (1933 - 2018)          |
                         |                                                                                   ___________________________
                         |                                                                                  |                           
                         |                                                   _______________________________|___________________________
                         |                                                  |                                                           
                         |                             _____________________|
                         |                            |                     |
                         |                            |                     |                                ___________________________
                         |                            |                     |                               |                           
                         |                            |                     |_______________________________|___________________________
                         |                            |                                                                                 
                         |____________________________|
                                                      |
                                                      |                                                      ___________________________
                                                      |                                                     |                           
                                                      |                      _______________________________|___________________________
                                                      |                     |                                                           
                                                      |_____________________|
                                                                            |
                                                                            |                                ___________________________
                                                                            |                               |                           
                                                                            |_______________________________|___________________________
                                                                                                                                        

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Edward Hutchinson ROBBINS

[11774]

9 FEB 1758 - 17 DEC 1837

Father: Nathaniel ROBBINS
Mother: Elizabeth HUTCHINSON

Family 1 : Elizabeth MURRAY
  1. +Anne Jean ROBBINS

                                                                                           _____________________
                                                                                          |                     
                                                                     _____________________|_____________________
                                                                    |                                           
                                               _____________________|
                                              |                     |
                                              |                     |                      _____________________
                                              |                     |                     |                     
                                              |                     |_____________________|_____________________
                                              |                                                                 
                         _____________________|
                        |                     |
                        |                     |                                            _____________________
                        |                     |                                           |                     
                        |                     |                      _____________________|_____________________
                        |                     |                     |                                           
                        |                     |_____________________|
                        |                                           |
                        |                                           |                      _____________________
                        |                                           |                     |                     
                        |                                           |_____________________|_____________________
                        |                                                                                       
 _Nathaniel ROBBINS ____|
| (1726 - 1795)         |
|                       |                                                                  _____________________
|                       |                                                                 |                     
|                       |                                            _____________________|_____________________
|                       |                                           |                                           
|                       |                      _____________________|
|                       |                     |                     |
|                       |                     |                     |                      _____________________
|                       |                     |                     |                     |                     
|                       |                     |                     |_____________________|_____________________
|                       |                     |                                                                 
|                       |_____________________|
|                                             |
|                                             |                                            _____________________
|                                             |                                           |                     
|                                             |                      _____________________|_____________________
|                                             |                     |                                           
|                                             |_____________________|
|                                                                   |
|                                                                   |                      _____________________
|                                                                   |                     |                     
|                                                                   |_____________________|_____________________
|                                                                                                               
|
|--Edward Hutchinson ROBBINS 
|  (1758 - 1837)
|                                                                                          _William HUTCHINSON _+
|                                                                                         | (1586 - 1642) m 1612
|                                                                    _Edward HUTCHINSON __|_Anne MARBURY _______
|                                                                   | (.... - 1675)         (.... - 1643)       
|                                              _Elisha HUTCHINSON __|
|                                             | (1641 - 1717)       |
|                                             |                     |                      _Robert HAMBY _______+
|                                             |                     |                     | (.... - 1635)       
|                                             |                     |_Catherine HAMBY ____|_Elizabeth ARNOLD ___
|                                             |                                                                 
|                        _Edward HUTCHINSON __|
|                       | (1678 - 1752) m 1706|
|                       |                     |                                            _____________________
|                       |                     |                                           |                     
|                       |                     |                      _____________________|_____________________
|                       |                     |                     |                                           
|                       |                     |_____________________|
|                       |                                           |
|                       |                                           |                      _____________________
|                       |                                           |                     |                     
|                       |                                           |_____________________|_____________________
|                       |                                                                                       
|_Elizabeth HUTCHINSON _|
  (1731 - 1793)         |
                        |                                                                  _____________________
                        |                                                                 |                     
                        |                                            _____________________|_____________________
                        |                                           |                                           
                        |                      _____________________|
                        |                     |                     |
                        |                     |                     |                      _____________________
                        |                     |                     |                     |                     
                        |                     |                     |_____________________|_____________________
                        |                     |                                                                 
                        |_Lydia FOSTER _______|
                          (1687 - 1748) m 1706|
                                              |                                            _____________________
                                              |                                           |                     
                                              |                      _____________________|_____________________
                                              |                     |                                           
                                              |_____________________|
                                                                    |
                                                                    |                      _____________________
                                                                    |                     |                     
                                                                    |_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                                                

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[11774] Cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Robbins

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Abigail SALSBURY

[50959]

14 DEC 1805 - 26 AUG 1856

Family 1 : Sylvanus HIGGINS
  1. +Andrew Jackson HIGGINS

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[50959] Abigail m. (1) Barnabas Young (1800-1830). She is said to be daughter of Ephraim Salsbury (1780-1841) & Fanny Knowles (1782-1826; m. 12 July 1801 in Eden, Hancock Co., ME).

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Mary Stuart, Queen of SCOTS

[5381]

7 DEC 1542 - 8 FEB 1587

Father: James V, King of SCOTS
Mother: Mary of LORRAINE-GUISE

Family 1 : Francis II de Valois-Angoulême, King of FRANCE
Family 2 : Henry Stuart, Lord DARNLEY
  1. +James (I) STUART
Family 3 : James HEPBURN

                                                                                                                                _James I, King of SCOTS ___________________+
                                                                                                                               | (1394 - 1437) m 1424                      
                                                                                          _James II, King of SCOTS ____________|_Joan BEAUFORT ____________________________
                                                                                         | (1430 - 1460) m 1449                  (.... - 1445)                             
                                                      _James III, King of SCOTS _________|
                                                     | (1451 - 1488) m 1469              |
                                                     |                                   |                                      _Arnold of EGMOND _________________________+
                                                     |                                   |                                     | (1410 - 1473) m 1430                      
                                                     |                                   |_Mary of GUELDERS ___________________|_Catherine of CLEVES ______________________
                                                     |                                     (.... - 1463) m 1449                  (1417 - 1479)                             
                           _James IV, King of SCOTS _|
                          | (1473 - 1513) m 1503     |
                          |                          |                                                                          _Dietrich OLDENBURG _______________________+
                          |                          |                                                                         | (.... - 1440)                             
                          |                          |                                    _Christian I, King of DENMARK _______|_Hedwig, Herzogin VON SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN __
                          |                          |                                   | (1426 - 1481) m 1449                                                            
                          |                          |_Margarethe of DENMARK ____________|
                          |                            (1456 - ....) m 1469              |
                          |                                                              |                                      _Johan ("der Alchemist") HOHENZOLLERN _____+
                          |                                                              |                                     | (1406 - 1464)                             
                          |                                                              |_Dorothea HOHENZOLLERN ______________|_Barbara of SAXE-WITTENBERG _______________
                          |                                                                (1430 - 1495) m 1449                  (.... - 1465)                             
 _James V, King of SCOTS _|
| (1512 - 1542) m 1538    |
|                         |                                                                                                     _Owen TUDOR _______________________________+
|                         |                                                                                                    | (.... - 1461) m 1429                      
|                         |                                                               _Edmund TUDOR _______________________|_Katherine "The Fair" of VALOIS ___________
|                         |                                                              | (1430 - 1456) m 1453                  (1401 - 1437)                             
|                         |                           _Henry VII Tudor, King of ENGLAND _|
|                         |                          | (1457 - 1509) m 1486              |
|                         |                          |                                   |                                      _John BEAUFORT ____________________________+
|                         |                          |                                   |                                     | (1403 - 1444)                             
|                         |                          |                                   |_Margaret BEAUFORT __________________|_Margaret BEAUCHAMP _______________________
|                         |                          |                                     (1443 - 1509) m 1453                  (.... - 1482)                             
|                         |_Margaret TUDOR __________|
|                           (1489 - 1541) m 1503     |
|                                                    |                                                                          _Richard Plantagenet, K.G., Duke of YORK __+
|                                                    |                                                                         | (1411 - 1460) m 1438                      
|                                                    |                                    _Edward IV, King of ENGLAND _________|_Cecily NEVILLE ___________________________
|                                                    |                                   | (1442 - 1483) m 1464                  (1415 - 1495)                             
|                                                    |_Elizabeth PLANTAGENET ____________|
|                                                      (1465 - 1503) m 1486              |
|                                                                                        |                                      _Richard Woodville, Earl RIVERS ___________+
|                                                                                        |                                     | (1410 - 1469)                             
|                                                                                        |_Elizabeth WOODVILLE ________________|_Jacquetta of LUXEMBOURG __________________
|                                                                                          (1437 - 1492) m 1464                  (1416 - 1472)                             
|
|--Mary Stuart, Queen of SCOTS 
|  (1542 - 1587)
|                                                                                                                               _Anton I de Lorraine, Count of VAUDéMONT _
|                                                                                                                              | (.... - 1458)                             
|                                                                                         _Ferry II of Vaudémont DE LORRAINE _|_Marie D'HARCOURT _________________________
|                                                                                        | (1428 - 1470) m 1444                  (1398 - 1476)                             
|                                                     _René II DE LORRAINE _____________|
|                                                    | (1451 - 1508)                     |
|                                                    |                                   |                                      _René I "The Good" D'ANJOU _______________+
|                                                    |                                   |                                     | (1408 - 1480) m 1420                      
|                                                    |                                   |_Yolanda DE ANJOU ___________________|_Isabel DE LORRAINE _______________________
|                                                    |                                     (1428 - 1483) m 1444                  (.... - 1453)                             
|                          _Claude (I) of LORRAINE __|
|                         | (1496 - 1550) m 1513     |
|                         |                          |                                                                          _Arnold of EGMOND _________________________+
|                         |                          |                                                                         | (1410 - 1473) m 1430                      
|                         |                          |                                    _Adolf, Duke of GUELDERS ____________|_Catherine of CLEVES ______________________
|                         |                          |                                   | (1438 - 1477)                         (1417 - 1479)                             
|                         |                          |_Philippa of GUELDERS _____________|
|                         |                            (1467 - 1547)                     |
|                         |                                                              |                                      ___________________________________________
|                         |                                                              |                                     |                                           
|                         |                                                              |_____________________________________|___________________________________________
|                         |                                                                                                                                                
|_Mary of LORRAINE-GUISE _|
  (1515 - 1560) m 1538    |
                          |                                                                                                     ___________________________________________
                          |                                                                                                    |                                           
                          |                                                               _____________________________________|___________________________________________
                          |                                                              |                                                                                 
                          |                           _Francois DE BOURBON ______________|
                          |                          | (1470 - 1495)                     |
                          |                          |                                   |                                      ___________________________________________
                          |                          |                                   |                                     |                                           
                          |                          |                                   |_____________________________________|___________________________________________
                          |                          |                                                                                                                     
                          |_Antoinette DE BOURBON ___|
                            (1493 - 1583) m 1513     |
                                                     |                                                                          _Louis (I) of LUXEMBURG ___________________+
                                                     |                                                                         | (1418 - 1475)                             
                                                     |                                    _Pierre of LUXEMBURG ________________|___________________________________________
                                                     |                                   | (1439 - 1483) m 1466                                                            
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Compton's Encyclopedia (via America Online, 1995):

MARY, or MARY STUART (1542-87). The life of Mary Stuart, also called Mary,
queen of Scots, has been a favorite subject of dramatists and poets. She
became the central figure in a complex political drama, which resulted in her
untimely death. She lived in the turbulent period of the Protestant
Reformation, and she was a Catholic.

Mary Stuart, the daughter of King James V of Scotland and the French
princess Mary of Guise, was born on about Dec. 8, 1542. A few days after her
birth her father died, and she inherited the crown of Scotland. The infant
queen was pledged to marry Prince Edward of England (later Edward VI), but
the Scots rightly feared that Edward's father, King Henry VIII, wanted to
annex Scotland to England. They therefore preferred a French alliance, so
Mary was betrothed instead to the Dauphin (crown prince) Francis, heir to the
French throne.

The child queen was sent to France. For ten years she lived with her
mother's powerful relatives, the Guises, and acquired all the graces of the
French court. "This small queen of Scots," wrote her mother-in-law, Catherine
de' Medici, "has only to smile in order to turn all French heads."


At 15 she was married to the Dauphin. In the same year (1558) Elizabeth I
became queen of England (see Elizabeth I). Catholic Europe regarded Mary
Stuart as England's rightful queen. The Dauphin succeeded his father, Henry
II, in 1559 as Francis II. The next year Francis died, leaving Mary a
childless widow. She was then 18.

Reluctantly Mary sailed back to her Scottish homeland to rule as queen.
Her mother, who had acted as regent in her absence, had just died. French
influence had declined as English influence under Elizabeth I had grown. The
Protestant Reformation, for which John Knox and others had long labored, was
now established. From his pulpit Knox thundered denunciations of the Catholic
queen (see Knox).

Both English and Scottish statesmen were concerned with finding a husband
for Mary. As the granddaughter of Henry VIII's eldest sister, Mary was
heiress to the crown of England if, as seemed likely, Queen Elizabeth should
die unmarried and childless. To strengthen her claim Mary married in 1565
handsome Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, who also had a claim to the English
crown. The marriage was a failure. Darnley was vain, weak, and eager for
power.

Darnley's insolence and Mary's Catholicism produced discord between Mary
and her Protestant subjects. A group of her enemies at the court pointed out
to Darnley the rapid advancement with which the queen favored her Italian
secretary, David Rizzio. Darnley became party to their plot, and Rizzio was
dragged from the queen's presence at Holyrood Palace and murdered.

Mary pretended to pardon Rizzio's murderers. After the birth of her son
James in 1566, she even agreed to a formal reconciliation with Darnley; but
this did not last. The next year she persuaded her husband, who was ill, to
move from Glasgow to a lonely house called Kirk-o'-Field just outside
Edinburgh. One night the house was shattered by the explosion of barrels of
gunpowder. The next morning Darnley's strangled body was found in the garden.

The queen was suspected of having had a part in her husband's murder. Knox
intensified his campaign against her. The Scottish lords rose in revolt when,
three months after Darnley's death, Mary was married to the earl of Bothwell,
who had been exposed as the leader of Darnley's assassins. Mary's forces were
defeated at Carberry Hill near Edinburgh. The queen was forced to abdicate in
favor of her infant son, James VI. Bothwell fled to Denmark.

For 11 months Mary was imprisoned in the island castle of Loch Leven. On
May 2, 1568, she escaped by boat to the mainland, where her friends awaited
her. An army rallied round her, only to be completely defeated at the village
of Langside, south of Glasgow, by the regent Murray's forces. Mary fled, and
according to her own account, she slept on the ground, hungry and cold, for
three nights. Then she crossed the border into England and cast herself on
the mercy of Queen Elizabeth. Elizabeth promptly had her taken into custody
while a commission examined her guilt in regard to Darnley's murder.

Letters found in a mysterious silver casket, supposedly written by Mary to
Bothwell after his flight, were used against her to prove that she was aware
of the plot to murder Darnley. The original letters, written in French,
disappeared during Mary's lifetime, and there has been much controversy over
the English translation, which was made from copies.

For nearly 19 years Mary Stuart was Elizabeth's prisoner. English
Catholics formed plots to liberate her and place her on the throne of
England. The Babington conspiracy of 1585--named after the ringleader,
Anthony Babington--was the last and fatal link in a series of events that at
length induced Elizabeth to bring Mary to trial in 1586. Mary conducted her
own defense with courage and eloquence but was found guilty of complicity in
a plot to assassinate Elizabeth. Elizabeth reluctantly signed Mary Stuart's
death warrant. On Feb. 8, 1587, Mary, bearing herself like a queen, was
beheaded in Fotheringay Castle, Northamptonshire. When Elizabeth died 16
years later, Mary Stuart's son, James VI of Scotland, became James I of
England, the first of England's Stuart line.

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Mary m. (1) 24 April 1558 in Paris Francis II and (3) 15 May 1567 Mary Queen of Scots made an unpopular third marriage to James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell. The marriage took place according to Protestant rites in the Great Hall at Holyrood, eight days after Bothwell's divorce from Jean Gordon, daughter of the 4th Earl of Huntly. Mary and Bothwell's marriage proved disastrous - within hours of the union, placards appeared on the streets of Edinburgh with images of Mary as a mermaid (which was the sign for a prostitute) and Bothwell was forced to flee Scotland exactly a month later, never to see Mary again. He died in prison in Dragholm Castle in Denmark in 1578, at the age of 44, after years of solitary confinement.

See http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/stewart_8.htm.

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