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Also Known As Duke of Albany • Henry Stuart • Earl of Ross
Born December 7, 1545 • England
Died February 9, 1567 or February 10, 1567 • Edinburgh • Scotland
Notable Family Members spouse Mary • son James I

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Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary
queen of Scotland
William Davison
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Maitland, William
William Maitland
Scottish statesman
John Leslie, detail of an engraving
John Leslie
Scottish bishop
duke of Monmouth
James Scott, duke of Monmouth
English noble
Matilda
Matilda
daughter of Henry I of England, consort of the Holy Roman emperor Henry V
L.G. Blanchet: James Edward, the Old Pretender
James Edward, the Old Pretender
claimant to English and Scottish thrones
Edmund Mortimer, 5th earl of March
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Richard
English claimant to the Holy Roman Empire
Perkin Warbeck
English pretender
Arabella Stuart, painting possibly by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1605; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Arabella Stuart
English noble
Lambert Simnel
English pretender
Isabella Clara Eugenia, archduchess of Austria
archduchess of Austria
Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 4th duke of
Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk
English noble [1538-1572]
David Riccio
Italian royal secretary
David Hume
David Hume
Scottish philosopher
Daniel Mytens: portrait of James I
James I
king of England and Scotland
William Wallace
William Wallace
Scottish hero
Robert the Bruce
Robert the Bruce
king of Scotland
Lord Dundee, ink miniature by David Paton; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st viscount of Dundee
Scottish soldier