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This page lists the 12 numbered sources that the article on the Mary Queen of Scots family tree cites. It also gives the credits of the portraits and the article as a reference in four styles. The chart and the article have a page of their own.

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  • APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 10). The Mary Queen of Scots family tree of Stewarts and Tudors. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/mary-queen-of-scots-family-tree
  • MLA“The Mary Queen of Scots Family Tree of Stewarts and Tudors.” Genogram Builder, 10 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/history/mary-queen-of-scots-family-tree.
  • ChicagoGenogram Builder. “The Mary Queen of Scots Family Tree of Stewarts and Tudors.” Last modified November 10, 2026. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/mary-queen-of-scots-family-tree.
  • HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) The Mary Queen of Scots Family Tree of Stewarts and Tudors. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/history/mary-queen-of-scots-family-tree (Accessed: 10 November 2026).

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Every source of this Mary Queen of Scots family tree was opened on 10 November 2026. Westminster Abbey, Historic Environment Scotland and The Royal Family are cited first, and Wikipedia for dates they do not give. Sources give the birth of Darnley as 1545 or 1546.

Westminster Abbey

  1. Mary, Queen of Scots

Historic Environment Scotland

  1. Margaret Tudor, My Lady, The King’s Defiant Mother

The Royal Family

  1. James I (r. 1603-1625)
  2. Henry VII (r. 1485-1509)

Wikipedia

  1. Mary, Queen of Scots
  2. James IV of Scotland
  3. James V of Scotland
  4. Mary of Guise
  5. Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus
  6. Margaret Douglas
  7. James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
  8. James VI and I

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