Who is Mary Queen of Scots cousin?

Answer 1

Yes, Mary Queen of Scots and Mary I of England were related. Mary Tudor's father was Henry VIII - and his sister, Margaret Tudor, was Mary Queen of Scots' grandmother (she married James IV of Scotland). This family connection was the basis for Mary Queen of Scot's claim to the English throne which would shape Anglo-Scottish relations during the 1540s-1560s, and the reason for the strained relationship between Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth.

So, the answer below does not take into account the fact that the Tudor and the Stewarts were related on Mary Queen of Scots' father's side!!

No. However Queen Mary I ( Bloody Mary) who only reigned 5 years-l553-58 and was succeeded on her death by Queen Elizabeth I- were half-sisters. they had the same father- Henry The Viii! Mary was the daughter of Katharine of Aragon who was a Spanish Princess, ( never called by her Spanish handle, Catalina) and Elizabeth of the ill-fated Anne Boleyn. Both had Henry as father. Mary Stuart, the Queen of Scots ws the daughter of the ruling Queen of France, Marie de Guise, and was not a blood relative of the English Royals at all.

Answer 2

Mary, Queen of Scotts had many cousins.

Her mother came from a large French family. She had several Uncles and had several cousins on that side.

On her Fathers side she had many cousins. Her father was the great-grandson of Henry VII making her father the first cousin of Henry VIII's Children (Mary, Elizabeth, and Edward.)

Duchess Mary of Suffolk, the sister of Henry VIII (who was Mary's great Aunt) had several children as well. Her daughter Frances was the first cousin once removed from Mary-and Frances' daughters Mary, Katherine and Jane were Mary's second cousins.

Her grandmother Margret (another sister of Henry VIII) was married three times and had children with two of her husbands. Mary's father was the product of Margret's first husband. Mary's grandmother Margret had a daughter Margret who had a son named Henry. Henry was Mary's first cousin before they married.

Her grandfather also got around as well. He had a daughter (Mary's Aunt) who went with Mary when she came to live in France as a child. Mary's Aunt had an affair with King Henry II and had a son with him. Biologically their son was Mary's cousin, but after she married Henry's son he became Mary's brother in law.

Answer 3

Her maternal grandmother was Antoinette de Bourbon, while her paternal grandmother was Margaret Tudor.