I whanau a Mary i te 8 o Tihema 1542 i Linlithgow Palace, Scotland, ki a Kingi James V me tana wahine tuarua French, a Mary of Guise. I kiia ia kua whanau wawe, ko ia anake te tamaiti tika o James 'ki te ora ia. Ko ia te tamahine a King Henry VIII o Ingarangi, i te mea ko tana tupuna matua, a Margaret Tudor, te tuahine o Henry VIII. I te 14 o Tihema, e ono nga ra i muri i tona whanautanga, i riro ia hei Kuini o Scotland i te wa i mate ai tona papa, mai i nga paanga o te ngoikoretanga i muri i te Pakanga o Solway Moss, i te inu wai poke ranei i a ia e pakanga ana. He korero rongonui, i tuhia tuatahi e John Knox, e kii ana ko James, i tana rongonga i te matenga o tana wahine kua whanau he tamahine ki tana moenga, i kii, "He wahine piripiri, he wahine piripiri!" i whanau mai ia i roto i nga uri o James i ora i roto i a ia. I muri mai i te whanaungatanga o te kingi o Ingarangi, i
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