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Mary was born on 8 December 1542 at [[Linlithgow Palace]], Scotland, to King [[James V]] and his French second wife, [[Mary of Guise]]. She was said to have been born prematurely and was the only legitimate child of James to survive him.<ref>{{Harvnb|Fraser|1994|p=13}}</ref> She was the great-granddaughter of King [[Henry VII of England]] through her paternal grandmother, [[Margaret Tudor]]. Margaret was [[Henry VIII]]'s older sister so Mary was Henry VIII's great-niece. On 14 December, six days after her birth, she became [[List of Scottish monarchs|Queen of Scotland]] when her father died, perhaps from the effects of a nervous collapse following the [[Battle of Solway Moss]]<ref>{{Harvnb|Fraser|1994|p=11}}; {{Harvnb|Wormald|1988|p=46}}</ref> or from drinking contaminated water while on campaign.<ref>{{Harvnb|Guy|2004|p=16}}</ref>
A popular tale, first recorded by [[John Knox]], states that James, upon hearing on his deathbed that his wife had given birth to a daughter, ruefully exclaimed, "It cam wi' a lass and it will gang wi' a lass!"<ref>This version is taken from [[Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie]]'s ''The History of Scotland from 21 February 1436 to March 1565'' written in the 1570s. The phrase was first recorded by [[John Knox]] in the 1560s as, "The devil go with it! It will end as it began: it came from a woman; and it will end in a woman" ({{Harvnb|Wormald|1988|pp=11–12}}).</ref> His [[House of Stuart]] had gained the throne of Scotland in the 14th century through "a
Mary was christened at the nearby [[St Michael's Parish Church, Linlithgow|Church of St Michael]] shortly after she was born.<ref>{{Harvnb|Fraser|1994|p=12}}; {{Harvnb|Guy|2004|p=17}}</ref> Rumours spread that she was weak and frail,<ref>{{Harvnb|Fraser|1994|p=13}}; {{Harvnb|Guy|2004|p=17}}</ref> but an English diplomat, [[Ralph Sadler]], saw the infant at Linlithgow Palace in March 1543, unwrapped by her nurse [[Jean Sinclair]], and wrote, "it is as goodly a child as I have seen of her age, and as like to live."<ref>Sadler to Henry VIII, 23 March 1543, quoted in {{Harvnb|Clifford|1809|p=88}}; {{Harvnb|Fraser|1994|p=18}}; {{Harvnb|Guy|2004|p=22}}; {{Harvnb|Wormald|1988|p=43}}</ref>
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