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Mary of Guise

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Mary of Guise

Mary of Guise (French: Marie de Guise; 22 November 1515 – 11 June 1560), also called Mary of Lorraine, was Queen of Scotland from 1538 until 1542, as the second wife of King James V. She was a French noblewoman of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine and one of the most powerful families in France. As the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, she was a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked mid-16th-century Scotland, ruling the kingdom as queen regent on behalf of her daughter from 1554 until her death in 1560. The eldest of the twelve children born to Claude, Duke of Guise, and Antoinette of Bourbon, in 1534 Mary was married to Louis II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville, the Grand Chamberlain of France. The marriage was arranged by King Francis I of France, but proved shortlived. The Duke of Longueville died in 1537, and the widower kings of England and Scotland, Henry VIII and James V, both sought the Duchess of Longueville's hand. After much persuasion from Francis I and James V, who wrote a personal letter pleading for her hand and counsel, Mary eventually relented and agreed to marry the King of Scots. Following the new queen's arrival in Scotland, James and Mary were married in person in June 1538 at St Andrews Cathedral. Mary was crowned queen at Holyrood Abbey on 22 February 1540, and the marriage produced three children in quick succession: James, Duke of Rothesay; Robert, Duke of Albany; and Mary. Both sons died in April 1541, just 14 hours apart, and when James V himself died in December 1542, his only surviving heir, Mary, became Queen of Scots at the age of six days old. James V's death thrust Mary of Guise into the political arena as mother of the infant Queen of Scots, with the government of Scotland entrusted to James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, as regent during the early years of the minority and the Rough Wooing. With the Treaty of Haddington in 1548, the child queen Mary was betrothed to Francis, the Dauphin of France, and was sent to be brought up in France under the protection of King Henry II. Mary of Guise replaced Arran as regent in 1554, and her regency was dominated by her determination to protect and advance the dynastic interests of her daughter, maintain the Franco-Scottish alliance, and reassert the power of the Scottish crown. Throughout her regency, Mary displayed tolerance towards the religious reform movement, and implemented a policy of accommodation towards her Protestant subjects, though she was ultimately unable to prevent the Scottish Reformation.

Infobox

Tenure
9 May 1538 – 14 December 1542
Coronation
22 February 1540
Regency
12 April 1554 – 11 June 1560
Monarch
Mary
Born
22 November 1515Château des ducs de Bar,Bar-le-Duc, Duchy of Lorraine,Holy Roman Empire
Died
11 June 1560 (aged 44)Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland
Burial
July 1561Saint-Pierre-les-Dames, Reims, France
Spouses
mw- Louis II, Duke of Longueville (m. 1534; died 1537) James V of Scotland (m. 1538; died 1542)
Issuemore...
François III, Duke of Longueville Louis d'Orléans James, Duke of Rothesay Robert, Duke of Albany Mary, Queen of Scots
House
Guise
Father
Claude, Duke of Guise
Mother
Antoinette de Bourbon

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Scottish royalty
Scottish royalty
Mary of Guise House of GuiseCadet branch of the House of LorraineBorn: 22 November 1515 Died: 11 June 1560
Scottish royalty
VacantTitle last held byMadeleine of Valois
VacantTitle last held byMadeleine of Valois
Mary of Guise House of GuiseCadet branch of the House of LorraineBorn: 22 November 1515 Died: 11 June 1560
VacantTitle last held byMadeleine of Valois
Mary of Guise House of GuiseCadet branch of the House of LorraineBorn: 22 November 1515 Died: 11 June 1560
Queen consort of Scotland 1538–1542
Mary of Guise House of GuiseCadet branch of the House of LorraineBorn: 22 November 1515 Died: 11 June 1560
VacantTitle next held byFrancis II of France as king consort
Mary of Guise House of GuiseCadet branch of the House of LorraineBorn: 22 November 1515 Died: 11 June 1560
Scottish royalty
VacantTitle last held byMadeleine of Valois
Queen consort of Scotland 1538–1542
VacantTitle next held byFrancis II of France as king consort

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