She was the eldest of the twelve children born to Claude, Duke of Guise, and Antoinette de Bourbon.
- “In 1534, at the age of eighteen, Mary, who was tall and attractive with auburn hair…” http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/stewart_14.html
Friday 6 July 2018
309) Mary of Guise
Mary of Guise (1515 – 1560), also called Mary of Lorraine. French noblewoman of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine and one of the most powerful families in France. She was Queen of Scotland from 1538 until 1542, as the second wife of King James V. 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 regent on behalf of her daughter from 1554 until her death in 1560.
She was the eldest of the twelve children born to Claude, Duke of Guise, and Antoinette de Bourbon.
- “In 1534, at the age of eighteen, Mary, who was tall and attractive with auburn hair…” http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/stewart_14.html
She was the eldest of the twelve children born to Claude, Duke of Guise, and Antoinette de Bourbon.
- “In 1534, at the age of eighteen, Mary, who was tall and attractive with auburn hair…” http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/stewart_14.html
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