Mary of Guise Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Mary of Guise, based on 4 World History Database records associated with France.

4 records1542–15434 events3 places

Chronological biography

1542

Birth of Mary Queen of Scots8 December 1542

House / House of Stewart · Queen · Queen Consort of Scotland · Linlithgow

Gives birth at Linlithgow Palace to Mary, the future Queen of Scots and heir to the Scottish crown.

Widowhood of Mary of Guise14 December 1542

House / House of Stewart · Queen Dowager · Queen Dowager of Scotland · Falkland

Becomes queen dowager when James V dies at Falkland, leaving their six-day-old daughter Mary as Queen of Scots.

1543

Opposition to English Marriage1543

Government / Treaty of Greenwich · Queen Dowager · Queen Dowager of Scotland · Stirling

Opposes Henry VIII's plan to marry her daughter to Prince Edward.

Treaty of Greenwich Opposed1543

Government / Treaty of Greenwich · Queen Dowager · Queen Dowager of Scotland · Stirling

Supports the faction resisting English control of Scotland.

Titles and roles

Queen Dowager · Queen Dowager of Scotland · Queen · Queen Consort of Scotland

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.