Mary of GuiseApril 1560
Mary of Guise relies on French troops besieged by English and Scottish Protestant forces
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Mary of Guise relies on French troops besieged by English and Scottish Protestant forces
English troops besiege Leith, held by the queen regent, in aid of the "reformers"
French forces are starved into submission at Leith
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