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The House of Guise was founded as a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine by Claude of Lorraine (1496–1550), who entered French service and was made the first Duke of Guise by King Francis I in 1527. The family's high rank was not due to possession of the Guise dukedom but to their membership in a sovereign dynasty, which procured for them ...
Mary of Guise, 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 ...
1. She Had Noble Roots. Mary of Guise was born at Bar-le-Duc, Lorraine on May 9, 1538, to Claude, Duke of Guise and Antoinette de Bourbon. Her family, a branch of the powerful House of Lorraine, was one of France’s most prominent noble lines. But while she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth, her family's connections came with a whole ...
MARY OF LORRAINE, generally known as MARY OF GUISE, queen of James V and afterwards regent of Scotland, was born at Bar on the 22nd of November 1515. She was the eldest child of Claude of Guise and Antoinette of Bourbon, and married in 1534 Louis II of Orleans, Duke of Longueville, to whom in 1535 she bore a son, Francis (d. 1551).
Jan 21, 2021 · On 12 June 1538 James married Mary of Guise, a member of a powerful and prominent Catholic family. The king was also known to have had many mistresses and fathered at least nine illegitimate children. With Mary of Guise James had one daughter, also called Mary, born on 8 December 1542.
Nov 10, 2022 · Mary of Guise in Scotland, 1548-1560 : a political career by Ritchie, Pamela E. Publication date 2002 Topics Mary, Queen, consort of James V, King of Scotland, 1515 ...
Also known as Mary of Lorraine she was born into a staunchly Catholic family on 20 November 1515, in the rather forbidding castle of Bar-le-Duc in north-east France. Her father was Claude, Count (later Duke) of Guise, a powerful figure in France, and her mother was Antoinette of Bourbon. At the age of four, the family moved to Joinville Castle ...
