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Mary ("Queen Dowager"), of Guise
b. 22 November 1515, d. 11 June 1560
Person Exhibits
Mary of Guise
Birth
Mary ("Queen Dowager"), of Guise, was born on 22 November 1515 in Bar-le-Duc, Lorraine.
Child with King James Stewart, V of Scotland (b. 10 April 1512, d. 14 December 1542)
| Daughter | Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots+ (b. 8 December 1542, d. 8 February 1587) |
Titles
Mary ("Queen Dowager"), of Guise, held the title of was raised to the office of Regent of Scotland during the minority of her daughter on 12 April 1554.1
Property
Mary ("Queen Dowager"), of Guise, possessed registered with Parliament a contract of marriage between Lady Fleming, her daughter Margaret "mistress Graham" and Thomas Master of Erskine on 4 February 1549.2
Death
Mary ("Queen Dowager"), of Guise, died dropsy on 11 June 1560 at age 44 in Edinburgh Castle.3,1 She was buried in July 1561 in Fecamp, Normandy.
Citations
- [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: viewed 26 April 2025), Mary of Guise at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Guise.
- [S136] Robert Kerr Hannay, Editor, Acts of the Lords of Council in Public Affairs: 1501-1554 (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1932), p 580; online image, HathiTrust (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000047600931&seq=7&q1=fleming : viewed 20 June 2025.
- [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: online 10 November 2023), Mary, Queen of Scots at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots.
| Last Edited | 20 June 2025 |