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Antoinette de Bourbon. Mary of Guise (French: Marie de Guise; 22 November 1515 – 11 June 1560), 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.
He painted her again, about four years later, and the picture is now in the Bibliothéque Nationale. Mary, Queen of Scots aged around 13 by Clouet Clouet was also the painter of this well-known portrait of Mary as a young woman, which, considering the action of her hands, may be a betrothal portrait, dating from just before her marriage to the Dauphin François.
Mary of Guise (1515-1560) Mary of Guise was the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots. The Guise family was immensely powerful in France and this portrait can be seen as part of their efforts to promote their interests. It was painted to secure an advantageous second marriage for Mary of Guise, who had recently been widowed.
- Early Life
- Queen Consort: James V of Scotland
- The Regency: War with England
- Deposed as Regent
- Death
Mary of Guise was born on 22 November 1515 in Bar-le-Duc, Lorraine, France. She was born into the powerful and most prominent Catholic family in France. Mary was the eldest daughter of her father Claude, Duke of Guise, and her mother Antoinette de Bourbon. Mary is described as having a striking figure with good looks, an unusual height, and red-gol...
James V of Scotland had married Madeleine de Valois (1521-1537), daughter of Francis I of France, on 1 January 1537 CE in Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, but, always having had frail health, Madeleine died of consumption six months later. On 12 June 1538, James married Mary of Guise, presumably, the two had met while James had stayed in France for s...
Henry VIII, like his predecessors, was ambitious to control Scotland. The English king’s initial plan was to use diplomacy and have his son Edward, the Prince of Wales, marry the young queen Mary. Mary of Guise was not against the idea, but the Scottish lords were not keen to forgo any of their independence, and the Scottish Parliament rejected the...
Meanwhile, Elizabeth I of Englandhad begun her reign in 1558 (she would rule until 1603). Protestant Elizabeth even sent aid to the Protestant Lords of the Congregation in Scotland to destabilise the throne, which then led to Mary of Guise being deposed as regent, or 'suspended' as Mary’s enemies preferred to put it in October 1559. Mary’s downfall...
Forces loyal to Mary of Guise had managed to withstand the English assault at Leith with success, but their cause there and across Scotland was dealt, literally, a fatal blow. Mary died of illness - likely dropsy (oedema) - at Edinburgh Castle on 11 June 1560; she was buried in Rheims in her French homeland in March 1561. With her death and the los...
- Mark Cartwright
The daughter of a French duke, Mary of Guise had just been widowed when she was married to James V to strengthen the alliance between France and Scotland. Their two sons died in infancy and James died a few days after their daughter, Mary, was born in 1542. Mary of Guise chose to stay in Scotland, ruling as Regent to protect her daughter's interests. Although courageous and determined ...
Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587) 17th C. unknown artist. Blairs Museum. There’s a striking resemblance between the dress in this portrait, which was painted in the seventeenth century, and the costume worn by the actress who played Mary Stuart in Pierre-Antoine Lebrun’s 1820 tragedy (based on Schiller's 1800 play).
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This tour uses a combination of portraits painted during her lifetime and romanticised history paintings to tell the story of Mary's life and the making of a legend. Mary, Queen of Scots , 1542 - 1587. Reigned 1542 - 1567 (In white mourning) (Probably a 19th century replica after an image of 1561) by Unknown National Galleries Scotland: Portrait.
