On this day in history - Mary Queen of Scots married Francis Dauphin of France


24 April 2022
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imports_CESC_0-vt07z16o-100000_27797.jpg On this day in history - Mary Queen of Scots married Francis Dauphin of France
Mary Queen of Scots married Francis, Dauphin of France at Notre Dame de Paris on 24 April 1558. ...

On 24 April 1558, Mary Queen of Scots married the Dauphin of France at Notre Dame de Paris cathedral. Fifteen-year-old Mary became Queen Consort of France by the marriage and the union also made fourteen-year-old Francis King Consort of Scotland.

The marriage produced no children and Francis died in 1560, ruling France for just eighteen months.
 

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