Francis II & Mary Queen of Scots, proclaimed King and Queen of France

 

 On this day ~ 10th July 1559 
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 Francis II & Mary Queen of Scots, proclaimed King and Queen of France 

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 When King Henry II of France died on 10th July 1559, from injuries sustained in a joust ~ fifteen-year-old Francis and sixteen-year-old Mary, became king and queen of France.

 Sadly, their young marriage ended in tragedy.
King Francis II died on 5th December 1560, of a middle ear infection that led to an abscess in his brain, leaving the young Queen a widow.
They had been married for just 2 years.

Mary was grief-stricken, and returned to Scotland nine months later.

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 Mary and Francis in Catherine de' Medici's Book of Hours C.1574.
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.