Madeleine of Valois, Queen of Scots

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Madeleine of Valois, Queen of Scots, was a French princess and the first wife of James V of Scotland, remembered for her brief queenship and early death shortly after arriving in Scotland in 1537.

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Madeleine of Valois 0
Claude of France 0
Francis I of France 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French princess
Queen consort of Scotland
associatedWith Auld Alliance
surface form: Franco-Scottish alliance
birthDate 1520-08-10
birthPlace Kingdom of France
Saint-Germain-en-Laye NERFINISHED
burialPlace Holyrood Abbey
child Madeleine of Valois
Madeleine of Valois
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
deathCause illness
deathDate 1537-07-02
deathPlace Edinburgh
Kingdom of Scotland
era 16th century
familyName House of Valois
surface form: of Valois
father Francis I of France
fatherTitle Kings of France
surface form: King of France
fullName Madeleine of Valois
givenName Madeleine
hasNoChildren true
house House of Valois
languageSpoken French
marriageDate 1537-01-01
marriagePlace Notre-Dame Cathedral
surface form: Notre-Dame de Paris
monarchDuringReignAsQueenConsort James V of Scotland
mother Claude of France
nobleFamily Valois
notableFor brief queenship of Scotland
early death shortly after arriving in Scotland
positionHeld Queen consort of Scotland
predecessorAsQueenConsortOfScotland Margaret Tudor
reignAsQueenConsortEnd 1537-07-02
reignAsQueenConsortStart 1537-05-19
religion Roman Catholicism
sibling Charles de Valois, Duke of Orléans
surface form: Charles, Duke of Orléans

Francis, Dauphin of France
Henry II of France NERFINISHED
Henry, Duke of Orléans
Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry
Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry
surface form: Margaret of France, Duchess of Savoy
spouse James V of Scotland
Madeleine of Valois
spouseTitle King of Scots
successorAsQueenConsortOfScotland Mary of Guise
title Madeleine of Valois
surface form: Dauphine of France

Queen of Scots

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Queen of Scots hasNotableHolder Madeleine of Valois, Queen of Scots