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Mary of Guise

1515 - 1560

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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. As the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, she was a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked mid-16th-century Scotland, ruling the kingdom as queen regent on behalf of her daughter from 1554 until her death in 1560. The eldest of the twelve children born to Claude, Duke of Guise, and Antoinette of Bourbon, in 1534 Mary was married to Louis II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville, the Grand Chamberlain of France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary of Guise has received more than 3,787,922 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Mary of Guise is the 2,487th most popular politician (down from 1,969th in 2019), the 834th most popular biography from France (down from 689th in 2019) and the 190th most popular French Politician.

Mary of Guise was a Scottish noblewoman and queen consort of France, as the second wife of King Francis II. She was the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mary of Guise ranks 2,487 out of 19,576. Before her are Raúl Alfonsín, Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Alexander Jannaeus, Shalmaneser I, Mohammed Badie, and Alfonso VII of León and Castile. After her are Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Emperor Kōshō, Werner von Haeften, B. J. Habibie, Andronikos IV Palaiologos, and Otto Grotewohl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1515, Mary of Guise ranks 7. Before her are Şehzade Mustafa, Teresa of Ávila, Anne of Cleves, Philip Neri, Lucas Cranach the Younger, and Injong of Joseon. After her are Pierre Lescot, Piali Pasha, Petrus Ramus, Sebastian Castellio, Cipriano de Rore, and Felix of Cantalice. Among people deceased in 1560, Mary of Guise ranks 5. Before her are Francis II of France, Gustav I of Sweden, Philip Melanchthon, and Andrea Doria. After her are Anastasia Romanovna, Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Imagawa Yoshimoto, Joachim du Bellay, Stańczyk, Jan Mandijn, and Melchor Cano.

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In France

Among people born in France, Mary of Guise ranks 834 out of 6,770. Before her are Magnentius (303), Nicolas Oudinot (1767), Joscelin I, Count of Edessa (1072), Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339), Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804), and Maurice Denis (1870). After her are Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677), Bourvil (1917), Max Jacob (1876), Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755), Célestin Freinet (1896), and Jean-Pierre Léaud (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Mary of Guise ranks 190. Before her are Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1725), Louis the Blind (880), Henry II, Count of Champagne (1166), Magnentius (303), Joscelin I, Count of Edessa (1072), and Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339). After her are Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677), Georges Couthon (1755), Paul Reynaud (1878), Léon Gambetta (1838), Louis Desaix (1768), and Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838).

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