On this day in history, 24th April 1558 - Mary, Queen of Scots married Francis, the Dauphin of Franc
On this day in history, 24th April 1558 - Mary, Queen of Scots married Francis, the Dauphin of France, at Notre Dame in Paris. Mary was fifteen, and Francis was fourteen. Francis became King Consort of Scotland at the marriage and then he became King of France and Mary Queen Consort of France, on the death of his father, Henry II, in July 1559. Unfortunately, Francis’s reign only lasted 17 months, because he died in December 1560 from an abscess in the brain caused by an ear infection. -- source link
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