Scotland marriage of MARY QUEEN OF SCOTTS to FRANCIS II 19th c medallion - marriage to French Dauphin in 1558. Start Price GBP 95.00 Current Price GBP 95.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, August 28, 2008 End Time Sunday, September 07, 2008 Location London See more about 'Scotland marriage of MARY QUEEN OF SCOTTS to FRANCIS II' Description Marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots and Francis II, 1558,  a mid-19th century gilt-bronze medal, unsigned but by J.B. Salmson. Obverse : busts vis-à-vis, crown above,   reverse : crowned conjoined arms of French Dauphin and Scotland. Following the death of her father, James V, King of Scots, Mary Stuart had been crowned Queen of Scots, in Stirling Castle, on September 9, 1543, at the age of nine months.  The marriage between Mary, Queen of Scots, and Francis, Dauphin of France, was arranged by Henry II of France in 1548, when Francis was just four years old.  Once the marriage agreement had been formally ratified, the now six-year-old Mary was sent to France, to be raised in the royal court until the marriage. Despite the fact that Mary Stuart was tall for her age and fluent in speech, while Francis was abnormally short and stuttered, Henry II commented that "from the very first day they met, my son and she got on as well together as if they had known each other for a long time". On April 24, 1558, the fourteen-year-old Dauphin was married to the Queen of Scots in a union that would have given the future kings of France the throne of Scotland and also a claim to the throne of England through Mary's Great-Grandfather, King Henry VII of England. However, Mary and Francis were to have no children during their short lived marriage. François died on December 5, 1560.  Mary's mother-in-law, Catherine de' Medici, became regent for the late king's brother Charles IX, who inherited the French throne.  Under the terms of the Treaty of Edinburgh signed by Mary's representatives on July 6, 1560 following the death of her mother, France undertook to withdraw troops from Scotland and recognise Elizabeth's right to rule England.  The 17-year-old Mary, still in France, refused to ratify the treaty. Mary returned to Scotland soon after this and arrived in Leith on August 19, 1561.  Despite her talents, Mary's upbringing had not given her the judgment to cope with the dangerous and complex political situation between Scotlandand England at  that time. MI I, 92/5; E 40; Brodie 228.       52mm Good Extremely Fine, even gilding, slight flaw below Mary's bust Place a Bid!