Madeleine de Valois

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French Monarchy-
Capetian Dynasty
(Valois-Angoulême branch)

Francis I Children    Francis    Henry II    Madeleine of Valois    Charles of Valois    Margaret of Valois Henry II Children    Francis II    Elizabeth of Valois    Claude of Valois    Louis of Valois    Charles IX    Henry III    Marguerite of Valois    François, Duke of Anjou    Joan of Valois    Victoria of Valois Francis II Charles IX Henry III

Madeleine de Valois, (St. Germain-en-Laye, France August 10, 1520 – July 7, 1537 at Edinburgh, Scotland) was a princess of France and Queen consort of King James V of Scotland.

Princess Madeleine was the fifth child and third daughter of King François I of France and Claude de France, daughter of Louis XII of France. She was married to King James on January 1, 1537 at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.

The young princess suffered from tuberculosis and lived for only a few months after her marriage, dying at the age of sixteen.

Queen Madeleine was interred in Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh.

Preceded by Margaret Tudor

Queen consort of Scotland January 1 - July 7, 1537

Succeeded by Mary of Guise