Madeleine de Valois
F, #102071, b. 10 August 1520, d. 7 July 1537
Madeleine de Valois was born on 10 August 1520 at Château of St. Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Île-de-France, France. She was the daughter of François I, Roi de France and Claude de Valois, Duchesse de Bretagne. She married James V Stewart, King of Scotland, son of James IV Stewart, King of Scotland and Lady Margaret Tudor, on 1 January 1537 at Notre Dame, Paris, France. She died on 7 July 1537 at age 16 at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, from consumption, without issue. She was buried at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
From: The Peerage: Madeleine de Valois, accessed Jan 31, 2014.
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Her Wikipedia article includes part of the poem "Deploration of Deith of Quene Magdalene" by the makar David Lyndsay (ca1490ca1555) , which is also a contemporary description of the pageantry of the marriage.