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Princess Mary Tudor: biding her time after marrying Louis XII

By Olivia LonguevilleIn Tudor & Renaissance Blog, Valois blogPosted August 14, 2019

On the 13th of August 1514, Princess Mary Tudor was married to King Louis XII of France by proxy at Greenwich Palace.  A young and beautiful maid became the wife of an ailing and old monarch!  Mary was eighteen, while Louis was fifty-two!  However, the age difference did not matter...

Tags: Charles Brandon, François d’Angoulême, henry viii, King François I of France, King Henry VIII, King Louis XII of France, princess mary tudor, Tudor Era
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