Madeleine of Valois

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Madeleine of France (10 August 1520 – 2 July 1537) was the daughter of Francis I of France and Claude

Madeleine of Valois
Queen Consort of The Picts
Tenure1 January 1537 - 7 July 1537
Coronation12 January 1537
Born17 June 1522
Died7 July 1537(1537-07-07) (aged 15)
SpouseJames V, King Of The Picts
HouseValois
FatherFrancis I of France
MotherClaude of France

of France. She was married to James V of Scotland on 1 January 1537 in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.

Madeleine got sick with tuberculosis when she went to live in Scotland and died when she was only 16 years old. She is buried in Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland.