Siege of Leith
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The siege of Leith ended a twelve-year encampment of French troops at Leith, the port near Edinburgh, Scotland. French troops arrived in Scotland by invitation in 1548. In 1560 the French soldiers opp
James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, Regent of Scotland from 1542 to 1554
Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland from 1554 to 1560
Head of the statue of John Knox, New College, Edinburgh
19th century plan showing the French fortifications of 1560
Mary of Guise
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Mary of Guise, also called Mary of Lorraine, was Queen of Scotland from 1538 until 1542, as the second wife of King James V. She was a French noblewoman of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the Ho
Portrait attributed to Corneille de Lyon, c. 1537
Arms of Mary of Guise, Magdalen Chapel, Edinburgh
Mary of Guise and her second husband, King James V of Scotland
Mary, Queen of Scots, Mary of Guise's daughter, for whom she acted as regent from 1554 to 1560