Marriage contract no. 144: England - Schottland

Date of contract conclusion: 1. Juli 1543
Place of contract conclusion: Greenwich

Groom

Name: Eduard von England
GND: 118687891
Year of Birth: 1537
Year of Death: 1553
Dynasty: Tudor
Confession: Anglikanisch

Bride

Name: Maria von Schottland
GND: 118577808
Year of Birth: 1542
Year of Death: 1587
Dynasty: Stuart
Confession: Katholisch

Actors of the Groom

Name: Heinrich VIII. von England
GND: 118548204
Dynasty: Tudor
Relationship: Vater

Actors of the Bride

Name: Maria von Schottland
GND: 118577808
Dynasty: Stuart
Relationship: /

Name: James Hamilton, Graf von Arran
GND: 119351226
Dynasty:
Relationship: Regent

Contract content

Article 1: Marriage agreed

Article 2: Life estate determined: regulation reserved until after the marriage has taken place; increase in the life estate determined after Edward’s succession to the throne in England

Article 3: Mary’s education in Scotland regulated: with English participation

Article 4: Inspection, transfer of Mary to England at the age of 10 regulated; exchange of marriage vows regulated

Article 5: Extradition of 6 Scottish hostages to England agreed: as guarantors of the treaty

Article 6: Designation and treatment of Scotland as an independent kingdom by the English crown regulated

Article 7: In the event of Edward’s death without children: Mary’s right of return as widow guaranteed

Article 8: Discharge of the Earl of Arran as regent in Scotland guaranteed by the English king: upon Mary’s transfer

Article 9: Ratification regulated

Regulations on succession to the throne

Article 8: The English King guarantees the Count of Arran’s discharge as Regent of Scotland: upon Mary’s transfer

Estates involved

Article 5: Delivery of six Scottish hostages to England agreed: as guarantors of the treaty

Ratifications, confirmations, approvals

Article 9: Ratification regulated

Further contracts between contracting parties

Peace Treaty of Greenwich, 1 July 1543

Commentary

Not ratified by Henry, Scottish Parliament, instead pro-French change of course in Scotland Autumn 1543

The treaty itself is not divided into articles.

Literature

Donaldson 1971, p. 66-68 - Mackie 1952, p. 406 f.

References

Print reference: Dumont 1726-1739, Bd. IV:2, S. 261-263
Contract language print: Latin
Digitized print: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1263439g/f275

Recommended citation

Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 144. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/144.html.

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