The Tudor Society

April 24 – Mary, Queen of Scots gets married, and time to divine your future love!

On this day in Tudor history, 24th April 1558, fifteen-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, got married for the first time. The groom was fourteen-year-old Francis, the Dauphin of France.

Find out more about the bride and groom, their wedding and what happened to them...

Today, 24th April, is St Mark’s Eve, the day before the Feast of St Mark the Evangelist, one of Christ’s apostles and the man who is said to have written the Gospel of Mark. In medieval and Tudor times, St Mark's Eve was the night to divine who you were going to marry.

How did people go about divining their future partner?

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April 24 – Mary, Queen of Scots gets married, and time to divine your future love!