Editing James V (section)

=== Marriage to Madeleine of Valois ===
[[File:MadeleinedeValois.jpg|thumb|upright|Portrait of [[Madeleine of Valois]] by [[Corneille de Lyon]]]]

James decided to travel to France to meet his prospective bride in person. He sailed from [[Kirkcaldy]] on 1 September 1536, with the earls of [[James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault|Arran]], [[Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll|Argyll]] and [[George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes|Rothes]], [[Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming|Lord Fleming]], [[David Beaton]] and a force of 500 men in a fleet of six ships, using the ''[[English ship Mary Willoughby|Mary Willoughby]]'' as his flagship.<ref>''State Papers Henry VIII'', vol. 5 part 4 cont. (London, 1836), pp. 59–60.</ref> Before his departure, James appointed six [[regent|vice-regents]] to govern Scotland in his absence.<ref>The vice-regents were [[Gavin Dunbar (archbishop of Glasgow)|Gavin Dunbar, Archbishop of Glasgow]] (the [[Lord Chancellor of Scotland|Lord Chancellor]]), [[James Beaton|James Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews]], the earls of [[George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly|Huntly]], [[William Graham, 2nd Earl of Montrose|Montrose]], and [[Hugh Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Eglinton|Eglinton]], and [[Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell|Lord Maxwell]] ({{Harvnb|Cameron|1998|p=288}}).</ref> In the event, James V would be away from Scotland for eight months, becoming the first Scottish king to voluntarily remain away from his realm since [[David II of Scotland|David II]] almost two hundred years earlier.<ref>Cameron, Jamie, ''James V'', Tuckwell (1998), p. 133.</ref> Arriving at [[Dieppe]] a week later, the Scots travelled to the Duke of Vendôme's court at [[Saint-Quentin, Aisne|Saint-Quentin]]. However, on meeting Mary of Bourbon, James V was not impressed by her. He then travelled south to the French court at the [[Château d'Amboise]], where he met Madeleine, and again pressed Francis for her hand in marriage. Fearing the harsh climate of Scotland would prove fatal to his daughter's already failing health, Francis initially refused to permit the marriage, but the couple persuaded Francis to reluctantly grant permission to their marriage.<ref>[[Rosalind K. Marshall]], ''Scottish Queens, 1034–1714'' (John Donald: Edinburgh, 2003), pp. 102–103.</ref> The marriage contract was signed in November, with Francis I granting Madeleine a [[dowry]] of 100,000 [[écu]], and a further 30,000 [[French franc|francs]] a year for James.<ref>Rosalind K. Marshall, ''Scottish Queens, 1034–1714'' (John Donald: Edinburgh, 2003), p. 104.</ref>

James V renewed the Auld Alliance and fulfilled the terms of the Treaty of Rouen on 1 January 1537 by marrying Madeleine at [[Notre-Dame de Paris]]. James received papal approval in the form of the [[Blessed sword and hat]], and was granted the title of ''[[Defender of the Faith]]'' by [[Pope Paul III]] on 19 January 1537, symbolising the hopes of the papacy that he would resist the path that his uncle Henry VIII had followed.<ref>Jamie Cameron, ''James V'' (East Linton: Tuckwell, 1998), p. 288.</ref><ref>Denys Hay, ''Letters of James V'', HMSO (1954), 328.</ref> After months of festivities and celebrations, and visits to [[Château de Chantilly|Chantilly]], [[Compiègne]] and [[Rouen]] (where Madeleine fell ill), the royal couple embarked for Scotland in May 1537, arriving at [[Leith]] on 19 May.<ref>''State Papers Henry VIII'', vol. 5 part 4 cont., (1836), 79, Clifford to Henry VIII.</ref> Madeleine wrote to her father from Edinburgh on 8 June 1537 saying that she was better and her symptoms had diminished.<ref>[[Denys Hay]], ''Letters of James V'' (Edinburgh: HMSO, 1954), pp. 331–332.</ref> However, a month later, on 7 July 1537, Queen Madeleine died in her husband's arms at [[Holyrood Palace]] of [[tuberculosis]].<ref name="Marshall108">Marshall, Rosalind, ''Scottish Queens, 1034–1714'' (John Donald: Edinburgh, 2003), p. 108.</ref> James V wrote to Francis I to inform him of what had happened, saying that if it were not for the fact that he was relying on the French king to remain his "good father", he would be in even greater pain.<ref name=Marshall108/> The Queen was interred in [[Holyrood Abbey]] in [[Edinburgh]].