Tudor Minute December 5: Mary Queen of Scots becomes a widow
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Today in 1560, Mary, Queen of Scots, became a widow for the first time when her husband, King Francis II of France, died, age 15. He died of an infection from his ear, and his brother Charles succeeded him as King, and their mother, Catherine de medici, became regent.