The English queens of France
5th July 2025
On an August day, over 500 years ago,
Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, was promised in marriage to the
French king, Louis XII. She would wed him several months later. The
spectacular ceremony in Abbeville in Northern France transformed
Mary into the Queen of France. No other English princess held that
title after her. In fact, only one other daughter of a King of
England had…

