Treaty of Greenwich (1543)

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The Treaty of Greenwich (1543) was an agreement between England and Scotland that sought to arrange the marriage of Prince Edward (later Edward VI) to the infant Mary, Queen of Scots, in an effort to unite the two kingdoms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf treaty ⓘ
category 1543 in England ⓘ
1543 in Scotland ⓘ
16th-century treaties ⓘ
Treaties of England ⓘ
Treaties of Scotland ⓘ
countrySignatory Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
dateSigned 1543-07-01 ⓘ
followedBy English military campaigns in Scotland during the Rough Wooing ⓘ
hasPart marriage treaty between Edward and Mary ⓘ
peace treaty between England and Scotland ⓘ
historicalContext Anglo-Scottish Wars ⓘ
Rough Wooing ⓘ
influencedBy Auld Alliance between Scotland and France ⓘ
linked to: Auld Alliance
language English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
mainPurpose to arrange the marriage of Prince Edward of England and Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
to create a dynastic union between England and Scotland ⓘ
monarchOfEnglandAtTime Henry VIII of England ⓘ
monarchOfScotlandAtTime Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
namedAfter Greenwich ⓘ
opposedBy pro-French faction in Scotland ⓘ
placeSigned Greenwich ⓘ
Greenwich Palace ⓘ
proposedBride Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
proposedGroom Edward VI of England ⓘ
Prince Edward of England ⓘ
provision Mary, Queen of Scots, would be sent to England for upbringing ⓘ
Mary, Queen of Scots, would marry Prince Edward when she came of age ⓘ
Scotland would maintain its own laws after the proposed union ⓘ
a temporary peace between England and Scotland ⓘ
the crowns of England and Scotland would be united upon the marriage ⓘ
ratificationStatusInEngland ratified ⓘ
ratificationStatusInScotland rejected ⓘ
regentOfScotlandAtTime James Hamilton, Earl of Arran ⓘ
relatedEvent birth of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1542 ⓘ
death of James V of Scotland in 1542 ⓘ
result collapse of the proposed Anglo-Scottish marriage alliance ⓘ
renewal of hostilities between England and Scotland ⓘ
signatory Henry VIII of England ⓘ
Scottish regency government ⓘ
status not ratified by the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ

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Treaties of England → hasPart → Treaty of Greenwich (1543) ⓘ
War of the Rough Wooing → treaty → Treaty of Greenwich ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Greenwich (1543)
Treaties of the Kingdom of Scotland → hasPart → Treaty of Greenwich (1543) ⓘ
Treaties of the Kingdom of Scotland → hasPart → Treaty of Greenwich (1590) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Greenwich (1543)
Treaty of Ardres → precededBy → Treaty of Greenwich (1543) ⓘ
Treaty of Greenwich (1536) → precedes → Treaty of Greenwich (1543) ⓘ
Burning of Edinburgh in 1544 → precededBy → Treaty of Greenwich (1543) ⓘ