The Treaty of Haddington was a

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signed in 1548 between

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and

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that promised

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to Dauphin Francis in marriage in return for French assistance in the

Siege of Haddington The sieges of Haddington were a series of sieges staged at the Royal Burgh of Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, as part of the War of the Rough Wooing, one of the last Anglo-Scottish Wars. Following Regent Arran's defeat at the battle of Pi ...

and subsequent French influence in Scotland. Mary, only six years old at the time, subsequently went to live in France, eventually marrying the Dauphin, while her regents ruled in her name in Scotland. The treaty was negotiated by the

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, who earned a French

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for himself in the process.

References

Treaties of Scotland Treaties of the Kingdom of France Mary, Queen of Scots 1548 in Scotland 1548 in France Auld Alliance 1548 treaties {{France-history-stub