LITTLEST QUEENS & KINGS the youngest Royals to wed     David II of Scotland (4 years, 4 months, 13 days) & Joan (7 years, 12 Days), 1328 This was a union between the son of Robert the Bruce & the Daughter of Edward II; with the result that Joan became known as “Joan Makepeace�? Though they were married for over 34 years, they had no offspring.   Isabella of France (6 years, 11 months, 25 days) & Richard II of England (29 years, 10 months), 1396 This Marriage was arranged to seal the “peace�?between England & France; not surprisingly, it was never consummated, though the bride & groom became great friends. After Richard’s deposition & death poor Isabella married again but died in childbirth.   Alexander III of Scotland (10 years, 3 months, 22 days) & Margaret (11 years, 2 months, 28 Days), 1251 The eldest daughter of Henry III was sent to Scotland to infuse it with Plantagenet blood. Unfortunately, it took them about 10 years to begin breeding, & neither of their children survived to sit on the Scots throne. Then after Margaret’s death, Alexander took a French trophy wife�?.which sad tale has been chronicled in this series already.   Alexander II of Scotland (22 years, 9 months, 26 days) & Joan (10 years, 10 months, 28 days), 1221 This Scots bride was Henry III’s sister; the infusion of Plantagenet blood did not take this time either as the royal couple were wed 17 years with nary a sign of a bairn.   Mary de Bohun (11 years) & Henry of Bolingbroke (13 years, 10 months), 1381 Henry & Mary’s union took place because she was a great heiress (that John of Gaunt, Henry’s dad, was a smart cookie). Mary bore their first child within the year & went on to have 6 more before dying with the last one at age 24.   Matilda, Lady of England (11 years, 4 months) & Henry V, Emperor of Germany (32 years), 1114 Little Matilda was a sacrifice on the altar of her father’s ambition when Henry ii sent his eldest daughter to far-away Germany at a tender age. Empress for 11 years, she gave the emperor no children.   Eleanor of Castile (13 years) & Edward I (15 years, 4 months), 1254 One of the great love matches in English history, Edward & Eleanor set about the business of begetting the first of their 16 children almost immediately, a premature infant born & died in May 1255. They were devoted to each other until Eleanor’s death in 1290.   Eleanor of Provence (13 years) & Henry III (28 years, 3 months, 14 days), 1236 Another devoted marriage enduring for years; Eleanor gave birth to her 1st child, the future Edward I, at age 16.   Isabella of Angouleme (13 years) & John (32 years, 8 months), 1200 The king’s 2nd wife, it was said they were ideally matched as both were highly sexed individuals, & both entertained a succession of lovers outside the royal bed.   Margaret Tudor (13 years, 8 months, 11 days) & James IV of Scotland (30 years, 4 months, 22 days), 1503) Margaret was part of Henry VII’s efforts to legitimatize his usurpation by marrying his children into the royal houses of Europe. It was due to this marriage that James VI of Scotland came to inherit the throne of England exactly 100 years later. SERIES copyright 2002 ALL MY TUDORS