Editing James V (section)

=== Marriage to Mary of Guise ===
[[File:Attributed to Corneille de Lyon - Mary of Guise, 1515 - 1560. Queen of James V - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|upright|Portrait of [[Mary of Guise]] attributed to [[Corneille de Lyon]], {{Circa}} 1537]]

Following Madeleine's death, James V's thoughts turned to a second French bride to further the interests of the Franco-Scottish alliance. David Beaton was sent to France to persuade Francis I to agree to James marrying his only surviving daughter, [[Margaret of Valois, Duchess of Berry|Margaret]].<ref name=Marshall108/> Francis offered [[Mary of Guise]] as a bride instead. The daughter of [[Claude, Duke of Guise]], Mary had recently been widowed by the death of her husband, [[Louis II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville]]. David Beaton wrote to James V from [[Lyon]] in October 1537 that Mary was "stark (strong), well complexioned, and fit to travel", and that her father was "marvellous desirous of the expedition and hasty end of the matter," and had already consulted with his brother, [[Antoine, Duke of Lorraine]], and Mary herself.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=75719 ''Letters & Papers Henry VIII'', vol. 12, part 2 (London, 1891)] no. 962: Lang, Andrew, 'Letters of Cardinal Beaton, ''SHR'' (1909), 156: Marshall (1977), 45, (which suggests he thought the couple had not met)</ref> The marriage contract was finalised in January 1538, with James V receiving a [[dowry]] of 150,000 [[French livre|livres]]. As was customary, if the King died first, Mary would retain for her lifetime her [[jointure]] houses of [[Falkland Palace]], [[Stirling Castle]], [[Dingwall Castle]] and [[Threave Castle]], along with the rentals of the earldoms of [[Earl of Fife|Fife]], [[Earl of Strathearn|Strathearn]], [[Earl of Ross|Ross]] and [[Earl of Orkney|Orkney]], and the lordships of [[Galloway]], Ardmannoch and [[Lord of the Isles|the Isles]].<ref>Hay, Denys, ed., ''The Letters of James V'' (HMSO, 1954), pp. 340–341.</ref>

The [[Proxy marriage|proxy]] wedding of James V and Mary of Guise was held on 9 May 1538 at the [[Château de Châteaudun]]. Some 2,000 Scottish lords and barons came from Scotland aboard a fleet of ships under [[Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell|Lord Maxwell]] to attend, with Lord Maxwell standing as proxy for James V. Mary departed from [[Le Havre]] on 10 June 1538, and landed in Scotland 6 days later at [[Crail]] in [[Fife]]. She was formally received by the king at [[St Andrews]] a few days later amid pageants and plays performed in her honour, and James and Mary were married in person at [[St Andrews Cathedral]] on 18 June 1538. James's mother [[Margaret Tudor]] wrote to Henry VIII in July, "I trust she will prove a wise Princess. I have been much in her company, and she bears herself very honourably to me, with very good entertaining."<ref>''State Papers Henry VIII'', vol. 5 part 4 (London, 1836), 135, Margaret to Henry, 31 July 1538.</ref> James and Mary had two sons: [[James, Duke of Rothesay (born 1540)|James, Duke of Rothesay]] (born 22 May 1540 at St Andrews), and Robert (or Arthur), Duke of Albany (born and baptised on 12 April 1541); however, both died on 21 April 1541, when James was nearly one year old and Robert (or Arthur) was nine days old. Mary's mother, [[Antoinette de Bourbon]], wrote that the couple were still young and should hope for more children.<ref>Wood, Marguerite, ''Balcarres Papers'', vol. 1 (STS, 1923), 60–61.</ref> The third and last child of the union was a daughter, [[Mary, Queen of Scots|Mary]], who was born on 8 December 1542.<ref>[[Fraser, Antonia]], ''Mary Queen of Scots'', pp. 3 & 12.</ref>