Editing Mary of Guise (section)

==Duchess of Longueville==
[[File:Coat of arms of Marie of Guise (mother of Mary, Queen of Scots) as Duchess of Longueville.png|thumb|right|Coat of arms of Mary as Duchess of Longueville]]
On 4 August 1534, at the age of 18, she became [[Duchess of Longueville]] by marrying [[Louis II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville]], the [[Grand Chamberlain of France]], at the [[Louvre Palace]].<ref name="Potter373">David Potter, ''A History of France, 1460–1560: The Emergence of a Nation State'', (St. Martin's Press, 1995), 373.</ref> Their union turned out to be happy, but brief. On 30 October 1535, Mary gave birth to her first son, [[François III d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville|Francis]],<ref name="Potter373"/> but on 9 June 1537, Louis died at [[Rouen]] and left her a pregnant widow at the age of 21. For the rest of her life, Mary kept the last letter from her ''bon mari et ami'' (her good husband and friend) Louis, which mentioned his illness and explained his absence at Rouen. It can still be seen at the [[National Library of Scotland]].<ref>[[Rosalind K. Marshall]], ''Mary of Guise'' (Collins, 1977), 36–39: Marguerite Wood, ''Balcarres Papers'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh: SHS, 1923), 1.</ref> On 4 August 1537, Mary gave birth to their second son, who was named Louis after his deceased father. Louis died very young, but Francis wrote letters to his mother in Scotland. On 22 March 1545 he sent a piece of string to show how tall he was, and on 2 July 1546 he sent her his portrait.<ref>Marguerite Wood, ''Balcarres Papers'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh: SHS, 1923), 110 from Joinville, 145 from Fontainebleau.</ref>