Louis II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville

Louis II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville and comte de Dunois (1510 - 9 June 1537) was a French aristocrat and the first husband of Mary of Guise,^[1] who later became queen consort of Scotland. He was the second son of Louis I d'Orléans, duc de Longueville by his wife Jeanne of Hochberg, and succeeded his brother Claude when the latter died in 1524. He married Mary of Guise on 4 August 1534 at the Château du Louvre. During their brief marriage, the couple had two children:^[2] François, born 30 October 1535, who would later succeed to the dukedom, and Louis, a posthumous child born 4 August 1537, who died four months later.^[3] Louis died at Rouen on 9 June 1537, leaving Mary a widow; she would later marry James V of Scotland, but kept her last letter from Louis for the rest of her life.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Louis II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville

16. Louis I, Duke of Orléans               8. Jean d'Orléans, comte de Dunois                       17. Mariette d'Enghien               4. François I, comte de Dunois                             9. Marie of Harcourt                       2. Louis I Orléans, duc de Longueville                                   20. Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy               10. Louis, Duke of Savoy                       21. Mary of Burgundy               5. Agnes of Savoy                             22. Janus of Cyprus               11. Anne of Cyprus                       23. Charlotte of Bourbon-La Marche               1. Louis II d'Orléans                                         24. William, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg               12. Rudolf IV, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg                       25. Elizabeth of Montfort-Bregenz               6. Philip, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg                             13. Margaret of Vienne                       3. Jeanne of Hochberg                                   28. Louis, Duke of Savoy (=10)               14. Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy                       29. Anne of Cyprus (=11)               7. Maria of Savoy                             30. Charles VII of France               15. Yolande of Valois                       31. Marie of Anjou

References

1. Carroll, Stuart. "Noble Power During the French Wars of Religion", p.46
2. http://www.thepeerage.com/p10833.htm
3. Warnicke, Retha M. "Mary Queen of Scots", p.19