Angelina Jolie Honors Late Mother At Her Nuptials To Brad Pitt

Although it was an intimate ceremony filled with only close family and friends, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were missing one important guest at their nuptials: the mother-of-the-bride.

Marcheline Bertrand died in 2007 after a long battle with ovarian cancer, but even though she couldn’t physically be at her daughter’s wedding, she was there in spirit.

"Brad had a dedication to Marcheline engraved inside the chapel where we stood," Jolie told PEOPLE. The newlyweds also said their “I Dos” atop a stone etched with a tribute to Jolie’s late mother.

The humanitarian, 39, and her brother, James Haven, also wore some of her mother’s jewelry during the ceremony.

"I also wore a little flower ring that was hers, and Jamie wore an angel pin from her jewelry box," Jolie said.

Bertrand was only 56-years-old when she passed away, and Jolie said that after her mother had died, she had lost her “best friend.”