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Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Guise (20 October 1496 – 12 April 1550) was a French aristocrat and general. He became the first Duke of Guise in 1528. He...

Lorraine, 4th Duke of Guise and 3rd Prince of Joinville (20 August 1571 – 30 September 1640), was the son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine of Cleves,...

behalf of her daughter from 1554 until her death in 1560. The eldest of the twelve children born to Claude, Duke of Guise, and Antoinette of Bourbon...

branch of the House of Lorraine by Claude of Lorraine (1496–1550), who entered French service and was made the first Duke of Guise by King Francis I in...

son of Claude de Lorraine (created Duke of Guise in 1527), and his wife Antoinette de Bourbon. His sister, Mary of Guise, was the wife of James V of Scotland...

Wars of Religion. The third son of Claude, Duke of Guise and Antoinette de Bourbon he was destined from a young age for a church career. At the age of 18...

Count of Guise and Duke of Guise (/ɡwiːz/ GWEEZ, French: [ɡ(ɥ)iz]) were titles in the French nobility. Originally a seigneurie, in 1417 Guise was erected...

French Wars of Religion. The son of the first Duke of Guise he started his career in a pre-eminent position in French politics as a son of one of the leading...

Duke of Lorraine (1489–1544) Nicholas (9 April 1493, Nancy); died at birth Claude, Duke of Guise (1496–1550); first Duke of Guise Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine...

Antoinette of Bourbon, Duchess of Guise (25 December 1494 – 22 January 1583), was a French noblewoman of the House of Bourbon. She was the wife of Claude of Lorraine...

Henri I de Lorraine, Duke of Guise, Prince of Joinville, Count of Eu (31 December 1550 – 23 December 1588), sometimes called Le Balafré ('Scarface'), was...

of Guise was the son of Claude, Duke of Guise and his wife Antoinette de Bourbon. His older brother was François, Duke of Guise. His sister Mary of Guise...

inheritance, including Elbeuf, to his second son Claude, Duke of Guise. Elbeuf was raised to a marquisate in 1528. Claude, in turn, left Elbeuf to his youngest son...

family the Valois distrusted and disliked. Claude arranged the marriage of the Duke of Guise to the Princess of Porcien, and mediated for her family members...

September 1543 at the age of nine months, following the death of her father James V. Mary was a granddaughter of Claude, Duke of Guise, a very influential figure...

Cardinal of Guise, 1555-1588 Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, 1524-1574 Claude, Duke of Aumale, 1526-1573 Charles, Duke of Aumale, 1555-1631 Claude of Lorraine...

Claude de Lorraine (5 June 1578 – 24 January 1657), also called Claude de Guise, was a French noble and husband of Marie de Rohan. He was the Duke of...

sixteen-year-old Mary became king and queen of France. Two of the Queen's uncles, the Duke of Guise and the Cardinal of Lorraine, were now dominant in French...

French Wars of Religion. The son of the most minor cadet house of the children of Claude, Duke of Guise, Elbeuf initially lacked the prominence of his cousins...

bef. 1508) Claude, Duke of Guise (1496–1550), first Duke of Guise John, Cardinal of Lorraine and Bishop of Metz (1498–1550) Louis, Count of Vaudémont (1500–1528)...