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Louis II de Lorraine, cardinal de Guise (6 July 1555, Dampierre – 24 December 1588, Château de Blois) was a French prelate, Cardinal and politician during the latter French Wars of Religion. The third son of François de Lorraine, duke of Guise and Anne d'Este Louis was destined for a career in the church.
Jul 2, 2024 · Louis II de Lorraine, 2 e cardinal de Guise (born July 6, 1555, Dampierre, Fr.—died Dec. 24, 1588, Blois) was the brother of Henri de Lorraine, 3rd duc de Guise, whom he supported vigorously in the War of the Three Henrys (Henry III, Henry of Navarre, Henry of Guise).
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After an apparent reconciliation between the French King and the Duke, King Henry III had both the Duke of Guise and his brother, Louis of Lorraine, Cardinal of Guise (1555–1588), murdered in December 1588 during a meeting in the Royal Chateau at Blois.
Mary of Guise (French: Marie de Guise; 22 November 1515 – 11 June 1560), also called Mary of Lorraine, was Queen of Scotland from 1538 until 1542, as the second wife of King James V. She was a French noblewoman of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine and one of the most powerful families in France.
Louis II, Cardinal of Guise (6 July 1555, Dampierre – 24 December 1588, Château de Blois) was the third son of Francis, Duke of Guise and Anna d'Este. His maternal grandparents were Ercole d'Este II, Duke of Ferrara and Renée of France.
- Dampierre, Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- July 06, 1555
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Oct 22, 2019 · As was customary at the time, the Guise family arranged a marriage that would strengthen their house, marrying off the 18-year-old Marie to Louis II d’Orléans, Duke of Longueville and Count of Dunois.
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Louis I de Lorraine. Cardinal of Guise, b. 21 Oct., 1527, d. at Paris, 24 March, 1578, the brother of François de Guise and of the second cardinal of Lorraine.
