Claude of Lorraine,

Duke of Aumale Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ran ...

(18 August 1526,

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– 3 March 1573,

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) was the third son of

Claude, Duke of Guise 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 was a highly effective general for the French crown. His children and grandchildren were to ...

and

Antoinette de Bourbon Antoinette of Bourbon (25 December 1494 – 22 January 1583), was a French noblewoman of the House of Bourbon. She was the wife of Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Guise. Life Antoinette de Bourbon was born on 25 December 1494 at the Chateau de Ha ...

. He was a prince of Lorraine by birth.

Biography

As part of the Treaty of Boulogne which ended the war of the

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, Claude, Marquis of Mayenne and

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, were among six French hostages sent to England. After his father died on 12 April 1550, Claude was allowed to come to Scotland, with a passport from Edward VI dated 11 May, to see his sister Mary of Guise. He wrote from Edinburgh on 18 May that he would view the strong places of the realm.

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gave him three horses and organised a banquet for him in Edinburgh on 21 May. In 1550, Claude inherited the title of

, when his brother Francis succeeded their father as

Duke of Guise Count of Guise and Duke of Guise (pronounced �ɥiz were titles in the French nobility. Originally a seigneurie, in 1417 Guise was erected into a county for René, a younger son of Louis II of Anjou. While disputed by the House of Luxembourg ...

. That year he was also appointed royal governor of Burgundy. During the

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, Claude was captured at the siege of Metz in 1553 and had to pay an exorbitant ransom. He was killed at the

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in 1573.

Marriage & issue

On 1 August 1547 he married

Louise de Brézé Louise de Brézé (1521-1577), Duchess of Aumale and ''Dame d'Anet'', was a French noblewoman of the 16th century, the second daughter of Diane de Poitiers and Louis de Brézé. Biography Louise was born to the influential Norman landowner Loui ...

(c. 1518 – January 1577), dame d'

Anet Anet () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It lies 14 km north-northeast of Dreux between the rivers Eure and Vesgre, the latter flowing into the former some 4 km no ...

, the daughter of

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, and

Diane de Poitiers Diane de Poitiers (9 January 1500 – 25 April 1566) was a French noblewoman and prominent courtier. She wielded much power and influence as King Henry II's royal mistress and adviser until his death. Her position increased her wealth and famil ...

. They had: * Henri (21 October 1549, Château de Saint-Germain – August 1559),

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* Catherine Romula (8 November 1550, Saint-Germain – 25 June 1606), married on 11 May 1569 Nicholas, Duke of Mercœur * Madeleine Diane (b. 5 February 1554), d. young *

Charles, Duke of Aumale Charles of Guise, duc d'Aumale (25 January 1555 – 1631, Brussels) was the son of Claude, Duke of Aumale and Louise de Brézé. Biography One of the leaders of the Catholic League, he was at times governor of Picardy and Grand Veneur of F ...

(1555–1631) * Diane (10 November 1558 – 25 June 1586,

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), married on 13 November 1576 François, Duke of Piney-Luxemburg * Antoinette (b. 9 June 1560, Nancy), d. young * Antoinette Louise (29 September 1561, Joinville – 24 August 1643,

Soissons Soissons () is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France. Located on the river Aisne, about northeast of Paris, it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital o ...

), Abbess of Soissons * Antoine (b. 12 November 1562), d. young * Claude (13 December 1564 – 3 January 1591, Saint-Denis), called the "Chevalier d'Aumale", Abbot of St.-Pere-en-Valle, Chartres, Knight of the

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, General of the Galleys * Marie (10 June 1565 – 27 January 1627), Abbess of Chelles * Charles (25 January 1566 – 7 May 1568, Paris)

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