The House of Guise ( , ; ; ) was a prominent French

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that was involved heavily in the

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. The House of Guise was the founding house of the Principality of Joinville.

Origin

The House of Guise was founded as a

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of the

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by Claude of Lorraine (1496–1550), who entered French service and was made the first

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

King Francis I Francis I (; ; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis&nbs ...

in 1527. The family's high rank was not due to possession of the Guise

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but to their membership in a sovereign dynasty, which procured for them the rank of ''

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'' at the

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of France. Claude's daughter

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(1515–1560) married King

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and was mother of

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. Claude's eldest son,

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, became the second Duke of Guise at his father's death on 12 April 1550 and became a military hero thanks to his defense of Metz in 1552 and the capture of Calais from the English in 1558, while another son,

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, became

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and a

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in the Catholic Church.

French Wars of Religion

In 1558, the Dauphin

married

. When the young man became king after his father's death in 1559, the queen's uncles, the Duke of Guise and his brother the Cardinal of Lorraine, controlled French politics during his short reign. In March 1560, opposition to the Guise government coalesced into a

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, led by La Renaudie with support from the

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. Having been made aware of it, the Guise family were able to crush the conspiracy before the king could be seized. The Guise would take the opportunity of the conspiracy to reorient the Crown's religious policy by scaling down the persecution of the last 10 years for a new policy of no toleration and no persecution with the eventual hope the two sects would reunify. Still incensed at his involvement in Amboise, the Guise called the Prince of Condé to them and oversaw a quick trial to establish his guilt, only for the death of Francis II and the succession of Charles IX to sever their links to the government. With Catherine assuming the regency for her young son, the Guise departed court and set themselves up in opposition to her toleration policy in alliance with their rival the Montmorency. In 1562, Catherine would promulgate the

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. Francis returned to court so that he might oppose it, on his way, his retinue massacred a Protestant congregation at Wassy. In response, Condé went into open rebellion and thus started the French Wars of Religion. Duke Francis helped to defeat the Huguenots at the

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(19 December 1562), but he was

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at the

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on 24 February 1563 while he was seeking a final victory. His son,

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, inherited his titles; and under the direction of his uncle Charles began a campaign to accuse Admiral Coligny of orchestrating his fathers assassination. Charles meanwhile led the French delegation at the Council of Trent, converting to the Papal line in 1563. In 1564, no longer permitted to continue his feud with Coligny through legal channels, he and his uncle

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would attempt to make a show of force by entering Paris, but their entry ended with both besieged in their residence and forced to concede. In 1566, the crown forced Charles at Moulins to make the kiss of peace with Coligny to end their feud, but Henry refused to attend. He would also challenge Coligny and

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to duels, but they rebuffed his attempts. No longer welcome at court, he and his brother

Charles, Duke of Mayenne Charles de Lorraine, duc de Mayenne (26 March 1554 –3 October 1611) was a French noble, governor, military commander and rebel during the latter French Wars of Religion. Born in 1554, the second son of François, Duke of Guise, François d ...

decided to crusade against the

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. In September 1568, he reached his majority, just as Charles returned to the centre of French politics with his readmission to the Privy Council. No sooner had he returned to the council than he began leading the war party to break off the

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, which would be annulled shortly thereafter and started the Third French War of religion. He would fight at

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from a siege by Coligny. By the termination of the third war, the Guise would once more find themselves in disgrace from court due both to their hawkish policy and Henry's affair with

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. Having returned to favour, Henry helped plan the assassination of Coligny, the final culmination of his feud that would spiral into the

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of the Huguenots in 1572. In 1576, frustrated with the

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' direction of the government of

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, Guise would be instrumental in the formation of the Catholic League. The death of the royal heir presumptive,

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, in 1584, which made the Protestant King

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the heir to the French throne, led to a new civil war, the War of the Three Henries, with King

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, Henry of Navarre and Henry of Guise fighting for control of France. Guise began the war by declaring the unacceptability of Navarre as King of France and controlled the powerful Catholic League, which soon forced the French king to follow in his wake. In 1588 Guise, with Spanish support, instigated a revolt against the king, took control of the city of

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and became the de facto ruler of France. 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. The leadership of the Catholic League fell to their brother,

Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne Charles de Lorraine, duc de Mayenne (26 March 1554 –3 October 1611) was a French noble, governor, military commander and rebel during the latter French Wars of Religion. Born in 1554, the second son of François de Lorraine, duke of Guise ...

, the commander of the armed forces of the Catholic League. The Duke of Mayenne's nephew, the young Duke of Guise, Charles, was proposed by the Catholic League as a candidate for the throne, possibly through a marriage to

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's daughter

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, the granddaughter of

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. The Catholic League was eventually defeated, but for the sake of the country, King Henry IV became a Catholic and bought peace with Mayenne, and in January 1596, a treaty was signed that put an end to the League.

Decline from prominence

After this, the House of Guise receded from its prominent position in French politics, and the senior line, that of the Dukes of Guise became extinct in 1688. The vast estates and title were disputed and diverted by various relatives although several junior branches of the family (

Dukes of Mayenne Duke of Mayenne (duc de Mayenne) is a title created for a cadet branch of the House of Guise. It subsequently passed by marriage to the House of Gonzaga, Gonzaga in 1621, who sold it to Cardinal Mazarin in 1654; he bestowed it on his niece, Horte ...

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etc.) perpetuated the male line until 1825. Their principal title, Duke de Guise in 1688 was awarded to a branch of the

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and afterwards to the

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. The title, with one exception, was not used by pretenders to throne of France, who were overthrown by the

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. One of House of Guise's heads,

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(1874–1940) nonetheless took it as his title of pretence to the former crown of France and was supported by some of the 19th century Orleanist activists. They formed for at the time the junior set of

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, who are claimants to be senior descendants of the pre-1848 French Royal Family and have been supported by restorative movements before, during and after the

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of Emperor

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, the last undoubted monarch of France. By the end of the 1880s, a series of republican

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during the relatively-new

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largely ended any hope of a restored monarchy.

Dukes of Guise

See

for a list. See

Duchess of Guise Lady of Guise Non hereditary, 950–? Elder House of Guise, ?–1185 House of Avesnes, 1185–1244 House of Châtillon, 1244–1404 House of Valois-Anjou, 1404–1417 Countess of Guise House of Valois-Anjou, 1417–1425 House of Luxe ...

for a list of their wives.

Other members of the House of Guise

Louis I, Cardinal of Guise Louis de Lorraine, cardinal de Guise et prince-évêque de Metz (21 October 1527, in Joinville, Champagne – 29 March 1578, in Paris) was a French Roman Catholic cardinal and Bishop during the Italian Wars and French Wars of Religion. The third ...

Louis II, Cardinal of Guise 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 Gui ...

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* René, Marquis of Elbeuf *

Charles I, Duke of Elbeuf Charles I de Lorraine, duc d'Elbeuf (Joinville, 18 October 1556 – Moulins, 4 August 1605) was a French noble, military commander and governor during the French Wars of Religion. The son of the most minor cadet house of the children of Claude, D ...

Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf (5 November 1596 – 5 November 1657), was a French nobleman, the son of Charles I, Duke of Elbeuf, by his wife, Marguerite de Chabot. He succeeded his father in the Elbeuf dukedom (Elbœuf is an alternate, anglicized s ...

* Claude, Duke of Chevreuse *

Claude, Duke of Aumale Claude II de Lorraine, duc d'Aumale (18 August 1526, Joinville – 3 March 1573, La Rochelle) was a Prince étranger, military commander and French governor, during the latter Italian Wars and the early French Wars of Religion. The son of th ...

Catherine de Lorraine (1552–1596) Catherine of Lorraine may refer to: * Catherine of Lorraine, Margravine of Baden-Baden (1407–1439), daughter of Charles II, Duke of Lorraine * Catherine de Lorraine (1552–1596), daughter of Francis, Duke of Guise and wife of Louis, Duke of Mo ...

Male-line family tree

Male, male-line, legitimate, non-morganatic members of the house who either lived to adulthood, or who held a title as a child, are included. Heads of the house are in bold. *

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 ...

, 1496–1550, founder of the House of Guise ** Francis, Duke of Guise, 1519–1563 ***

Henry I, Duke of Guise Henri I de Lorraine, Duke of Guise, Prince of Joinville, Count of Eu (31 December 1550 – 23 December 1588), sometimes called ('Scarface'), was the eldest son of François, Duke of Guise, and Anna d'Este. His maternal grandparents were Ercole ...

, 1550–1588 ****

Charles, Duke of Guise Charles de 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, and succeeded his father as Duke of Guise in 1588. Initially part of the Cat ...

, 1571–1640 *****Francis, Prince of Joinville, 1612–1639 *****

Henry II, Duke of Guise Henri II de Lorraine, 5th Duke of Guise, (4 April 1614, in Paris – 2 June 1664) was a French aristocrat and archbishop, the second son of Charles, Duke of Guise and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse. Life At the age of fifteen, he became archbi ...

, 1614–1664 *****Charles Louis, Duke of Joyeuse, 1618–1637 *****

Louis, Duke of Joyeuse Louis de Lorraine, Duke of Joyeuse (11 January 1622 – 27 September 1654, Paris) was a younger son of Charles, Duke of Guise and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse. Life He was appointed Grand Chamberlain of France in 1644, shortly after the Guis ...

, 1622–1654 ******

Louis Joseph, Duke of Guise Louis Joseph de Lorraine ''Duke of Guise'' and Duke of Angoulême, (7 August 1650 – 30 July 1671) was the only son of Louis, Duke of Joyeuse and Marie Françoise de Valois, the only daughter of Louis-Emmanuel d'Angoulême, Count of Alès, Govern ...

, 1650–1671 *******

Francis Joseph, Duke of Guise Francis may refer to: People and characters *Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church (2013–2025) *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) * Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie29 ...

, 1670–1675 *****Roger, a knight, 1624–1653 ****

, 1575–1621 **** Claude, Duke of Chevreuse, 1578–1657 ****Francis Alexander, a knight, 1589–1614 ***

, 1554–1611 ****

Henry of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne Henry of Mayenne or Henry of Lorraine, (Dijon, 20 December 1578 – Montauban, 20 September 1621) was a French noble from the House of Lorraine and more particularly from the House of Guise. He was the eldest son of Charles, Duke of Mayenne an ...

, 1578–1621 ****Charles Emmanuel of Lorraine, Count of Sommerive, 1581–1609 *** Louis II of Lorraine, Cardinal of Guise, 1555–1588 **

, 1524–1574 **

, 1526–1573 *** Charles, Duke of Aumale, 1555–1631 *** Claude of Lorraine, knight of Aumale, 1564–1591 ** Louis I of Lorraine, Cardinal of Guise, 1527–1578 ** Francis of Lorraine, Grand Prior, 1534–1563 ** René II of Lorraine, Marquis of Elbeuf, 1536–1566 ***

, 1556–1605 ****

, 1596–1657 *****

Charles III, Duke of Elbeuf Charles III (1620 – 4 May 1692) was the third Duke of Elbeuf and member of the House of Lorraine. He succeeded his father Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf, to the Duchy-Peerage of Elbeuf. His mother was an illegitimate daughter of Henry IV of France ...

, 1620–1692 ******Charles of Lorraine, knight of Elboeuf, 1650–1690 ****** Henry, Duke of Elbeuf, 1661–1748 *******Philip of Lorraine, Prince of Elbeuf, 1678–1705 *******Charles of Lorraine, 1685–1705 ******Louis of Lorraine, Abbot of Orcamp, 1662–1693 ****** Emmanuel Maurice, Duke of Elbeuf, 1677–1763 *****Henry, Abbot of Hombieres, 1622–1648 ***** Francis Louis, Count of Harcourt, 1623–1694 ******

Alphonse Henri, Count of Harcourt Alphonse Henri de Lorraine (Alphonse Henri Charles; 14 August 1648 – 19 October 1718) was a member of the House of Lorraine and Count of Harcourt. Early life Born to François Louis, Count of Harcourt and his wife, Anne d'Ornano, Marquise de ...

, 1648–1718 *******Francis-Mary of Lorraine, Count of Maubec, 1686–1706 *******Francis of Lorraine, Prince of Montlaur, 1684–1705 ******Cesar of Lorraine, Prince of Montlaur, 1650–1675 ******Charles of Lorraine, Abbé of Harcourt, 1661–1683 ***** Francis-Mary, Prince of Lillebonne, 1624–1694 ******

Charles, Prince of Commercy Charles de Lorraine, Prince de Commercy (11 July 1661 – 15 August 1702), was a French field marshal of the Holy Roman Empire and a military advisor to Prince Eugene of Savoy. He acquired military prominence after leading imperial troops in ...

, 1661–1702 ******John Paul of Lorraine, 1672–1693 **** Henry, Count of Harcourt, 1601–1666 *****

Louis, Count of Armagnac Louis of Lorraine (7 December 1641 – 13 June 1718) was the Count of Armagnac from his father's death in 1666. The ''Grand Squire of France'', he was a member of a cadet branch of the House of Guise, itself a cadet branch of the sovereign House ...

, 1641–1718 ****** Henry, Count of Brionne, 1661–1713 *******

Louis, Prince of Lambesc Louis of Lorraine (13 February 1692 – 9 September 1743) was a member of a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine, the House of Guise and known as the ''Prince de Lambesc''. Early life Born 13 February 1692, Louis was the son of Prince Henri d ...

, 1692–1743 ********

Louis, Prince of Brionne Louis of Lorraine (Louis Charles; 10 September 1725 – 28 June 1761) was a member of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine. He married three times and through his daughter, is an ancestor of the present House of Savoy. He w ...

, 1725–1761 *********

Charles Eugene, Prince of Lambesc Prince Charles Eugène of Lorraine-Brionne, Duke of Elbeuf (25 September 1751 – 2 November 1825) was the head of and last male member of the House of Guise, the cadet branch of the House of Lorraine which dominated France during the Wars of R ...

, 1751–1825 *********

Joseph Louis, Prince of Lorraine-Vaudémont Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with " Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic count ...

, 1759–1812 ******Francis Armand of Lorraine, Abbot of Royaumont, 1665–1728 ******Camille of Lorraine, Count of Chamilly, 1666–1715 ******Louis Alphonse of Lorraine, bailiff of Armagnac, 1675–1704 ****** Charles of Lorraine, Count of Armagnac, 1684–1751 ***** Philip, Knight of Lorraine, 1643–1702 *****Alphonse Louis of Lorraine, Abbot of Royaumont, 1644–1689 *****Raymond Berenger of Lorraine, Abbot of Faron de Meaux, 1647–1686 ***** Charles, Count of Marsan, 1648–1708 ****** Charles Louis, Count of Marsan, 1696–1755 *******

Gaston, Count of Marsan Gaston de Lorraine (born Gaston Jean Baptiste Charles; 7 February 1721 – 2 May 1743) was a French nobleman and member of a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine. He was the last . His wife was Marie Louise de Rohan. Biography The eldest son o ...

, 1721–1743 ******* Camille, Prince of Marsan, 1725–1780 ******James Henry of Lorraine, Knight of Lorraine, 1698–1734

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