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François Joseph de Lorraine (28 August 1670 – 16 March 1675), 7th Duke of Guise, Duke of Alençon and Duke of Angoulême, was the only son of Louis Joseph de Lorraine, Duke of Guise and Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans, suo jure Dduchess of Alençon. He was also a descendant of Catherine de Medici. Titles
François Joseph de Lorraine (28 August 1670 – 16 March 1675), 7th Duke of Guise, Duke of Alençon and Duke of Angoulême, was the only son of Louis Joseph de Lorraine, Duke of Guise and Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans, suo jure Dduchess of Alençon. He was also a descendant of Catherine de Medici. Titles
François de Lorraine, 2e duc de Guise (born Feb. 24, 1519, Bar, Fr.—died Feb. 24, 1563, Orléans) was a French soldier and loyal servant to the French crown, the greatest figure produced by the House of Guise. He fought in Francis I ’s army and was badly wounded at the siege of Boulogne (1545), earning him the nickname “the Scarred.”.
In the 1600s the Guise-Lorraine family gradually lost political influence, although it held on to its wealth and its church offices. The last duke of Guise, François Joseph, died in 1674, and by 1688 the entire house of Guise-Lorraine had come to an end. (See alsoAristocracy; France; Henry IV; Protestant Reformation.) * duchy
house of Guise, Noble French Roman Catholic family that played a major role in French politics during the Reformation. Claude de Lorraine (1496–1550) was created the 1st duke de Guise in 1527 for his service to Francis I in the defense of France. Claude’s sons François, 2nd duke de Guise, and Charles, cardinal de Lorraine (1524–1574 ...
7 de jul. de 2023 · Ferdinand Richter, Portrait of Gian Gastone de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1737, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy. In Richter’s portrait of the Duke, he depicts the city of Florence shrouded in darkness, perhaps alluding to the dire situation the city was in when Gastone assumed the throne. The Grand Duke, however, is covered in light ...
