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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 Catholic league, he pledged his support for Henry IV of France and was made Admiral of the ...
Dukes of Guise (1528–1688 and 1704–1830) House of Guise. Claude, Duke of Guise (1496–1550; s.1528) (Claude) (Father of Mary of Guise mother of Mary, Queen of Scots) Francis (1519–1563; s. 1550), son of the above; Henry I (1550–1588; s. 1563), son of the above; Charles (1571–1640; s. 1588), son of the above;
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 Philip II of Spain 's daughter Isabella, the granddaughter of Henry II of France.
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The Guise-led massacre of a Huguenot congregation at Vassy precipitated the Wars of Religion, in which Henri I, 3rd duke de Guise, was a prominent leader. Charles de Lorraine, 4th duke de Guise (1571–1640), lived through the rapid decline of the family’s power.
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Charles de Lorraine, 4e duke de Guise, (born Aug. 20, 1571—died Sept. 30, 1640, Cuna, Italy), duke of Guise who lived through the rapid decline in the family’s power. On the day of the assassination of his father, Henri, the 3rd duke (Dec. 23, 1588), Charles was arrested and transferred to the Château of Tours, in which he was imprisoned ...
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Charles de Lorraine, 4th Duke of Guise born 2nd August 1571 at Joinville in the Haute- Marne Department in the Champagne-Ardenne North West region of France, was the son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine of Cleves and one of fourteen children.
The Catholic League, now headed by the surviving Guise brother, Charles, duke of Mayenne (1554 – 1611), was weakened after initial success by war weariness and polarization between radical and moderate factions.