Cardinal of Guise
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Cardinal of Guise can refer to these members of the French ducal family de Guise who became cardinals:
- Louis I, Cardinal of GuiseLouis I, Cardinal of GuiseLouis de Lorraine was the fourth son of Claude, Duke of Guise and Antoinette de Bourbon, and the younger brother of Charles of Guise, Cardinal of Lorraine. He was the nephew of Cardinal Jean de Lorraine...
(1527-1578), Bishop of Troyes, 1545, created cardinal by Pope Julius III on December 22, 1553. He received the archbishopric of Sens on May 9, 1561, but resigned it in 1562 to Cardinal de Pellevée. On October 5, 1568, he was made Bishop of Metz. He crowned Henry III of France at Reims, (February 13, 1575). - Louis II, Cardinal of GuiseLouis II, Cardinal of GuiseLouis II, Cardinal of Guise 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....
, (1555-1588), nephew of Louis I, Probably the more common usage. - Louis III, Cardinal of GuiseLouis III, Cardinal of GuiseLouis de Lorraine known as the Cardinal de Guise was the third son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine of Cleves....
, (1575–1621), the third son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine of Cleves.