House of Guise information

Wars of Religion. The House of Guise was the founding house of the Principality of Joinville. The House of Guise was founded as a cadet branch of the House...

the second wife of King James V. She was a French noblewoman of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine and one of the most powerful...

Count of Guise and Duke of Guise (pronounced [ɡɥiz] GHEEZ) were titles in the French nobility. Originally a seigneurie, in 1417 Guise was erected into...

reins of government to his wife Mary's uncles from the House of Guise, staunch supporters of the Catholic cause. They were unable to help Catholics in...

raised into the Principality of Joinville under the House of Guise by French king Henry II in 1551, and passed to the House of Orléans in 1688. Even though...

of the House of Guise, headed by the duc d'Elbeuf, remained part of the highest ranks of French aristocracy, while the senior branch of the House of Vaudémont...

Duke of Guise (second husband) 1588–1633 with Charles, Duke of Guise (son) 1633–1640 Charles, Duke of Guise 1640–1654 Henry II, Duke of Guise 1654 Louis...

of his wife, Mary, Queen of Scots. The queen's maternal relatives, the House of Guise, gained an ascendancy over the young king. The House of Guise was...

birthplace of the noble family of Guise, Dukes of Guise, who later became Princes of Joinville. The remains of the medieval castle of Guise, the seat of the...

time by the Duke of Guise, under the title of "Doge of Naples". Naples returned to its former status; in personal union with the Crown of Aragon and Spanish...

of Guise. Antoinette de Bourbon was born on 25 December 1494 at the Chateau de Ham, in the Somme department, Picardy, France. She was the child of Francis...

actually used the title above any other of their titles. Duchess of Aumale Duchess of Mayenne Duchess of Lorraine Duchess of Guise Duchess of Orléans...

Duke of Aumale. He was bestowed with the personal title of Duke of Guise by Louis-Philippe I, King of the French, his grandfather, in 1847. List of consorts...

king, Henry III, fought against factions the House of Bourbon and House of Guise. Henry, the Bourbon King of Navarre, won and established the Bourbon dynasty...

Aspley House is a Grade II* listed 17th-century country house near Aspley Guise in Bedfordshire, England. Historic England. "Aspley House (1113948)". National...

heir of the Bourbon Duke of Penthièvre Lambesc: in Provence, used by various cadets of the House of Guise, notably by the heirs of the Dukes of Elbeuf...

Treaty of Joinville was signed in secret on 31 December 1584 by the Catholic League, led by France's first family of Catholic nobles, the House of Guise, and...