Count of Guise and Duke of Guise (/ɡwiːz/ GWEEZ, French: [ɡ(ɥ)iz]) were titles in the French nobility. Originally a seigneurie, in 1417 Guise was erected...
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dukes of Hohenberg, the house is currently headed by Karl von Habsburg (born 1961), grandson of the last emperor Charles I. The main two theories of the...
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Illustrated History of France (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 124. ISBN 0-521-43294-4. Titles of the counts and dukes of Anjou in the 11-16th...
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449-54 Counts and Dukes of Guise. "Princesse fille". Ranumspanat.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014. "Guise-Gondi...
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de Bourbon Queen Mary of Guise Duke Francis of Guise Cardinal Charles of Lorraine Queen Mary of Scots Duke of Lorraine Dukes of Lorraine family tree Wellman...
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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...
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of Anjou, also Charles of Maine, Count of Le Maine and Guise (1446 – 10 December 1481), was the son of the Angevin prince Charles of Maine, Count of Maine...
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ruled Aumale, through their claims to be dukes of Normandy and later, kings of France. The title of Count or Duke of Aumale was granted several times during...
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Counts and Dukes of Guise Guise baronets, baronetcies in England and Great Britain Guise (name), a list of people with the surname Guise Brittan (1809–1876)...
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Several counts and then royal dukes of Alençon have figured in French history. The title has been awarded to a younger brother of the French sovereign...
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title Count Robert received by imperial grant in 1354 was that of Margrave of Pont-à-Mousson. This margraviate was frequently bestowed by the Dukes of Bar...
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Lorraine, 2nd Duke of Guise, 1st Prince of Joinville, and 1st Duke of Aumale; 17 February 1519 – 24 February 1563), was a French general and statesman. A prominent...
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Duke of Guise, Prince of Joinville, Count of Eu (31 December 1550 – 23 December 1588), sometimes called Le Balafré ('Scarface'), was the eldest son of François...
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and three temporal, and the dukes all ranked above the counts. The Prince-Bishops with ducal territories included: The Archbishop of Reims, styled archevêque-duc...
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appointed Hugh, Duke of Burgundy, as its first margrave. At the time, the premier counts in the region were the counts of Arles and those of Avignon. Those...
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Prince Jean of Orléans, Duke of Guise (Jean Pierre Clément Marie; 4 September 1874 – 25 August 1940), was the third son and youngest child of Prince Robert...
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221-32. Ranum, Portraits, pp. 449-54 Marie de Guise (1615–1688), French Wikipedia. Counts and Dukes of Guise Gavard (1848), pp. 79–80 Gavard (1848), pp....
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Press Milestones of the Millennium: Great Film Music, 1999, NPR Counts and dukes of Guise Davis, Richard (1999). Complete Guide to Film Scoring, Berklee...
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House of Lorraine – the dukes of Guise, Mayenne, Aumale, Elboeuf, Mercœur and Lorraine, supported by Spain. The Huguenots held the southwest and were allied...
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in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Montpensier, Counts and Dukes of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University...
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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...
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county of Aumale in 1495. He succeeded as Count of Guise in 1504. René was born in Angers, the son of Yolande of Lorraine and Frederick, Count of Vaudémont...
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Duke of Burgundy Counts and Dukes of Étampes Dukes of Gascony Duc de Guise Duke of Lorraine Counts and Dukes of Maine Counts and Dukes of Montpensier Duc...
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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...
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II was a descendant of the Châtillon counts of Saint-Pol, who formerly held Guise, and his claim to it was recognized by the Duke of Bedford. Joined by...
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literature Duchy of Montpensier Counts and Dukes of Guise House of Valois "La Princesse de Montpensier". JP's Box-Office. "The Princess of Montpensier (2011)...
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Prince étranger (category Foreign relations of the Ancien Régime)
sovereign dukes of Savoy and maternally descendants of the Bourbon Counts of Soissons Guise, cadets of the reigning dukes of Lorraine Rohan, descendants of the...
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with the Dukes of Lorraine. Frederick was born c. 1428 as the son of Antoine of Lorraine, Count of Vaudémont and Lord of Joinville, and Marie of Harcourt...
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Viceroy of Naples from 1501-1503, during the Third Italian War. He was known for most of his life as the Count of Guise, and inherited the Duchy of Nemours...
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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...
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