Overview
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The house, member by member
One family drawn as a tree, then every member, oldest first where a date is recorded.
5 children in the house
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Mary of Lorraine 1515 CE – 1560 CE -
Francis, Duke of Guise 1519 CE – 1563 CE 1 child in the house
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Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine 1524 CE – 1574 CE -
Claude of Lorraine, duke of Aumale 1526 CE – 1573 CE -
Louis I of Lorraine, cardinal of Guise 1527 CE – 1578 CE
Every member
People whose own records place them in this house.
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Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise20 October 1496 CE – 12 April 1550 CE · Duke of Guise
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Mary of Lorraine22 November 1515 CE – 11 June 1560 CE · Child of Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise -
Francis, Duke of Guise17 February 1519 CE – 24 February 1563 CE · Child of Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise -
Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine17 February 1524 CE – 26 December 1574 CE · Child of Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise -
Claude of Lorraine, duke of Aumale18 August 1526 CE – 3 March 1573 CE · Child of Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise -
Louis I of Lorraine, cardinal of Guise21 October 1527 CE – 29 March 1578 CE · Child of Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise -
Louis II of Lorraine, Cardinal of Guise6 July 1555 CE – 24 December 1588 CE · Child of Francis, Duke of Guise -
Catherine Henriette de Bourbon14 November 1596 CE – 20 June 1663 CE · French noble -
Philippe of Lorraine1643 CE – 8 December 1702 CE · French knight
Offices held in the house
The members in each office, in order — a selection from the office’s whole line.
Cardinal
- 2 holders
- 1 gap
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1547 CE – 1574 CE Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine French Catholic cardinal of the House of Guise (1524-1574) -
Gap about 4 years before the next in this house
from 21 February 1578 CE Louis II of Lorraine, Cardinal of Guise Catholic cardinal (1555-1588)
Roman Catholic Bishop of Metz
- 2 holders
- 1 gap
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18 May 1550 CE – 22 April 1551 CE Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine French Catholic cardinal of the House of Guise (1524-1574) -
Gap about 17 years before the next in this house
5 October 1568 CE – 1578 CE Louis I of Lorraine, cardinal of Guise Catholic cardinal
Affiliation
From the members’ own records, not the people the house ruled.
Affiliations recorded on members
An affiliation recorded by a third party, often for one period of a life. It is not the religion of anyone this house ruled.
Connections
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