The House of Guise (/ ɡwiːz / GWEEZ, French: [ɡ (ɥ)iz]; Dutch: Wieze; German: Wiese) was a prominent French noble family that was involved heavily in the French Wars of Religion. The …

house of Guise, Noble French Roman Catholic family that played a major role in French politics during the Reformation. Claude de Lorraine (1496–1550) was created the 1st duke de Guise …

Guise, HOUSE OF, a branch of the ducal family of Lorraine, played an important part in the religious troubles of France during the sixteenth century. By reason of descent from …

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 into a county for René, a younger …

guise family. The Guise lineage was the product of the dynastic convolutions of the Houses of Lorraine and Anjou in the fifteenth century. Ren é II, duke of Lorraine (1451 – 1508), passed …

François de 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 leader …

2011年4月28日 · The House of Guise was one of the greatest princely families of the sixteenth century, or indeed of any age. Today they are best remembered through the tragic life of one …