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