GUISE, HENRI II DE LORRAINE, 5TH DUKE DE


Meaning of GUISE, HENRI II DE LORRAINE, 5TH DUKE DE in English

born April 4, 1614, Blois, France

died June 2, 1664

French leader of the house of Guise .

He was already archbishop of Rheims when he became duke de Guise in 1640. After being sentenced to death for his part in a conspiracy against Cardinal de Richelieu (1641), he fled to Brussels and commanded the Austrian troops against France. He unsuccessfully led the Neapolitans in their war against Spain (1647, 1654), then spent the rest of his life at the French court, trying unsuccessfully to revive the power of the Guise dynasty.

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