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Counts and dukes of Guise. Count of Guise and Duke of Guise (pronounced [ɡɥiz] GHEEZ) were titles in the French nobility . Originally a seigneurie, in 1417 Guise was erected into a county for René, a younger son of Louis II of Anjou . While disputed by the House of Luxembourg (1425–1444), the county was ultimately retained by the House of ...
Mary of Guise (French: Marie de Guise; 22 November 1515 – 11 June 1560), also called Mary of Lorraine, was Queen of Scotland from 1538 until 1542, as the second wife of King James V. She was a French noblewoman of the House of Guise , a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine and one of the most powerful families in France .
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French-born queen of Scotland who fought to retain the throne for her daughter, Mary Stuart, against Scottish nobles and Protestant reformers . Name variations: Mary of Lorraine; Mary of Guise -Lorraine; Marie of Guise; (Fr.) Mary de Guise, duchess of Longueville. Pronunciation: Geez or Geese.
Anna d'Este (16 November 1531 – 17 May 1607) was an important princess with considerable influence at the court of France and a central figure in the French Wars of Religion. In her first marriage she was Duchess of Aumale, then of Guise, in her second marriage Duchess of Nemours and Genevois .
May 18, 2013 · Antoinette of Bourbon was the formidable matriarch of the Guise family in sixteenth century France. She had many children who were instrumental in international politics as well as in religious life including her daughter Mary of Guise, Queen of Scotland. Her grand-daughter was Mary Queen of Scots. Antoinette lived to the ripe old age of…
Oct 22, 2019 · History. By Hamish MacPherson Journalist. Share. Marie de Guise (1515-1560) Before the 1603 Union of the Crowns, Scotland famously only ever had one Queen Regnant, Mary, Queen of Scots, and her years of ruling were cut short by her enforced abdication. Yet a fair case could be made that Mary’s own mother, Marie de Guise, was both Queen and ...
Mary of Guise (aka Marie de Lorraine, 1515-1560) was a French noblewoman who became the second wife of James V of Scotland (r. 1513-1542). With the premature death of her husband, her daughter Mary, Queen of Scots (r. 1542-1567) became queen. Mary was still a minor and so Mary of Guise acted as her regent from 1554 to 1560.
