Guise, Francis (15191563)

Guise, Francis, second Duke of, and son of preceding; rose, to the highest eminence as a soldier, winning, besides many others, the great victory of Metz (1552) over the Germans, and capturing Calais from the English in 1558; along with his brother Charles (q.v.) he was virtual ruler of France during the feeble rule of Francis II., and these two set themselves to crush the rise of Protestantism; he was murdered by a Huguenot at the siege of Orleans (15191563).

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

Guise, Claude of Lorraine * Guise, Henry I.
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Guise, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Duke of
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Guise, Francis
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