Wars of Religion. Born in 1554, the second son of François de Lorraine, duke of Guise and Anne d'Este, Mayenne inherited his fathers' position of Grand...

from the House of Guise. He was the eldest son of Charles, Duke of Mayenne and Henriette of Savoy, Marquise of Villars. He became Duke of Aiguillon in 1599...

France for Henry of Lorraine, son of Charles, Duke of Mayenne. The title takes its name from the town of Aiguillon. The title of Duke of Aiguillon was suppressed...

the armed forces of the Catholic League. The Duke of Mayenne's nephew, the young Duke of Guise, Charles, was proposed by the Catholic League as a candidate...

Catherine de Mayenne was born in 1585, as the daughter of Charles, Duke of Mayenne, younger brother of Henry of Guise, and his wife, Henriette of Savoy-Villars...

youngest daughter of Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, and Catherine de Mayenne (herself daughter of Charles, Duke of Mayenne), Anna was "Princess...

Duke of Mayenne (duc de Mayenne) is a title created for a cadet branch of the House of Guise. It subsequently passed by marriage to the Gonzaga in 1621...

(25 October 1562–1567) Anne d'Este Duke Henry I of Guise Duke Charles of Mayenne Cardinal Louis of Guise House of Guise who distinguishes the personal...

Mayenne). He was the Duke of Nevers and Rethel, together with his father. In 1621, he succeeded his uncle Henri de Lorraine-Guise as Duke of Mayenne....

also between Henry III and the Catholic League (including Charles, Duke of Mayenne, one of his leading generals who failed to accomplish anything in the...