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  2. Charles de Lorraine, duc de Mayenne (26 March 1554 –3 October 1611) [1] was a French noble, governor, military commander and rebel during the latter French 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 Chambellan in 1563 upon his death.

  3. Charles de Lorraine, duke de Mayenne (born March 26, 1554, Alençon, Fr.—died Oct. 13, 1611, Soissons) was a leader (1589–95) of the Holy League in France and opponent of Henry of Navarre’s claims to the French throne.

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  4. 1 day ago · Quick Reference. (1554–1611), Leader of the Catholic League in the French Wars of Religion, the son of François, second duke of Guise, and the younger brother of Henri, third duke of Guise ... From: Mayenne, Charles de Lorraine, Duke of in The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance ».

  5. Charles de Lorraine, duc de Mayenne was a French noble, governor, military commander and rebel during the latter French 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 Chambellan in 1563 upon his death. He fought at the siege of Poitiers for the crown in 1569, and crusaded against the Ottomans in 1572. He served under the command of the king's brother Anjou during the siege of La Rochelle ...

  6. CHARLES OF LORRAINE MAYENNE, Duke Of (1554-1611), second son of Francis of Lorraine, second duke of Guise, was born on the 26th of March 1554. He was absent from France at the time of the massacre of Saint Bartholomew, but took part in the siege of La Rochelle in the following year, when he was created duke and peer of France.

  7. Jan 7, 2021 · Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne (26 March 1554 – 3 October 1611), or Charles de Guise, was a French nobleman of the house of Guise and a military leader of the Catholic League, which he headed during the French Wars of Religion, following the assassination of his brothers at Blois in 1588.

  8. ;Duke Of (1554-1611), second son of Francis of Lorraine, second duke of Guise, was born on the 26th of March 1554. He was absent from France at the time of the massacre of Saint Bartholomew, but took part in the siege of La Rochelle in the following year, when he was created duke and peer of France.