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GUISE, HOUSE OF

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GUISE, HOUSE OF

GUISE, See also:
HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
HOUSE OF , a See also:

CADET (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. capitettum, a diminutive of caput, head, through the Provencal form capdet)

cadet See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the house of See also:

LORRAINE

Lorraine (q.v.). Rene II., See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Lorraine (d. 1508), See also:

UNITED

united the two branches of the house of Lorraine. From his paternal See also:

GRAND

grand-See also:

MOTHER

mother, See also:

MARIE

Marie d'See also:

Harcourt, Rene inherited the countships of See also:

Aumale, See also:

Mayenne, See also:

ELBEUF

Elbeuf, See also:

LILLEBONNE

Lillebonne, Brionne and other See also:

French fiefs, in addition to the honours of the See also:

elder branch, which included the countship of Guise, the See also:

DOWRY (in Anglo-Fr. dowarie, O. Fr. douaire, Med. Lat. dotaria, from Lat. dos; from root of dare, to give; in Fr. dot)

dowry of Marie of See also:

BLOIS

Blois on her See also:

MARRIAGE

marriage in 1333 with See also:

Rudolph or Raoul of Lorraine. Rene's eldest surviving son by his marriage with Philippa, daughter of See also:

ADOLPHUS, JOHN LEYCESTER (1795-1862)

Adolphus of See also:

Egmont, duke of See also:

Gelderland, was See also:

Anthony, who succeeded his See also:

FATHER

father as duke of Lorraine (d. 1544), while the second, See also:

CLAUDE, JEAN (1619-1687)

Claude, See also:

COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count and afterwards duke of Guise, received the French fiefs. The Guises, though naturalized in See also:

France, continued to See also:

INTEREST

interest themselves in the fortunes of Lorraine, and their enemies were always ready to designate them as foreigners. The See also:

PARTITION

partition between the See also:

BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers Anthony and Claude was ratified by a further agreement in 1530, reserving the lapsed honours of the kingdoms of See also:

Jerusalem, See also:

SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, See also:

ARAGON, or ARRAGON (in Span. Aragon)

Aragon, the duchy of See also:

ANJOU

Anjou and the countships of See also:

PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence and See also:

Maine to the duke of Lorraine. Of the other sons of Rene II., See also:

John (1498—1550) became the first See also:

CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal of Lorraine, while See also:

Ferri, See also:

Louis and See also:

Francis See also:

fell fighting in the French armies at Marignano (1515), See also:

Naples (1528) and See also:

PAVIA (anc. Ticinum, q.v.)

Pavia (1525) respectively.

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