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House of Guise

The House of Guise was a French ducal family, a junior branch of the House of Lorraine founded by Claude of Lorraine, who was made Duke of Guise in 1528. Its leaders, among them Francis, Duke of Guise, and his son Henry, headed the Catholic party and the Catholic League in the French Wars of Religion. The main line died out in 1675.

House of Guise
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Duchy of Lorraine

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