Louis III, Cardinal of Guise
| Louis III, Cardinal of Guise | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Reims |
| In office | 1605-1621 |
| Predecessor | Philippe du Bec |
| Successor | Gabriel Gifford |
| Other post | Abbot of Cluny (1612-1621) |
| Previous post | Coadjutor Archbishop of Reims (1601-1605) |
| Orders | |
| Created cardinal | 2 December 1615 by Pope Paul V |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 January 1575 Lorraine |
| Died | 18 June 1621 (aged 46) Saintes |
Louis de Lorraine known as the Cardinal de Guise (22 January 1575 – 21 June 1621, Saintes) was the second son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine of Cleves.[1]
Life
His ecclesiastical post was entirely a sinecure; he was never ordained,[2] and led a dissipated life. Nevertheless, he was made Archbishop of Reims in January 1605,[3] and created cardinal on December 2, 1615. He incurred the displeasure of Louis XIII, and was imprisoned in the Bastille in 1620.[2] He joined the royal campaign to besiege the Huguenot stronghold of Montauban in 1621, and there fell ill with scarlet fever and died.[4]
He married, in secret, Charlotte des Essarts,[2] Mademoiselle de La Haye in 1611. They had five children:
- Charles Louis (d. July 12, 1668, Auteuil), Abbot of Chaalis, Bishop of Condom[2]
- Achille (c. 1615–1648, Heraklion), Prince of Guise, Count of Romorantin, killed in the siege of Candia, married Anna Maria of Salm-Dhaun[5]
- Charlotte (d. bef. 1664), Abbess of St. Pierre, Lyon[5]
- Henri Hector (b. 1620)[3]
- Louise (d. July 5, 1662), married October 24, 1639 Claude Pot, Lord of Rhodes (d. August 3, 1642)[5]
Ancestry
- Ancestors of Louis III, Cardinal of Guise
- 16. René de Lorraine, Duke of Lorraine
- 8. Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Guise
- 17. Philippa of Guelders
- 4. Francis de Lorraine, Duke of Guise
- 18. François de Bourbon, Count of Vendôme
- 9. Antoinette de Bourbon
- 19. Marie de Luxembourg
- 2. Henri de Lorraine, Duke of Guise
- 20. Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
- 10. Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
- 21. Lucrezia Borgia
- 5. Anna d'Este
- 22. Louis XII of France
- 11. Princess Renée of France
- 23. Anne of Brittany
- 1. Louis de Lorraine
- 24. Engelbert, Count of Nevers
- 12. Charles de Cleves, Count of Nevers
- 25. Charlotte de Bourbon
- 6. François of Clèves, Duke of Nevers
- 26. Jean d'Albret, Baron d'Orval
- 13. Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel
- 27. Charlotte de Bourgogne
great grand daughter of Philip the Bold - 3. Catherine of Cleves
- 28. François de Bourbon, Count of Vendôme =18
- 14. Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme
- 29. Marie de Luxembourg =19
- 7. Marguerite de Bourbon
- 30. René d'Alençon, Duke of Alençon
- 15. Françoise d'Alençon
- 31. Marguerite de Lorraine
References
- Back to citation Bergin 1996, p. 661-662.
- Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Back to citation occurrence 2.2 Back to citation occurrence 2.3 Bergin 1996, p. 662.
- Back to citation occurrence 3.0 Back to citation occurrence 3.1 Carroll 2009, p. 294.
- Back to citation Kettering 2008, pp. 200–201.
- Back to citation occurrence 5.0 Back to citation occurrence 5.1 Back to citation occurrence 5.2 Spangler 2016, p. 272.
Bibliography
- Bergin, Joseph (1996). The Making of the French Episcopate, 1589-1661. Yale University Press.
- Carroll, Stuart (2009). Martyrs and Murderers: The Guise Family and the Making of Europe. Oxford University Press.
- Kettering, Sharon (2008). Power and Reputation at the Court of Louis XIII: The Career of Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes (1578-1621). Manchester University Press.
- Spangler, Jonathan (2016). The Society of Princes: The Lorraine-Guise and the Conservation of Power and Wealth in Seventeenth-Century France. Routledge.