Duchy of Guise

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The Duchy of Guise or the County of Guise were lords in northern France . Originally a seigneury , Guise was elevated to a county in 1417 for René von Anjou , the younger son of Ludwig II , titular king of Naples . There were disputes with the House of Luxembourg (1425–1444) over the property , which were decided in favor of Anjou.

In 1520 Guise went to a younger line of the House of Lorraine , beginning with Claude de Lorraine , for whom the county was raised to duchy in 1528.

The title expired in 1688, Guise went to Anna Henriette von Pfalz-Simmern , a great-granddaughter of Charles II. De Lorraine, duc de Mayenne (whose mother had married the 5th Duke of Guise), although she was not the heir to Primogenitur (that was the Duke of Mantua and Montferrat ). The duke title was given to her and her husband, Henri III in 1704 . Jules de Bourbon, prince de Condé , newly awarded.

After the Condé family died out in the male line in 1830, the duchy and title went to the House of Orléans , descendants of Anna's granddaughter Louise Elisabeth de Bourbon-Condé and her daughter Louise Henriette de Bourbon-Conti, Duchess of Orléans ; the title was used in the 19th century as a courtesy title for family members, first for the three sons of Henri d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale , then for Jean, son of Robert d'Orléans, duc de Chartres . Jean d'Orléans, duc de Guise became the Orléanist pretender for the French throne in 1926 .

Lords of Guise (around 950-1417)

The Donjon of Guise was built around 950 by Walter I , Count of Amiens , Vexin and Valois .

Not hereditary lords of Guise

The Counts of Valois did not bequeath Guise to castellans. These include:

  • 1010: Rainer / René '
  • 1048: Burchard / Bouchard
  • 1058: Walter I (Gautier I) de Guise, the first hereditary lord of Guise.

There was a Walter von Vexin, son of Rudolf III. , Count of Valois, who received Guise from his brother Rudolf IV . One can assume that both Walter are identical, and that Walter I. used the disputes about the successor to Simon von Crépys to bequeath Guise to his son.

First house Guise

  • Godefroy de Guise, his son, ⚭ Ada of Montdidier
  • Guy de Guise (* around 1070, † 1141), his son, ⚭ Adélaïde de Montmorency
  • Bouchard II. De Guise, from 1141, his son, ⚭ Adélaïde de Soupir
  • Adelvie de Guise, his daughter, ⚭ Jacques , Lord of Avesnes

House Avesnes

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House of Châtillon

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In 1360 he married his daughter Maria to Ludwig I , Duke of Anjou , and gave her Guise as a dowry.

Younger house Anjou

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Ludwig II gave Guise to his second son René , and King Charles VII made Guise a county.

Counts of Guise (1417–1528)

Younger house Anjou

  • René , (* 1409 † 1480); ⚭ Isabella of Lorraine

House Luxembourg-Ligny

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The Luxembourg claims come from Guy de Châtillon, Hugo's older brother, Herr von Guise. They demanded that Guy should have inherited Guise instead of Hugo's, and that Guise should now be theirs. Johann von Luxemburg had the castle of Guise awarded to him by the English and conquered it in 1425.

Younger house Anjou

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Karl von Anjou, brother of Renés, claimed Guise in 1440 and married Isabella von Luxemburg, Ludwig's sister, in 1443. Finally, King Charles VII awarded him Guise, while the descendants of René continued to claim the county for themselves.

House Armagnac

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  • Louis d'Armagnac , † 1503, Duke of Nemours , his nephew, son of Jacques d'Armagnac , Count of La Marche and Duke of Nemours, and Louise d'Anjou
  • Marguerite d'Armagnac, † 1503, 1503 5th Duchess of Nemours, Countess of Guise, daughter of Jacques d'Armagnac, 2nd Duc de Nemours; ⚭ Pierre I. de Rohan , † 1513, Seigneur de Gié , du Vergier , de Ham, Comte de Marle , 1476 Marshal of France , 1485 Prince, widower of Francoise de Penhoet
  • Charlotte d'Armagnac, † 1504, 1503 6th Duchess of Nemours, Countess of Guise, daughter of Jacques d'Armagnac, 2nd Duc de Nemours; ⚭ Charles de Rohan, Seigneur de Gié etc., son of Pierre de Rohan from his marriage to Francoise de Penhoet

House Rohan

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  • Charles de Rohan, † 1528, son of Pierre de Rohan and Françoise de Penhoet, Seigneur de Gié, Count of Guise until 1526, since then Count of Orbec ; ⚭ Charlotte d'Armagnac, † 1504, Duchess of Nemours and Countess of Guise, sister of Louis d'Armagnac and Marguerite d'Armagnac, no descendants from this marriage

House of Lorraine-Guise

René II of Lorraine , grandson of René I of Anjou, tried to assert his claims to Guise from 1480, the year his grandfather died. He died in 1508 and bequeathed all of his French possessions (and claims) to his second son, Claude. He fought with King Francis I in the battle of Marignano and in 1520 had the county of Guise awarded by the Parlement in Paris.

Dukes of Guise (1528–1789)

House Guise

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King Francis I made Guise a duchy and peerage in 1528 .

The Duchy of Guise reverted to the Crown and was given to the Bourbon Condé .

House Condé

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With the death of Louis VI. the title went to King Louis Philippe .

House of Orléans

  • Henri Léopold Philippe Marie d'Orléans (1847–1847), grandson of Louis-Philippe

Courtesy title

  • François Paul d'Orléans (1852-1852), his brother
  • François Louis d'Orléans (1854–1872), his brother
  • Jean d'Orléans, duc de Guise (1874–1940), his cousin