Louis I. de Lorraine-Guise

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Louis I. de Lorraine-Guise (born October 21, 1527 in Joinville , † March 29, 1578 in Paris ) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

Louis was the fourth son of Claude de Lorraine, duc de Guise and Antoinette de Bourbon , and thus the younger brother of Cardinal Charles de Lorraine-Guise and Duke François de Lorraine, duc de Guise .

Ludwig became Bishop of Troyes on May 11, 1545 , Bishop of Albi on June 27, 1550 , Archbishop of Sens on May 9, 1561 (but resigned for Cardinal Nicolas de Pellevé a year later ) and Archbishop on October 5, 1568 pro hac vice from Metz . He was consecrated on April 1, 1571 by his brother Charles.

Already in the consistory of December 22, 1553 he was by Pope Julius III. created a cardinal. As a cardinal deacon he received the titular church of San Tommaso in Parione on July 17, 1555 . On March 24, 1568 he was made cardinal priest of the same church.

He was a participant in two papal elections : at the conclave of May 1555 , which elected Cardinal Gian Pietro Carafa as Pope Paul IV on May 23, 1555 , and at the 1559 conclave , in which Cardinal Giovanni Angelo de 'Medici as Pope Pius IV on December 25, 1559 . was chosen. He did not take part in the conclaves of 1553, 1565/66 and 1572.

On February 13, 1575, Louis de Lorraine crowned Henry III. in Reims as King of France .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, December 22, 1553
  2. ↑ Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 3, page 298
predecessor Office successor
François de Beaucaire de Péguillon Bishop of Metz
1568–1578 		Charles of Lorraine
Jean Bertrandi Archbishop of Sens
1561–1562 		Nicolas de Pellevé
Jean de Lorraine-Guise Archbishop of Albi
1550–1561 		Laurent Cardinal Strozzi
Odard Hennequin Bishop of Troyes
1545–1550 		Antoine Caracciolo
personal data
SURNAME Lorraine-Guise, Louis I. de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lorraine-Guise, Ludwig I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1527
PLACE OF BIRTH Joinville
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1578
Place of death Paris