Guise, Louis II de Lorraine, 2e cardinal de
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▪ French cardinal
(2nd cardinal of)
born July 6, 1555, Dampierre, Fr.
died Dec. 24, 1588, Blois
brother of Henri de Lorraine, 3rd duc de Guise, whom he supported vigorously in the War of the Three Henrys (
Three Henrys, War of the) (
Henry III, Henry of Navarre, Henry of Guise).
Guise became cardinal in 1574 and archbishop of Reims in 1583 and had an active and bloody role in the wars pursued by the Holy League. He was assassinated at Blois on the day after his brother's assassination; both bodies were burned and the ashes thrown into the Loire.
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