Claude, Duke of Aumale

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Coat of arms of the Dukes of Aumale

Claude of Guise, Duc d'Aumale (August 18, 1526, Joinville – March 3, 1573, La Rochelle) was the third son of Claude, Duke of Guise and Antoinette de Bourbon.

On August 1, 1547, he married Louise de Brézé (c. 1518 – January 1577), Lady of Anet, the daughter of Louis de Brézé, Count of Maulevrier, and Diane de Poitiers. They had eleven children:

Henri (October 21, 1549, Château de Saint-Germain – August 1559), Count of Valentinois
Charles, Duke of Aumale (1555–1631)
Antoine (b. November 12, 1562), d. young
Claude (December 13, 1564 – January 3, 1591, Saint-Denis), called the "Chevalier d'Aumale", Abbot of St.-Pere-en-Valle, Chartres, Knight of the Order of Malta, General of the Galleys
Charles (January 25, 1566 – May 7, 1568, Paris)
Catherine Romula (November 8, 1550, Saint-Germain – June 25, 1606), married on May 11, 1569 Nicholas, Duke of Mercoeur
Madeleine Diane (b. February 5, 1554), d. young
Diane (November 10, 1558 – June 25, 1586, Ligny), married on November 13, 1576 François, Duke of Piney-Luxemburg
Antoinette (b. June 9, 1560, Nancy), d. young
Antoinette Louise (September 29, 1561, Joinville – August 24, 1643, Soissons), Abbess of Soissons
Marie (June 10, 1565 – January 27, 1627), Abbess of Chelles

In 1550, his brother Francis acceded as Duke of Guise and ceded to him the title of Duke of Aumale. He was killed by a culverin shot while besieging La Rochelle.