Counts and Dukes of Guise
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Comte de Guise and Duc de Guise were titles in the French nobility. Originally a seigneurie, Guise was erected into a county for René, younger son of Louis II of Anjou, in 1417. While disputed by the House of Luxembourg (1425–1444), it was ultimately retained by the House of Anjou and its descendants, passing in 1520 into the cadet House of Guise, headed by Claude of Lorraine. In 1528, it was elevated to a duchy for him. This creation became extinct in 1688, and the lands passed to the Anne, Pfalzgravine of Simmern, a great-granddaughter of Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne (whose mother happened to have first married the 5th Duke of Guise) - although she was not the heiress in primogeniture, that being the Duke of Mantova and Montferrat. The dukedom was recreated for her and her husband Henri Jules de Bourbon-Condé in 1704. On the extinction of the Condé family, her descendants, in 1830, the heirs were the House of Orléans (descendants of Anne's granddaughter's Louise Elisabeth de Bourbon-Condé's daughter Louise Henriette de Bourbon-Conti, the Duchess of Orleans), and the title of Duc de Guise was used as a courtesy title for members of this family in the nineteenth century, firstly for three sons of Henri d'Orléans, Duc d'Aumale, and then for Jean, son of Robert d'Orléans, Duc de Chartres. Jean, Duc de Guise became Orléanist claimant to the throne of France as Jean III in 1926.
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[edit] Counts of Guise (House of Anjou)
[edit] Counts of Guise (House of Luxembourg)
The House of Luxembourg had disputed the lordship of Guise, and with the approval of John, Duke of Bedford, English Regent of France, seized the county in 1425.
- John, Count of Ligny (1425–1440)
- Louis I, Count of Saint-Pol (1440–1444), also Brienne and Conversano
[edit] Counts of Guise (House of Anjou)
The marriage of Charles of Le Maine, younger brother of René, to Isabelle of Luxembourg, sister of Louis, allowed him to peacefully recover Guise.
[edit] Counts of Guise (House of Armagnac)
Charles IV left his lands to the Crown, but Guise was granted to his nephew Louis in 1491.
- Louis d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours (1491–1503)
- Marguerite d'Armagnac, Duchess of Nemours (d. 1503)
- Charlotte d'Armagnac, Duchess of Nemours (d. 1504)
[edit] Counts of Guise (House of Lorraine)
In 1520, the Parlement of Paris conferred Guise upon Claude of Lorraine, second son of René II of Lorraine (the grandson of René I of Naples) and heir to his French possessions.
He was created Duke of Guise in 1528.
[edit] Dukes of Guise (1528)
- Claude, Duke of Guise (1496–1550; s.1528){Father of Marie de Guise mother of Mary I of Scotland}
- Francis, Duke of Guise (1519–1563; s. 1550)
- Henry I, Duke of Guise (1550–1588; s. 1563)
- Charles, Duke of Guise (1571–1640; s. 1588); also duke of Joyeuse
- Henry II, Duke of Guise (1614–1664; s. 1640)
- Louis Joseph, Duke of Guise (1650–1671; s. 1664)
- Francis Joseph, Duke of Guise (1670–1675 s. 1671)
- Marie, Duchess of Guise (1615–1688) s.1675) great-aunt
[edit] Dukes of Guise (1704)
- Anne Henriette Julie de Bavière, 1er duchesse de Guise (1648-1723)
- Henri III Jules de Bourbon, 1er duc de Guise (1643-1709)
- Louis III de Bourbon, 2me duc de Guise (1668-1710)
- Louis Henri de Bourbon, 3me duc de Guise (1692-1740)
- Louis Joseph de Bourbon, 4me duc de Guise (1736-1818)
- Louis Henri Joseph de Bourbon, 5me duc de Guise (1756-1830)
[edit] Dukes of Guise of the House of Orléans
- Henri d'Orléans, Duc de Guise (1847-1847)
- François Paul d'Orléans, Duc de Guise (1852-1852)
- François Louis d'Orléans, Duc de Guise (1854-1872)
- Jean d'Orléans, Duc de Guise (1874-1940)
