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Francois de Lorraine, 2.Duc
de Guise, (1519-1563)
Born 16 February 1519 Chateau Bar-le-Duc
Died 24 February 1563 Chateau de Corney nr Orleans
Married 4 December 1548 St.Germain-en-Laye
Anne d'Este, Comtesse de Gisors, Dame de Montargis,
daughter of Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Modena and Ferrara
and Renee de France
Born 16 November 1531
Died 15 May 1607 Paris
Buried Notre Dame d'Annecy
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Known as 'le Balafre' (the Scarred), he was a French soldier and statesman.
He fought at Montmedy in 1542 and was at the siege of Landercies in 1543.
In 1545 at Boulogne he received a near fatal wound. In 1552 and 1553 he
defended Metz against Emperor Charles V and in 1556 commanded the expedition
against Naples. In 1557 he was recalled to defend France's northern borders
against the English and in 1558 took Calais and other towns from them.
He was instrumental to the Treaty of Chateau Cambresis in 1559.
He was with his brother, Cardinal Charles de Guise, the most powerful
person in France during the reign of King Charles IX (1559-1560). However,
while besieging the city of Orleans he was assassinated by a Huguenot.
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