Louis II, Cardinal of Guise

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Louis II, Cardinal of Guise was a prominent 16th-century French Catholic prelate and statesman from the influential Guise family, active during the French Wars of Religion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 16th-century French person
Catholic cardinal
French prelate
French statesman
activeYears 1570s–1588
appointedCardinal 1578
associatedWith French monarchy
Paris
Reims
birthDate 1555-07-06
birthPlace Duchy of Bar
Joinville
burialPlace Reims Cathedral
cardinalateTitle Cardinal-priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli
clergyStatus Roman Catholic clergy
consecratedAsBishop 1574
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
deathDate 1588-06-24
deathPlace Kingdom of France
Paris
educatedAt University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
surface form: University of Reims
era Early modern period
familyName de Guise
father Francis, Duke of Guise
givenName Louis
knownFor Influence in French ecclesiastical politics
Role in the Catholic League during the French Wars of Religion
languageSpoken French
memberOf House of Guise
House of Lorraine
mother Anna d’Este
nobleRank Prince
nobleTitle Prince of the blood (France)
notableWork Leadership in the Catholic League
opposed Huguenots
Policies of Henry III of France
participantIn Catholic League in France
surface form: Catholic League (France)

Day of the Barricades
French Wars of Religion
politicalAlignment Ultra-Catholic
positionHeld Archbishop of Reims
Cardinal
Primate of the Gauls
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
sibling Duke of Mayenne
surface form: Charles, Duke of Mayenne

Henry I, Duke of Guise
styleOfAddress His Eminence
supported Catholic League in France
surface form: Catholic League (France)

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House of Guise notableMember Louis II, Cardinal of Guise