Guise family

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French noble family

The Guise family was a powerful and influential French noble house, prominent in the 16th century for its leading role in the Catholic League and the French Wars of Religion.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Guise family canonical	3
Catholic League (through her Guise descendants)	1
House of Guise	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French noble family ⓘ
activeInCentury	16th century ⓘ
branchOf	House of Lorraine-Guise NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	French ⓘ
influencedEvent	French Wars of Religion NERFINISHED ⓘ Massacre of Vassy NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Bartholomew's Day massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
maritalAlliance	House of Valois NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish royal house through Mary of Guise ⓘ
nobleTitle	Duke of Aumale NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke of Guise NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke of Mayenne NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince of Joinville NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	leadership of the Catholic League ⓘ role in the French Wars of Religion ⓘ
notableMember	Catherine of Guise NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles, Duke of Guise NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles, Duke of Mayenne NERFINISHED ⓘ Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Aumale NERFINISHED ⓘ Claude, Duke of Guise NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis, Duke of Guise NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry I, Duke of Guise NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry II, Duke of Guise NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis I, Cardinal of Guise NERFINISHED ⓘ Louise of Guise NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary of Guise NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur NERFINISHED ⓘ Renée of Guise NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedGroup	French Huguenots NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Bourbon NERFINISHED ⓘ
originRegion	Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentHouse	House of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment	ultra-Catholic ⓘ
politicalGoal	defense of Catholicism in France ⓘ limiting Huguenot power ⓘ
politicalRole	leaders of the Catholic League in France ⓘ rivals of the House of Bourbon for influence at the French court ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
seat	Guise NERFINISHED ⓘ Joinville NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	extinct as a ducal line in the 17th century ⓘ
supportedMonarch	Francis II of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry III of France NERFINISHED ⓘ opposition to Henry of Navarre ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joinville, Champagne, Kingdom of France → ancestralSeatOf → Guise family ⓘ

Anna d’Este → houseByMarriage → Guise family ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Guise

Anna d’Este → marriageInto → Guise family ⓘ

Claude, Duke of Chevreuse → nobleFamily → Guise family ⓘ

Antoinette de Bourbon → associatedWith → Guise family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catholic League (through her Guise descendants)