Louis III, Cardinal of Guise

Louis de Lorraine known as the Cardinal de Guise (22 January 1575 – 21 June 1621, Saintes) was the third son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine of Cleves.[1]

Louis III (1575-1621)

Coat of arms of Cardinal de Guise

Life

His ecclesiastical post was entirely a sinecure; he was never ordained,[2] and led a dissipated life. Nevertheless, he was made Archbishop of Reims in January 1605,[3] and created cardinal on December 2, 1615. He incurred the displeasure of Louis XIII of France, and was imprisoned in the Bastille in 1620.[2] He joined the royal campaign to besiege the Huguenot stronghold of Montauban in 1621, and there fell ill with scarlet fever and died.[4]

He married, in secret, Charlotte des Essarts,[2] Mademoiselle de La Haye in 1611. They had five children:

1. Charles Louis (d. July 12, 1668, Auteuil), Abbot of Chaalis, Bishop of Condom[2]
2. Achille (c. 1615–1648, Heraklion), Prince of Guise, Count of Romorantin, killed in the siege of Candia, married Anna Maria of Salm-Dhaun[5]
3. Charlotte (d. bef. 1664), Abbess of St. Pierre, Lyon[5]
4. Henri Hector (b. 1620)[3]
5. Louise (d. July 5, 1662), married October 24, 1639 Claude Pot, Lord of Rhodes (d. August 3, 1642)[5]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Louis III, Cardinal of Guise

16. René de Lorraine, Duke of Lorraine 8. Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Guise 17. Philippa of Guelders 4. Francis de Lorraine, Duke of Guise 18. François de Bourbon, Count of Vendôme 9. Antoinette de Bourbon 19. Marie de Luxembourg 2. Henri de Lorraine, Duke of Guise 20. Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara 10. Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara 21. Lucrezia Borgia 5. Anna d'Este 22. Louis XII of France 11. Princess Renée of France 23. Anne of Brittany 1. Louis de Lorraine 24. Engelbert, Count of Nevers 12. Charles de Cleves, Count of Nevers 25. Charlotte de Bourbon 6. François of Clèves, Duke of Nevers 26. Jean d'Albret, Baron d'Orval 13. Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel 27. Charlotte de Bourgogne great grand daughter of Philip the Bold 3. Catherine of Cleves 28. François de Bourbon, Count of Vendôme =18 14. Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme 29. Marie de Luxembourg =19 7. Marguerite de Bourbon 30. René d'Alençon, Duke of Alençon 15. Françoise d'Alençon 31. Marguerite de Lorraine

References

1. Bergin 1996, p. 661-662.
2. Bergin 1996, p. 662.
3. Carroll 2009, p. 294.
4. Kettering 2008, p. 200-201. sfn error: no target: CITEREFKettering2008 (help)
5. Spangler 2016, p. 272.

Sources

• Bergin, Joseph (1996). The Making of the French Episcopate, 1589-1661. Yale University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Carroll, Stuart (2009). Martyrs and Murderers: The Guise Family and the Making of Europe. Oxford University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Kettering, Sharon (2008). Power and Reputation at the Court of Louis XIII: The Career of Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes {1578-1621). Manchester University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Spangler, Jonathan (2016). The Society of Princes: The Lorraine-Guise and the Conservation of Power and Wealth in Seventeenth-Century France. Routledge.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)