Kings of France
King Henri III
The House of Guise
One of the three great noble houses in France
The House of Guise was a cadet branch (younger sons) of the House of
Lorraine. It rose to power ca 1558 when Marie de Guise's daughter, Mary
Queen of Scots, married the Dauphin Francois, son of Henri II. Their influence
evaporated a few years later when Francois died and Mary returned to Scotland.
Mary's first cousins, Henri, Duc de Guise and his brother Louis, Cardinal de Guise would die killed by the guards of King Henri III in 1588, for fomenting a rebellion of the ultramontanist Catholics against the crown
Source: Henri de Guise, le balafré
The death of Henri de Guise, assassinated at the order of Henri III is a classic subject of painting with the can-do-no-wrong Guise in white and the dastardly king in black. From the early 1830s
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| Henri de Guise prior to his facial scar | Henri de Guise showing his celebrated facial scar from the battle of Dormans in 1575 | The three brothers : Charles de Mayenne, Guise and the Cardinal de Guise |
