Guise, Charles de, Cardinal de Lorraine, 1525-1574
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Name (Hebrew)
לורן, שארל, קרדינל, 1525-1574
Name (Latin)
Guise, Charles de, Cardinal de Lorraine, 1525-1574
Other forms of name
Lorraine, Charles de Guise, Cardinal de, 1525-1574
Charles, Cardinal de Lorraine, 1525-1574
De Guise, Charles, Cardinal de Lorraine, 1525-1574
Date of birth
1525-02-17
Date of death
1574-12-26
Occupation
Cardinals
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- La Planche, L. A legendarie, conteining an ample discourse of the life and behauiour of Charles Cardinal of Lorraine, and of his brethren, of the house of Guise, 1577.
- BN(Guise, Charles de Lorraine, cardinal de)
- Michaud. Biog. universelle (Michaud) ancienne et moderne, 1843(Guise, Charles de; known as the Cardinal de Lorraine; 1525-1574)
- Ramus, P. De moribus veterum Gallorum, 1562:t.p. (ad Carolum Lotharingum Cardinalem)
- French Wikipedia WWW site, Apr. 5, 2011(Charles de Lorraine; b. Feb. 17, 1524, Joinville; d. Dec. 26, 1574, Avignon; duc de Chevreuse; Archbishop of Reims, 1538-1574; Bishop of Metz, 1550-1551; raised to the cardinalate in 1547, he was first known as cardinal de Guise, then cardinal de Lorraine)
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Wikipedia description:
Charles de Lorraine (17 February 1524 – 26 December 1574), Duke of Chevreuse, was a French Cardinal, a member of the powerful House of Guise. He was known at first as the Cardinal of Guise, and then as the second Cardinal of Lorraine, after the death of his uncle, Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (1550). He was the protector of François Rabelais and Pierre de Ronsard and founded Reims University. He is sometimes known as the Cardinal de Lorraine.
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