Francois de Lorraine, second duc de Guise,…

February 1563 CE

Francois de Lorraine, second duc de Guise, Duc D'aumale, and Prince De Joinville, who had become the head of the ultra-Catholic faction in France after the death of King Heny II, had also become the sole commander of the royal army after the capture of Montmorency at Dreux in December, 1562.

As lieutenant general of the kingdom, Guise moves to besiege Orléans, where, mortally wounded by a Huguenot assassin, he dies on February 24, 1563.

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Orléans Centre France View →

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Francis de Lorraine II, Prince of Joinville Guise View → Henri I de Montmorency View →

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Lorraine, (second) Duchy of View → France, (Valois) Kingdom of View → Huguenots (the “Reformed”) View →

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Protestant Reformation View → Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival) View → Religion, First War of View →

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