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Louis II de Lorraine, Cardinal de Guise, Archbishop of Reims

Header: Louis II de Lorraine, Cardinal de Guise, Archbishop of Reims
Also known as: Louis II de Lorraine, Cardinal de Guise, Archbishop of Reims; primary name: Guise, Louis II de; other name: (Archbishop) Reims; other name: (Cardinal) Guise; other name: Guise, Louis de; other name: Lorraine, Louis de; other name: Louis II de Lorraine; other name: Louis de Lorraine
Details: individual; cleric/religious official; French; Male
Life dates: 1555-1588
Biography: Third son of François I de Lorraine Duke of Guise and Anne d'Este, younger brother of Henri I de Lorraine. Archbishop of Reims, 1574. Created cardinal, 1578, and henceforth known as Cardinal de Guise. Like his brother Henri he was a member of the Catholic League, and was assassinated at the Château de Blois by order of the King one day after his brother. He is the nephew of Louis I de Lorraine, also called Cardinal de Guise.