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Charles de Lorraine, 4 duke de Guise

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Aug. 20, 1571
Died:
Sept. 30, 1640, Cuna, Italy (aged 69)
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Charles de Lorraine, 4e duke de Guise (born Aug. 20, 1571—died Sept. 30, 1640, Cuna, Italy) was the 4th duke de Guise who lived through the rapid decline in the family’s power. On the day of the assassination of his father, Henri, the 3rd duke (Dec. 23, 1588), Charles was arrested and transferred to the Château of Tours, in which he was imprisoned for three years, escaping in 1591. He was welcomed with enthusiasm by the Paris mob, which hoped he would wed the infanta of Spain and, with the help of Philip II, secure for himself the throne of ...(100 of 165 words)

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