biography
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Guise, Francis, 2e duc de (2nd Duke of)
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known as le Balafré (‘the Scarred’)
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pronunciation:
[geez]
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| lived:
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| biography:
| French soldier and statesman, son of Claude, 1st Duke of Guise. He fought at Montmédy (1542) and the siege of Landercies (1543) and Boulogne (1545), where he received a near-fatal wound. He held Metz (1552–3) against Emperor Charles V, and in 1556 commanded the expedition against Naples. Recalled in 1557 to defend the N frontier against the English, he took Calais (1558) and other towns, and brought about the Treaty of Château Cambrésis (1559). He and his brother, Cardinal Charles of Guise (1525–74), shared the chief power in the state during the reign of Francis II (1559–60). During the regency of Charles IX, he was besieging Orléans when he was assassinated by a Huguenot. |
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