Charles, Duke of Guise

Charles de Lorraine, 4th Duke of Guise and 3rd Prince of Joinville (20 August 1571 – 30 September 1640), was the son of

During the reign of Louis XIII, Charles was created Grand Master of France and Admiral of the Levant.^[7]

Falling into disfavor with

Family

On 6 January 1611 he married

• François (3 April 1612 – 7 December 1639),
  San Lorenzo
  and later reinterred at Joinville. He was deemed "the most accomplished prince of his day."
• Twin boys (4 March 1613 – 19 March 1613), who were very frail and sickly. They died on the same day.
• Archbishop of Reims^[10]
• Marie, Duchess of Guise (1615–1688)^[11]
• A girl, called Mademoiselle de Joinville (4 March 1617 – 18 January 1618), who was born healthy but caught a cold in the winter of 1617 and died shortly thereafter.
• Charles Louis (15 July 1618 – 15 March 1637, who also died in
  San Lorenzo and later at Joinville, styled Duke of Joyeuse
• Françoise Renée (10 January 1621 – 4 December 1682, Montmartre), Abbess of Montmartre^[8]
• Duke of Angoulême^[11]
• Roger (21 March 1624 – died 9 September 1653) called the Chevalier de Joinville and later the Chevalier de Guise,
  Order of Malta, died of fever at Cambrai
  and buried near his ancestors at Joinville.

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