Duke Of Guise

COUNTS OF GUISE ( HOUSE OF ANJOU )

René I Of Naples ( 1417 – 1425 )

COUNTS OF GUISE ( HOUSE OF LUXEMBOURG )

The House of Luxembourg had disputed the lordship of Guise, and with the approval of John, Duke Of Bedford , English Regent of France, seized the county in 1425 .

John, Count Of Ligny ( 1425 – 1440 )

Louis I, Count Of Saint-Pol ( 1440 – 1444 ), also Brienne and Conversano

COUNTS OF GUISE ( HOUSE OF ANJOU )

The marriage of Charles Of Le Maine , younger brother of René, to Isabelle of Luxembourg, sister of Louis, allowed him to peacefully recover Guise.

Charles Of Le Maine ( 1444 – 1472 )

Charles IV, Duke Of Anjou ( 1472 – 1481 )

COUNTS OF GUISE (HOUSE OF ARMAGNAC )

Charles IV left his lands to the Crown, but Guise was granted to his nephew Louis in 1491 .

Louis D'Armagnac, Duke Of Nemours ( 1491 – 1503 )

Marguerite D'Armagnac, Duchess Of Nemours (d. 1503 )

---held by her husband Pierre De Rohan-Gié ( 1503 – 1504 )

Charlotte D'Armagnac, Duchess Of Nemours (d. 1504 )

---held by her husband Charles De Rohan-Gié ( 1504 – 1520 )

COUNTS OF GUISE ( HOUSE OF LORRAINE )

In 1520 , the Parlement Of Paris conferred Guise upon Claude Of Lorraine , second son of René II Of Lorraine (the grandson of René I Of Naples ) and heir to his French possessions.