at birth) Louis III, Cardinal of Guise (1575–1621), Archbishop of Reims Charles (1 January 1576, Paris) (died at birth) Marie (1 June 1577 – 1582) Claude, Duke of Chevreuse (1578–1657) married Marie de Rohan, daughter of Hercule de Rohan, duc de Montbazon Catherine (b. 29 May 1579), died young Christine (21 January 1580) (died at birth) François (14 May 1581 – 29 September 1582) Renée (1585 – 13 June 1626, Reims), Abbess of St. Pierre Jeanne (31 July 1586 – 8 October 1638, Jouarre), Abbess of Jouarre Louise Marguerite, (1588 – 30 April 1631, Château d'Eu), married on 24 July 1605 François, Prince of Conti François Alexandre (7 February 1589 – 1 June 1614, Château des Baux-de-Provence), a Knight of the Order of Malta In literature and the arts Literature The Duke of Guise appears as an archetypal Machiavellian schemer in Christopher Marlowe's The Massacre at Paris, which was written about 20 years after the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. The death of the duke is also mentioned, by the ghost of Machiavelli himself, in the opening lines of The Jew of Malta. He appears (as The Guise) in George Chapman's Bussy D'Ambois and its sequel, The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois. John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee wrote The Duke of Guise (1683), based on events during the reign of Henry III of France. He appears in the short novel The Princess of Montpensier, by Madame de La Fayette. He appears in Voltaire's epic poem "La Henriade" (1723). He is one of the characters in Alexandre Dumas's novel La Reine Margot and its sequels, La Dame de Monsoreau and The Forty-Five Guardsmen. He also appears prominently in Heinrich Mann's novel Young Henry of Navarre (1935). Stanley Weyman's novel A Gentleman of France includes the Duke of Guise in its tale about the War of the Three Henries. Ken Follett's novel A Column of Fire features Henry, Duke of Guise as a prominent character, and explores his involvement with the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. Film In the 2010 film The Princess of Montpensier, he was portrayed by actor Gaspard Ulliel. Literature Pierre Matthieu, La Guisiade (1589) Christopher Marlowe, The Massacre at Paris (1593) George Chapman, The Tragedy of Bussy D'Ambois (1607) George Chapman, The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois (1613) John Dryden & Nathaniel Lee, The Duke of Guise (1683) See also House of Guise References Sources External links |- 1550 births 1588 deaths