son in law Rhuys and Sucinio in Bretagne. She further favoured him with her Norman possessions. The Duke of Guise inquired of Gaspard II de Coligny as to his opinions on the marriage, Coligny replied that he felt Aumale had debased himself by marrying for profit as opposed to the honour of his family. Guise retored that Coligny was jealous. The de Bréze inheritance took a considerable time to settle. Aumale and Louise traded Mauny for Anet with the other heirs, the La Marck's. The La Marcks poor financial situation allowed them to purchase the County of Maulévrier and Barony of Bee Crespin in 1562. Henri-Robert de la Marck was compelled into this by the debts he had acquired as the result of his father's ransom. Aumale continued to acquire land in Normandie until by the late 1560s he was one of the great landholders of upper Normandie. Children They had: Henri (21 October 1549, Château de Saint-Germain – August 1559), Count of Valentinois Catherine Romula (8 November 1550, Saint-Germain – 25 June 1606), married on 11 May 1569 Nicholas, Duke of Mercœur Madeleine Diane (b. 5 February 1554), d. young Charles, Duke of Aumale (1555–1631) Diane (10 November 1558 – 25 June 1586, Ligny), married on 13 November 1576 François, Duke of Piney-Luxemburg Antoinette (b. 9 June 1560, Nancy), d. young Antoinette Louise (29 September 1561, Joinville – 24 August 1643, Soissons), Abbess of Soissons Antoine (b. 12 November 1562), d. young Claude (13 December 1564 – 3 January 1591, Saint-Denis), called the "Chevalier d'Aumale", Abbot of St.-Pere-en-Valle, Chartres, Knight of the Order of Malta, General of the Galleys Marie (10 June 1565 – 27 January 1627), Abbess of Chelles Charles (25 January 1566 – 7 May 1568, Paris) Reign of Henri II At the beginning of Henri II's reign, the king was faced with revolts against the Gabelle tax in the Garrone. To this end he dispatched his favourite Anne de Montmorency alongside François, Duke of Guise and Aumale. Together they achieved success in suppressing the tax revolt. That same year the king elevated the marquisate of Aumale to a duchy for its current holder, Guise. Aumale for his part held the marquisate of Mayenne. In May 1547 Aumale was made a Chevalier de l'ordre de Saint-Michel and in either 1548 or 1549 he became colonel general of the light cavalry. As part of the Treaty of Boulogne