Claude, Duke of Guise

Claude de Lorraine
Duke of Guise
Portrait by Jean Clouet
Count / Duke of Guise
Reign10 December 1508 – 12 April 1550
SuccessorFrancis
Born(1496-10-20)20 October 1496
Château de Custines
Died12 April 1550(1550-04-12) (aged 53)
Château de Joinville
Noble familyGuise
Spouse(s)
(m. 1513)
Issue
FatherRené II, Duke of Lorraine
MotherPhilippa of Guelders
Coat of arms of the Duke of Guise

Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Guise (20 October 1496 – 12 April 1550) was a French aristocrat and general. He became the first Duke of Guise in 1528.

He was a highly effective general for the French crown. His children and grandchildren were to lead the Catholic party in the French Wars of Religion.